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HRW: Cambodia land redistribution campaign open to corruption
June 14, 2013 by Jaimie Cremeans
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called on Cambodia's donors to oppose a land titling campaign created by Prime Minister Hun Sen, alleging that it lacks accountability and transparency and is prone to abuse. Hun Sen announced on Monday that the program will be suspended until after the.... [more]
Cambodia criminalizes denial of Khmer Rouge atrocities
June 7, 2013 by G. Redd
Cambodia's National Assembly unanimously approved a bill on Friday making it a crime to deny that atrocities were committed the Khmer Rouge regime. The bill passed while minority leaders were excluded from the legislature. Critics including Human Rights Watch (HRW) allege the law is merely a ploy.... [more]
Cambodia PM seeks law punishing Khmer Rouge denial
May 28, 2013 by Endia Vereen
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that he wants to punish those people who deny that atrocities occurred during the 1970s Khmer Rouge regime, which was widely held responsible for the deaths of 1.7 million people. Hun Sen has suggested that the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.... [more]
ICJ opens hearing in Thailand-Cambodia border dispute
April 15, 2013 by Benjamin Minegar
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday heard oral arguments in the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia over land surrounding the Temple of Preah Vihear. The ICJ awarded the temple to the Cambodian city of Phnom Penh in 1962. However, parts of the Cambodia-Thailand border have.... [more]
Khmer Rouge deputy deemed fit to stand trial
March 29, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday ruled that Pol Pot's former deputy Nuon Chea is fit to continue standing trial after the recent death of co-defendant Ieng Sary. The March 14 death of the Khmer Rouge co-founder renewed fears that the aging.... [more]
Cambodia court overturns insurrection conviction of rights activist
March 14, 2013 by Samuel Franklin
A Cambodian appeals court on Thursday reduced the jail term of Mam Sonando, a prominent radio host and government critic, who was convicted of inciting rebellion and sentenced to 20 years in prison last October. The Phnom Penh court reduced the sentence to a five-year term, only holding him.... [more]
Cambodia Khmer Rouge co-founder dies while on trial for war crimes
March 14, 2013 by Sarah Paulsworth
Khmer Rouge Deputy Foreign Minister and co-founder Ieng Sary, who was on trial for war crimes in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) for his involvement in the killing of 1.7 million people, died Thursday at the age of 87. Sary was originally detained in November 2007 and.... [more]
UN senior official addresses sexual violence issues in Cambodia and Kenya
March 2, 2013 by Julie Deisher
UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Hawa Bangura on Friday welcomed the recent ruling by Cambodia?s genocide tribunal to annul a previous ruling that would have prevented it from trying crimes of sexual violence committed during the Khmer Ro....... [more]
Cambodia's judicial system criticized by rights organizations
December 28, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Cambodia is misusing its judicial system in order to suppress dissent and thereby undermine justice, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday amid two court rulings against three individuals. In the first case, the Court of Appeals of Cambodia upheld a lower court's 20-year sentence.... [more]
UN expresses concern as ASEAN considers its first human rights declaration
November 17, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
UN independent human rights experts on Friday expressed concern over the draft of the first ever Human Rights Declaration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ASEAN will consider the declaration at its summit in Phnom Penh in Cambodia on Sunday, where it is expected that the.... [more]
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