“Every day, my daughter asks ‘Mom why don’t we have a daddy? Mom, why do I not have a papa like the others,” the wife of victim Sam Ravy, Chheav Phanith, under tears told attendants of an anniversary event.
Every lake in Phnom Penh has been damaged by development and its wetlands decimated, leading to severe flooding, loss of livelihoods and disappearance of fish species, a new report says.
After more than five months in prison, a disabled supporter of the former opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from Siem Reap province was released on Monday afternoon.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday charged Kruy Limheng, Cambodia’s former consul-general to the city of Kunming, China, for alleged corruption, a court spokesman said.
The Appeal Court on Monday upheld the Phnom Penh municipal court’s decision to reinvestigate the case against two former Radio Free Asia reporters.
The Appeal Court ordered the release of a disabled opposition supporter who was imprisoned for more than five months for insulting Prime Minister Hun Sen on Facebook.
A provincial court delayed a hearing against former Cambodia Daily reporters Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter today for an indefinite period, citing the absence of a judge.
The Appeal Court will announce on December 30 whether the case against Radio Free Asia journalists Yeang Sothearin and Uon Chhin on “pornography” charges will proceed, the court said after a hearing today.
A new journalists’ association, the Cambodian Journalists Alliance (CamboJA), vowed to promote press freedom and independent newsgathering, and defend and help professionalize local reporters during a launch event on Friday.
An environmental group plans to bless decades-old trees in Sihanoukville on Sunday in a bid to prevent them from being cut down to build a road.
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