Story Archive
2012-12-27
Rights groups slam the verdicts on two court cases, saying 2012 is the worst year in a decade for rule of law in Cambodia.
2012-12-26
A Cambodian land activist is released after a three-month pre-trial detention criticized by rights groups
2012-12-21
Rice farmers say they were denied water rights as members of Cambodia’s political opposition.
2012-12-19
Rights groups criticize the acquittal of a former governor.
2012-12-18
Cambodia’s war crimes tribunal says its national component is in dire financial straits.
2012-12-17
Members of Parliament from the Cambodian People’s Party won’t meet with villagers over land disputes.
2012-12-14
A court refuses Cambodian activist Mam Sonando’s request for release on bail pending his appeal.
2012-12-13
A UN official meets with jailed Cambodian radio station chief Mam Sonando.
2012-12-13
Cambodia’s prime minister says he is too busy to meet with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights.
2012-12-11
Two Cambodian activists say authorities made them sign false confessions in detention.
2012-12-11
He pledges to address villagers’ concerns over an alleged land grab in talks with Cambodia’s government.
2012-12-10
Cambodian authorities arrest a journalist who exposed the illegal smuggling of timber.
2012-12-07
Cambodia’s prime minister ignores a land dispute petition from ethnic minority villagers while distributing land titles to others.
2012-12-06
Two Cambodian doctors found negligent in a boy’s death are moved to new clinics.
2012-12-03
A Cambodian physician is sacked for allegedly refusing to treat a patient who died of a snake bite.
2012-11-29
The opposition party says it will not participate in elections that are not ‘free and fair.’
2012-11-28
A Cambodian official says fish stocks are increasing in the lake, but fishermen worry.
2012-11-28
Exiled Cambodian politician Sam Rainsy says authorities are using a double standard to bar him from taking part in next year's election.
2012-11-27
But a Cambodian official says the president did not call for his freedom.
2012-11-26
Cambodia's prime minister tones down his statement that NGOs and political parties should not interfere in land disputes.
2012-11-21
The family of a murdered Cambodian journalist says additional suspects are involved in his death.
2012-11-20
A regional summit shrugs off China’s call to stay away from the contentious topic.
2012-11-20
The exiled opposition leader blasts impunity for Cambodian officials in alleged extrajudicial killings.
2012-11-19
The two leaders debate human rights issues gripping Cambodia.
2012-11-15
Leaders of Southeast Asian nations are set to ink a much-criticized human rights declaration.
2012-11-15
Cambodian authorities detain eviction protesters as world leaders prepare to gather for summit talks.
2012-11-14
Cambodia clamps down on dissent in the capital as part of preparations for the ASEAN Summit.
2012-11-14
Environmental groups voice concern over a planned Cambodian dam on the Sesan River, a Mekong tributary.
2012-11-13
Cambodia has allowed hundreds of politically motivated killings to go unpunished, a rights group says.
2012-11-08
Cambodia’s ‘multimedia monk’ calls on his brethren to defend the rights of the public.
