Parents who won a lawsuit against a baby formula company in April are still waiting for the final court verdict to claim compensation. A defense lawyer for Kem Sokha asked for a delay in the trial due to Covid-19.
The Supreme Court upheld prison sentences against environmental activists, a prominent unionist and opposition-aligned protesters. The Labor Ministry reminded NagaWorld union leaders at a Friday meeting of the conditions of their bail application in March — where they had agreed they would try to convince their colleague to cease their near-daily protests.
The Supreme Court heard back-to-back appeals from high-profile cases involving Mother Nature activists, a senior unionist and two co-accused, and a group of activists convicted for a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in October 2020.
A Kratie city military police officer was given bail in a case where he allegedly abused two girls working in his house. A former CNRP official’s plotting conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on Friday.
The latest trial hearing for opposition leader Kem Sokha again examined a video of a decade-old public protest, and witnessed another clash in the final moments as a defense lawyer accused the prosecution of bringing arbitrary charges against Sokha.
More than 30 opposition activists have been violently attacked in the past five years — including the killing of a man in November and this weekend’s assault — typically by unknown assailants on public streets, a lawyer said.
The Supreme Court has upheld an incitement conviction against an opposition activist for a social media post in 2020. The details of the post were not disclosed in the Supreme Court.
A former CNRP official from Kampot wants the Supreme Court to quash a five-year prison sentence she received in 2020 for allegedly supporting the return of Sam Rainsy in November 2019.
An opposition activist appealed his incitement conviction for a social media post at the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The case relates to a Facebook post from 2020, but details were not discussed in court on Wednesday.
Opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial continued at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday morning with a focus on Sokha’s meetings with foreign ambassadors, according to his lawyer.
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