Since the community outbreak on 20 February, over 1,000 people have been affected by Covid19 and 8 people have died. The political prisoners assisted by Courage Fund Cambodia have not been allowed to be visited by their family members who are desperately concerned because they are political prisoners. We continue...
July 21, 2020 Original source for your references: Asian Parliamentarians for Human Rights Your excellency, We, the undersigned 32 civil society organizations, urge the Governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America to...
CFC Media Release Regarding Venerable Luon-SovathDownload MEDIA RELEASE CONTACT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE info@couragefundcambodia.org Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Cambodian Prominent Buddhist Human Rights Activist, Luon Sovath, Framed By Phnom Penh Regime RABAT- Venerable Luon Sovath, prominent human rights activist in Cambodia, has recently been falsely accused of inappropriate relations with women....
Thursday June 11th, 2020 - Original source for reference: ADHOC- Cambodia Phnom Penh, June 11, 2020 Joint Statement On The Concerns about Ongoing Arrests of Political Activists We, the undersigned Cambodian Civil Society Organizations, Trade Unions and Communities, would like to express our grave concerns over the arrest of former political activists, specifically of...
2020-06-08 Hun Sen speaks during an environmental forum in Phnom Penh, Aug. 22, 2017.Photo courtesy of Hun Sen’s Facebook page An appellate court in Cambodia Monday denied the bail request of 10 officials of the banned opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party who were jailed in January on charges of being...
10 June 2020 Hul ReaksmeyVOA Khmer Some five years ago, several protesters dragged an effigy, wrapped in a sheet splattered with fake blood to represent a corrupt government official across Poipet town. They wanted to voice opposition against their community’s eviction from their land to make space for a railway...
CALD Statement's Original Source for reders' reference CALD Statement 3, S. 2020 CALD strongly condemns the arrest and detention of Cambodian opposition members amidst the COVID-19 pandemic CALD is outraged by the Hun Sen government’s continued suppression of the members of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), the main opposition...
Court in Cambodia Charges Former Opposition Official With ‘Incitement Against the King’ 2020-04-22 Courtesy: RFA Khmer Service Police officers stand guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Jan. 15, 2020. AFP A court in Cambodia on Wednesday charged a former official of Cambodia’s banned opposition party...
ARBITRARY ARREST OF ANOTHER CNRP ACTIVIST IN PHNOM PENH On April 02, 2020, around 10 am, another CNRP activist was arrested at his mother’s home in Kandal province’s Rokar Kaong commune where he had gone into hiding to escape political persecution amid the deteriorating political situation in Cambodia. Mr. Khim...
Original source for your reference: RFA 2020-03-31 Keo Thai (L), chief of a local branch of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in Kampong Chhnang province, his colleague Thai Sokunthea (C) and Yim Sareth, first deputy commune chief in Svay Rieng province’s Romeas Hek district (L). Keo Thai, Thai Sokunthea,...
Original Reference: Bangkok Post, PUBLISHED : 4 MAR 2020 AT 04:01 WRITER: EVAN JONES For 35 years, Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia with a swath of scandals, his heavy-handed approach for political opponents, brutality and oppression. Drawn straight from the dictator's handbook used by despots the world over, the strongman has...
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ដោយ សុ ជីវី2020-02-09 Source: RFA Khmer លោក ខៀវ ឌីន (ស្ដាំ) សកម្មជនគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ រស់នៅសង្កាត់កាកាប១ ខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ត្រូវជនមិនស្គាល់មុខ ២នាក់ (ឆ្វេង) ជិះម៉ូតូពីក្រោយលួចវាយនឹងដំបងបណ្ដាលឱ្យរងរបួសបែកក្បាល នៅថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ២០២០។ សកម្មជនបក្សប្រឆាំងលោក ខៀវ ឌីន ជួបបញ្ហាខ្វះខាតលុយព្យាបាលរបួសក្រោយត្រូវជនមិនស្គាល់មុខវាយធ្វើបាប។ ការត្អូញត្អែរនេះនៅពេលលោក ខៀវ ឌីន ត្រូវទៅព្យាបាលរបួសបន្តនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យជាញឹកញាប់ ខណៈលោក និងភរិយាគ្មានមុខរបរអ្វីក្រៅពីនៅផ្ទះជួយមើលចៅ។ សកម្មជនបក្សប្រឆាំង លោក ខៀវ ឌីន និងភរិយាប្រាប់ថា ពួកគាត់ត្រូវការប្រាក់ច្រើន ក្នុងការព្យាបាលរបួស និងទៅពិនិត្យនៅពេទ្យម្ដងៗ។ ភរិយា លោក ខៀវ ឌីន លោកស្រី ពេជ្រ សុខណា ឱ្យអាស៊ីសេរីដឹងថា ក្រោយថតពិនិត្យគ្រូពេទ្យប្រាប់ថា ឃើញថា មានកម្ទេចតូចនៅក្នុងស្រោមខួរក្បាលលោក...
