A ruling party lawmaker says pro-democracy and rights groups staging protests against a draft law at the National Assembly are trying to “topple the government.”
Some 200 people rallied in front of the Assembly on Sunday, demanding the law be dismissed and singing a song: “We don’t need this law.”
Sem Hoeurn is one of a number of witnesses to describe the secretive Khmer Rouge regime from the inside.
Voter registration, which in the past has seen many opposition supporters disenfranchised, will begin in October.
Health authorities say the government should also require alcohol vendors to obtain liquor licenses.
EU Ambassador Jean Francois Cautain said the Cambodian government should allow local communities to protect the last 2 million hectares of the country’s forest.
Rights workers fear that Cambodia is turning them away, or arresting them and turning them back over to Vietnam, rather than obliging international norms and laws.
Cambodia’s garment and textile industry employs some 600,000 people and is a major driver of the country’s economy.
The families received notice on June 5, ordering them to leave their homes within one month.
Chea Sim died at his home on Monday afternoon, the cause of death has not been announced.
The four doctors—two Cambodian and two Chinese—were arrested and questioned last month.
Speaking at the ceremony, King Norodom Sihamoni called Buddhism “the perfect road for us to live by,” providing “a peaceful mind, happiness, peace and prosperity.”
Qatar has been heavily criticized for rights abuses among laborers in the construction of stadiums and other facilities in preparation for the 2022 World Cup.
Thai media said last week officials there want to discussed stricter measures to crack down on the felling of rosewood timber along the border.
Labor Ministry officials said Friday that a draft law, which could be wrapped up soon, will help support union organization.
The defendants, two Cambodians and two Chinese, will face fines, but no jail time, for allegedly running three clinics without a license.
The Middle Eastern country is to host the World Cup in 2022, opening a potential labor opportunity for Cambodian workers.
Battambang province was the site of a major HIV outbreak earlier this year, due to the reuse of infected needles by an unlicensed doctor.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court this week continued hearings of a group of six political activists accused of inciting violence in a demonstration in July 2014.
About 700 people gathered in Siem Reap town to deliver a petition to the provincial government office, but they encountered about 100 police, who blocked them from entering the building.
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