Authorities and protesters clashed outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday as a group of about 20 demonstrators — at least two of whom were injured — called for the release of jailed union leader Rong Chhun.
More than 30 families protested a land broker’s court complaint against them on Monday, claiming they were granted the land from Phnom Penh City Hall in a land swap 16 years earlier.
Most of the wetlands in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district will be destroyed if development continues as slated, threatening the livelihoods and homes of more than 1,000 families, and unleashing serious environmental consequences, a new report says.
After a gas explosion and fire seen from Phnom Penh rooftops across town that killed four people, family members and neighbors of the victims are reckoning with the debris, debt and ghosts they say remain in the aftermath of the tragedy.
Bodies continued to be pulled from the scene of a huge gas explosion in central Phnom Penh into Saturday evening, with two shops destroyed and officers at the scene saying at least four people, including a girl, had died.
Loud explosions and building-high flames could be seen and heard across central Phnom Penh on Saturday afternoon as police blocked off streets around Daun Penh district.
More than 50 families who were evicted from their homes near Phnom Penh’s Sovanna Shopping Center have asked for land on which to resettle after they said City Hall did not offer them fair compensation.
Authorities on Friday continued to restrict events memorializing the fourth anniversary of the murder of political analyst Kem Ley, while the Phnom Penh gas station where he was shot dead was occupied by police rather than visible supporters.
After they were banned from holding a memorial and stopped by authorities during a march in Takeo province, activists on Thursday continued their journey to commemorate slain political analyst Kem Ley ahead of the fourth anniversary of his death.
Three unnamed police officers in Phnom Penh received a written warning from the capital’s police chief this week after they were seen kicking and hitting a man in a widely shared social media video, which rights experts said warranted further investigation and potential consequences for the officers.
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