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August 10, 2018
Targeted Sanctions More Effective, Experts Say

Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for over 33 years, remains defiant.

August 09, 2018
Pentagon Official Joins Condemnation of Cambodia Crackdown

The comments followed previous statements from the Trump administration on the election, which saw the ruling Cambodian People’s Party win all 125 seats in parliament
August 09, 2018
Cambodian-Americans Demand Cambodia Gov’t ‘Restore Democracy’

At the annual Overseas Khmer Summit (OKS), rights activists and academics in the Cambodian diaspora denounced the election and appealed to the international community to intervene.
August 08, 2018
Hun Sen: Let Me Be Killed If Turnout Numbers Manipulated

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party won a landslide victory, claiming more than three-quarters of the votes cast and all 125 seats in parliament.
August 06, 2018
Siem Reap Residents Cast Doubt on High Voter Turnout Figures

The high turnout figures came amid a boycott campaign led by a former opposition party president and reports of a campaign of voter intimidation during the campaign and on election day. Some 7 percent of Siem Reap residents spoiled their ballots, according to the NEC figures.
August 06, 2018
Cambodians Speak of Threats, Intimidation During Election

“It is villagers’ rights to go to vote or not vote,” said one woman describing pressure from ruling party officials to vote.
August 05, 2018
Japanese Gov’t Calls Cambodia’s Election “Disappointing”

“I told Mr. Prak Sokhonn that the results were disappointing in many ways as many of the ballots were judged invalid, although Japan had given its support to ensure that the polls would reflect the will of the voters,” Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said, according to the NHK report.
August 04, 2018
Experts Weigh in on ‘Deeply Flawed’ Cambodia Election

Both nationally and internationally, the CPP will have a difficult time explaining its uncontested win in the election, according to experts.
August 04, 2018
Election to Dominate Discussion at Cambodian-American Meeting

The second annual Overseas Khmer Summit will focus on “unity, peace, continuity, and prosperity”.
August 04, 2018
Minister Touts ‘One-Party Parliament’ as Victory for Democracy

Say Samal made the comments in an op-ed published in a widely read local daily newspaper, Rasmei Kampuchea, owned by his father, Senate President Say Chhum.
August 02, 2018
Tokyo Remains Tight-Lipped as China Endorses Cambodia’s Election

Japan sent election monitors to Cambodian elections in 1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008, but did not do so in last month's national elections.
August 02, 2018
E.U. Parliament Committee Calls for Release of Cambodia Opposition Leader

The CPP jailed Sokha in September on treason charges and banned the CNRP over allegations of a conspiracy to overthrow Hun Sen by force.

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