Cambodia’s pandemic-hit garment industry took another blow on Wednesday, losing some of its duty-free trade access to the E.U., with the bloc noting that the government had failed to make political reforms to avoid the penalties.
UPDATED 9:33 a.m. — U.N. representatives issued a statement on Friday calling the trial of Kem Sokha, the leader of the outlawed opposition, “tainted by irregularities,” and criticized his arrest without a warrant, arbitrary detention and the lack of public access to trial proceedings.
Civil society groups on Thursday called on the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to give them and journalists access to the trial of the leader of
The E.U. on Tuesday sent the Cambodian government its preliminary report on the possible suspension of duty-free trade over political and human rights concerns, the bloc said in a statement.
Some international airlines said this week that they had not been warned against bringing exiled senior opposition leaders back into the country, seemingly contradicting earlier statements by the Cambodian government.
CNRP acting president Sam Rainsy left Paris’s Charles De Gaulle Airport without boarding a flight to Thailand on Thursday, claiming the airline had denied him entry.
CNRP vice president Mu Sochua has been detained at Kuala Lumpur International Airport after arriving there on Wednesday night from Jakarta, rights groups said.
This week, VOD will participate in “Covering Climate Now,” an international media campaign to more thoroughly discuss climate change issues in the week leading up to the U.N. Climate Action Summit on September 23.
Microfinance debt in Cambodia has resulted in “serious and systematic human rights abuses” and poses a “significant threat” to indebted families’ land holdings, according to a new report.
Alarm bells are ringing for some researchers of Cambodian microfinance who say the heady growth of the sector could be leading the country toward an
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