Recently, hundreds of villagers involved in land disputes have traveled to Phnom Penh to lobby the government ahead of the election.
General Wei Fenghe will arrive in Cambodia on June 16 for a five-day visit on the invitation of Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh.
The MPs from the group Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) said in a statement this week that the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party should be allowed to contest the vote and that all political prisoners in the country should be freed.
The project, known as Sumai, hopes to provide data to better inform decisions about transport policy in the Cambodian capital.
The authorities said that all plots of land would be measured and allocated prior to the July 29 election.
Two relatively new political parties have registered a majority of women candidates for the upcoming general election.
Large numbers of CNRP voters are expected to boycott the election, a move the government has equated with treason.
The parties called on the country’s election body, the National Election Committee, to take legal action against those calling for an election boycott.
The Cambodian courts are due to announce a verdict for the two jailed journalists on Friday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has previously said that not voting in the election was tantamount to treason.
The World Bank said growth in Cambodia had slowed about 6.8 percent in 2017, slightly down from 7 percent in 2016.
Citing need for “editorial independence” journalists resigned after new owner of Phnom Penh Post wanted editor Kay Kimsong to remove an article linking them to Prime Minister Hun Sen, who is cracking down on dissenting voices before July vote.
The former opposition members are due to have their cases heard Thursday and could face between seven and 20 years in prison if their convictions are not overturned.
The Phnom Penh Post, the last independent English-language daily newspaper in Cambodia, had been sold to Malaysian public relations tsar Sivakumar S. Ganapathy.
Kay Kimsong was fired on Monday after representatives of the new owner ordered senior staff to remove an article about the sale from its website, claiming factual inaccuracies.
On April 30, the National Election Committee announced it was opening registration for parties who wished to contest the July 29 vote.
A recent decree stated that the new control measures were intended to protect public health and promote better export-quality goods.
Rhona Smith said the government must immediately release the detained opposition leaders and lift a ban on the opposition taking part in the July 29 general election.
The US and EU have threatened Cambodia with deepening economic sanctions following the ruling party’s decision to dissolve the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
The Cambodian Senate has long been seen as a rubber stamp body with the balance of power falling with the ruling party and its cronies.
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