PHNOM PENH -- The European Union is set to withdraw trade privileges on some Cambodian exports after a yearlong review of the Southeast Asian nation's widely-condemned human rights record, according to a document uploaded to the European Parliament's website. An official announcement on whether Cambodia will retain its duty-free access...
Sam Rainsy Is Not a Coward The attempt by Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia on November 9, 2019, though unsuccessful, shows who is afraid.By Mu SochuaJanuary 31, 2020 Credit: Facebook/ Sam Rainsy In recent years, some observers have said that the exiled Cambodian Sam Rainsy lacked the courage to return to...
A former elected official from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was beaten unconscious by unknown assailants in Cambodia’s capital on Friday, bringing to 13 the number of opposition members assaulted since the party’s leader Sam Rainsy announced plans to return home from exile in August.The assault on Tep Chansokheya,...
The Foreign Affairs Ministry has revoked the passports of 27 more former CNRP officials and activists charged with conspiracy and accused of supporting Sam Rainsy’s failed November 9 return, which was considered a coup plot by the government.The ministry in a statement issued to embassies and consular missions across the...
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday sentenced opposition activist May Hongsreang to a year and a half in prison for incitement to commit a felony over Facebook posts criticizing government officials. According to Hongsreang’s lawyer, the former CNRP activist was convicted over posts made about the Preah Sihanouk provincial...
A former commune chief of the outlawed opposition has condemned “treasonous acts” by an exiled CNRP leader in an on-camera “confession” that opposition politicians say was coerced, two days after the ex-chief was charged for plotting against the government.In the video produced by a government press unit, Seng Sokhorn, the...
Authorities in Cambodia have arrested one more member of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and charged five others, as a crackdown continues ahead of a planned return from self-imposed exile by the party’s acting president Sam Rainsy next month.Three police officers in Kampong Cham province’s in Batheay...
A court in Cambodia on Thursday charged eight senior officials from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), including acting president Sam Rainsy, as well as his wife, Tioulong Saumura, with “attempting to stage a coup” in connection with the party chief’s plan to return to the country from self-imposed...
Authorities in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province arrested two more activists from the country’s banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) over the weekend, bringing to 29 the total number detained since the start of the year.Ngin Sophat, the CNRP’s provincial secretary for Ratanakiri, and Thoeun Bunthorn, the CNRP’s head of operations...
A former official of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party was arrested in Kampot province over the weekend for allegedly gathering members of the outlawed opposition party in April.A court order released by Kampot Provincial Court Investigating Judge Y Kheang said Nuth Pich, 63, was charged with violating the Supreme...
Bangkok, July 26, 2019 -- Cambodia should drop incitement charges against two local journalists and stop using legal threats to intimidate and harass reporters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.On July 19, in the Bei commune of the southern city of Sihanoukville, military police arrested Hun Sokha, publisher of...
Authorities detained seven people on July 9 and July 10 for expressing their condolences and support for murdered political commentator Kem Ley, while people marking the third anniversary of his killing at the site of his murder in Phnom Penh were surrounded by police. These detentions mark the continuation of...
An activist and former elected official of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was beaten nearly to death in Cambodia’s Kampong Thom province by a group of unidentified men, who only spared him after bystanders intervened, he said Friday.Four men approached Sun Thun early in the morning on...
