January 31, 2023
Six Mother Nature activists pose for photographs after they were released on bail from Prey Sar Prison on November 12, 2021. (Licadho)

Court Changes Judge After Request From Mother Nature Defendants: Lawyer

A week before the scheduled start of a “plotting” trial against a group of young environmentalists, the court has switched judges and postponed the case as the defendants didn’t want the same jurist that previously convicted them of incitement, according to their lawyer.

Cars drive past a mall facing the Two Lions Roundabout in Sihanoukville on May 30, 2022. (Danielle Keeton-Olsen/VOD)

Two Killed in Sihanoukville Club Fire

Two people have died and three were injured after Sihanoukville’s Julie & Anna Entertainment Club caught fire on Monday night in Sihanoukville’s Bei commune.

Rong Chhun announces he will join the Candlelight Party at the Cambodia Independent Teachers' Association office in Phnom Penh on January 31, 2023. (Hean Rangsey/VOD)

Union Leader Rong Chhun Joins Candlelight 

Prominent unionist Rong Chhun joined the Candlelight Party on Tuesday, months shy of the national election and he expected a “big achievement” for the party in July.