Justice
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.

People gather in a house in Kang Meas district's Raka-ar commune in Kampong Cham province. (Courtesy of CJ News Khmer)

Police Demands Money Over Facebook Mistake

A Kampong Cham man says local police demanded $250 in compensation for damage to their honor after he posted a photo from outside the province alongside an article about illegal gambling in the area.

Workers remove barbed wire from a Sihanoukville compound in September 2022. (Mech Dara/VOD)

‘Maintain Reputation’ Tops Cambodia’s Priorities on Slavery

Cambodia pledged “drastic measures” against scam compounds in response to U.N. queries about 100,000 alleged human trafficking victims in Sihanoukville, but also denied finding any debt bondage and placed the country’s “reputation, dignity and benefits” at the top of its principles for combating the crime.