A senior UN rights official on Tuesday urged Cambodia to conduct a proper investigation into violence that has taken place since the July 2013 elections, as well as to speed up land titles for indigenous groups.
Kem Sokha said the party still wants meaningful election reforms, including within the National Election Committee, as well as a new election by 2016.
Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, will visit prisons that benefit from UN human rights assistance, along with resettlement sites for families evicted from development projects.
Legal NGOs have urged the National Assembly to allow input from civil society.
Protesters on Monday brought with them tents, pillows, and cooking equipment, with plans to stay overnight on the grounds in front of City Hall.
Some 100 supporters clashed with an equal number of riot police outside the court, where a number of protesters were injured.
In interviews with VOA Khmer, media experts said more funding of that sector could help prevent such errors in the future.
A trial of Case 004, which is still under investigation at the court, would require three indictments of former Khmer Rouge commanders, and critics say it may never see full trial.
The court’s Victims Support Section and civil party attorneys are seeking redress for survivors of the regime, particularly in the case against former leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan.
All 10 members of Asean are trying to streamline economic policies that would allow for workers and goods to move freely among them.
Prime Minister Hun Sen is currently on state visits to eastern Europe, and Sam Rainsy, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, is in western Europe.
Supporters gathered outside Prey Sar prison on Wednesday, holding a Buddhist celebration to pray for the detainees’ release.
Prices per kilowatt hour can be up to four times more expensive in the countryside, where many of the country’s impoverished live, than in the city.
Mu Sochua is leading a non-violent campaign by attempting to enter the park in protest of the government’s current ban on public gatherings.
Some 500 troops from both sides will take part in 10 days of exercises aimed at medical and peacekeeping training.
In the draft law on the Supreme Council of Magistracy, one provision calls for the council members to be proposed by the Minister of Justice.
Union leaders say many workers are staying home in a quiet strike, rather than demonstrating, as they continue to push for a raise in the minimum wage to $160 per month.
On this day in 1975, the Khmer Rouge overran the capital and began a mass exodus of the cities, pushing people into labor camps and work collectives.
Nearly 40 people died in traffic accidents over the Khmer New Year, authorities reported Thursday.
Kem Sokha will end a two-week trip later this month, after meeting key US officials, including those in Congress, the State Department and the Defense Department.
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