“We are concerned about the use of criminal law to target free speech, both offline and online,” Rhona Smith, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, and David Kaye, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, said in...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="621.0"] Pursat CNRP activist Nem Nath in an undated photo [/caption] An activist supporting Cambodia’s banned opposition party has been detained on charges of violating forest protection laws, though his wife says the arrest was politically motivated.Nem Nath was taken in by police in Pursat province on...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="622.0"] A supporter of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) paints over the party logo at party headquarters in Phnom Penh, Nov. 18, 2017. [/caption] Authorities in Cambodia’s Pursat province have taken two activist supporters of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) into custody,...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200.0"] Cambodian rapper Chhun Dymey, who goes by the hip-hop handle of Dymey-Cambo, had his song shared on Facebook by Cambodian opposition-leader-in-exile Sam Rainsy. [/caption] Chhun Dymey was a little-known rapper in Cambodia until he received a boost from a prominent political figure who shared one of...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="622.0"] A promotional graphic for rapper Dymey-Cambo. [/caption] A Cambodian rap artist whose song about social injustice has gone viral said Friday that he is under heavy surveillance by authorities and fears for his safety.Chhun Dymey’s song “Sangkum Nis,” or “This Society,” contains lyrics about widespread graft,...
PHNOM PENH — Cambodian courts and police authorities have summoned a total of 140 ex-members of the opposition party in recent weeks, a local human rights group said, as government efforts to intimidate and suppress the opposition continue more than a year after the party was banned. [caption id="" align="alignnone"...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="622.0"] Customers eat noodles served by a street vendor in Phnom Penh, June 21, 2017. [/caption] Authorities in Cambodia are cracking down on noodle dinners attended by supporters of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in what analysts and rights groups say signals political paranoia...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="622.0"] Four former opposition activists display their summonses outside of the Battambang Provincial Court, May 21, 2019. [/caption] The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia on Tuesday expressed concern over the targeting of a number of former opposition officials, suggesting...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800.0"] CNRP leader Kem Sokha greets supporters on the last day of campaigning ahead of local elections in 2017. He was detained a few months later and remains under house arrest [File: Heng Sinith/AP Photo] [/caption] Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Nol Puthearith was a security guard at the...
Press StatementMorgan Ortagus, Department SpokespersonMay 17, 2019Washington, DCThe United States is deeply troubled by the death of Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) member Tith Rorn while in police custody and calls for an immediate independent investigation into the events leading to his arrest and death. We are also concerned about...
Authorities in Cambodia’s Battambang province Thursday questioned six activists connected with the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), alleging they violated a 2017 Supreme Court order that dissolved the opposition party.The six are part of a group of 35 CNRP activists summoned recently by the Battambang Provincial Court, including five that...
PHNOM PENH — Human Rights Watch has called on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to drop cases against more than 20 officials of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who are being investigated for allegedly violating a Supreme Court ruling that banned party members from politics for five years....
Drop Summons Against Former CNRP Officials in BattambangNew York) – Cambodian authorities should immediately cease harassing former opposition party members in the courts, Human Rights Watch said today. The Battambang prosecutor Ky Bunnara has summoned 25 former officials of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) to appear for questioning...
Cambodian rights groups and the country’s banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party called on Monday for an investigation into the death in police custody of the son of a CNRP activist, with the CNRP calling the death a “new form of political murder.”Tith Rorn, 37 and the son of CNRP...
Authorities in northwestern Cambodia’s Battambang province summoned 12 members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to court this week to answer charges they were still active in the opposition group dissolved by court order almost two years ago.Seven of the activists received their summons on May 1, with the others...
A former local official with Cambodia’s banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has fled his home in Tboung Khmum province following the arrest of a fellow official who had posted comments critical of the government on social media.Ouk Phon, a former CNRP deputy director in Tboung Khmum’s Memot district,...
Exiled politicians accused of incitement to commit felony and plotting treason after announcing plans to return. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800.0"] Mu Sochua says Prime Minister Hun Sen is 'taking Cambodia to a really dark place' [Frank Augstein/AP] [/caption] Phnom Penh, Cambodia - A court has issued arrest warrants for top...
PHNOM PENH — A detained former opposition activist has died after being released from jail sparking criticism over the government’s treatment of dissidents. Yea Thong, a motorbike dealer and active supporter of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was detained in 2015 and sentenced to seven years in prison along with...
Six activists of the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have fled Cambodia this week, fearing political persecution at the hands of the court, which they say is controlled by the Hun Sen-led Cambodian People’s Party (CPP).They are now seeking refugee status in an undisclosed country, and join about...
I witness social injustice that bring Cambodian people so much hardships and sufferings I decided to engage in social activism to seek justice for victims of land grab and other abuses through non violent struggle. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted me ofinsurrection charges for events that occurred in July...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="870.0"] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen salutes accompanied by his son, Commander of Cambodian Infantry Army Lt. Gern. Hun Manet (right) during an inspection of troops at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversay of the formation of Cambodian Infantry Army in Phnom Penh on Thursday. Hun Sen...
