Thousands of workers are expected to gather across Phnom Penh for International Labor Day rallies on Wednesday, with independent workers union leaders vowing to defy a government ban on marching and restrictions on attendance numbers.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has described Cambodia’s relationship with China as being as strong as “steel” after the regional powerhouse that has helped buttress his regime in recent years pledged $90 million more for the country’s military.
Almost half of the prisoners who appealed their sentences in a 16-month period between 2017 and 2019 were either not allowed to be present at their hearings or had no lawyers to represent them, a rights group said in a report Thursday.
Representatives of 149 families in Preah Sihanouk province have filed a court complaint against two local journalists and six interviewees for allegedly inciting violence through misleading reports about a land dispute.
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