Story Archive
2016-05-31
Hun Sen's ruling party votes to have the courts proceed with push to arrest opposition leader Kem Sokha.
2016-05-27
The Cambodia National Rescue Party calls for protests and a labor union threatens a strike of Kem Sokha is detained.
2016-05-26
Authorities search for acting Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha as political tensions increase.
2016-05-25
The effort to get King Norodom Sihamoni to release the rights workers and an election official nabbed in the government's case against the opposition party leader runs into turbulence.
2016-05-23
Campaigners launch new protests and vow to defy government orders banning postings on Facebook.
2016-05-20
Defense Minister Tea Banh says protesters need government permission to demonstrate, or else they will go to jail.
2016-05-19
The Cambodian People’s Party calls the request a divisive act that is tearing the country apart and exposing its internal affairs to outsiders.
2016-05-18
The Cambodia National Rescue Party says the current situation violates the key tenets of a peace accord and the country’s commitment to ensure the protection of human rights.
2016-05-17
The court refuses to release opposition lawmaker Um Sam An for fear he will foment unrest as other Cambodian National Rescue Party members duck judicial proceedings.
2016-05-16
Protesters take on the government arrests of activists jailed over what they see as trumped-up charges.
2016-05-13
Government spokesman fires back, saying U.N. can learn from Cambodia's experience.
2016-05-12
Media outlets are ordered to use the Khmer honorific for Prime Minister Hun Sen and other high-ranking office holders or face the consequences.
2016-05-11
Acting Cambodian National Rescue Party leader speaks about the controversy for the first time as he questions the government's motives.
2016-05-10
Rights groups, however, say there are no grounds to trust judicial system controlled by ruling party.
2016-05-05
Cambodia opposition leader says his party will focus on 2017-18 elections and not take actions that give the government an excuse to deepen a crackdown.
2016-05-04
A local official calls authorities' failure to include the CNRP members' names on a list requesting help a 'minor mistake.'
2016-05-04
The CNRP says court action against sitting lawmakers violates parliamentary immunity that is enshrined in the country's constitution.
2016-05-03
Two other opposition party lawmakers have been summoned to testify on charges regarding Kem Sokha’s alleged mistress.
2016-05-02
The illegal clearing of forestland is killing more wild animals amid a severe drought.