PHNOM PENH - Cambodia’s strongman leader Hun Sen on Thursday called on his country’s military to “destroy” opponents if the government comes under threat, in a tirade in which he described himself as the “the one who steers the wheel” of the army. The 66-year-old premier has in recent weeks turned...
JAKARTA – The Cambodian authorities must immediately drop all charges against a member of the opposition who faces up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of 3,480 USD for “public insult” and “incitement” after he posted on Facebook about EU rice tariffs, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)...
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JAKARTA – The Cambodian authorities must immediately drop all charges against a member of the opposition who faces up to two years in prison and a maximum fine of 3,480 USD for “public insult” and “incitement” after he posted on Facebook about EU rice tariffs, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - An outspoken opposition member and proponent of sanctions against Cambodia was arrested and charged with "incitement", just days after Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to renew his political crackdown if the European Union (EU) went ahead with plans to withdraw trade benefits.Kong Mas, a member of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was charged...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - An outspoken opposition member and proponent of sanctions against Cambodia was arrested and charged with "incitement", just days after Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened to renew his political crackdown if the European Union (EU) went ahead with plans to withdraw trade benefits. Kong Mas, a member...
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"For me, my conscience is clear: always defending people." Update Jan-20-2019Yea Thong get weaker and can no loger walk. I was imprisoned in Prey Sor prison for 3 years and 22 days. I was convicted and sentenced to seven years in prison on June 13, 2016, on charges of participation...
The 14, who are all members or supporters of Cambodia’s now dissolved main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), were released from Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison. They were convicted in 2014 of insurrection after they forcibly tried to reopen the country’s only designated protest venue, “Freedom Park”, in July that...
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia released 14 government critics on Tuesday, in a move by Prime Minister Hun Sen that some observers say is aimed at appeasing foreign criticism of a flawed general election last month. The 14, who are all members or supporters of Cambodia’s now dissolved main opposition...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="937.0"] A poster of Cambodia's Prime Minister and Cambodian People's Party (CPP) President Hun Sen is seen along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 30, 2018. [/caption] Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats...
Cambodia woke to another chapter of rule by strongman Hun Sen a day after an election that was heavily criticized by rights groups, the United States and other Western countries. "The CPP won 77.5 percent of the votes and won all the parliamentary seats," CPP spokesman Sok Eysan told Reuters...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1863.0"] Kem Sokha was arrested at his home in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, early Sunday. His daughter said his whereabouts were unknown. CreditCreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images [/caption] PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The leader of Cambodia’s main opposition party, Kem Sokha, was arrested early Sunday at...
The leader of Cambodia’s main opposition party, Kem Sokha, was arrested early Sunday at his home and accused of treason for participating in what the government said was a Washington-backed plot to undermine the country’s leadership. A top official for Human Rights Watch in Asia called the arrest a “disastrous...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="800.0"] Thousands of mourners escort the body of slain political analyst Kem Ley through Phnom Penh on Sunday on their way to his hometown in Takeo province. (Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily) [/caption] Though the man arrested for the murder claims to have acted in rage over a...
Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of mourners followed Kem Ley’s body from Phnom Penh to his provincial hometown on Sunday as thousands more lined the way for what was the largest funeral procession Cambodia has seen since the royal cavalcade for the late King Norodom Sihanouk in 2013. They...
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="512.0"] This handout photo taken in 2011 and released by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights shows Chhut Vuthy, president of the Natural Resource Conservation Group, standing in front of his car in Cambodia. The prominent Cambodian activist was fatally shot in a remote forest Thursday while...
A prominent Cambodian activist was fatally shot in a remote forest Thursday while documenting illegal logging in a clash that also killed a military police officer, authorities said. Chhut Vuthy, president of the Natural Resource Conservation Group, was escorting two female reporters from a Cambodian newspaper when a dispute erupted,...
Hundreds of Cambodian workers have been mourning the murdered union leader Chea Vichea who was gunned down in Phnom Penh on Thursday.They brought flowers and donations as they visited the body at the headquarters of Cambodia's Fee Trade Union of Workers (FTUWKC).Chea Vichea organised unions at garment factories and was...
Hundreds of Cambodian workers have been mourning the murdered union leader Chea Vichea who was gunned down in Phnom Penh on Thursday. They brought flowers and donations as they visited the body at the headquarters of Cambodia's Fee Trade Union of Workers (FTUWKC). Read full article