The IFC has invested in the company, Hoang Anh Gia Lai, which the groups say is responsible for damaging their culture, livelihoods, lands, forests and other natural resources.
Prime Minister Hun Sen is fighting challenges to his authority from both inside and outside the country, following July’s flawed elections.
Political tensions that remain unresolved in both Cambodia and Thailand could lead to more violence in both countries, analysts warn.
UN-backed court has faced ongoing financial woes in recent months as it seeks to conclude initial trial of two aging Khmer Rouge leaders.
Retired statesmen Nan Sy said he still holds some optimism that Cambodia will break through its political deadlock—despite a major gap between the two sides.
Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was this week in Geneva, where a UN human rights review of Cambodia took place.
The UN-backed court has faced ongoing financial woes in recent months, as it seeks to conclude the trial of two aging Khmer Rouge leaders.
The review for more than 190 countries will be held from Jan. 27 to Feb. 7, Cambodia will present its report Tuesday afternoon.
The figure was a 24 percent drop from the same survey a year ago—prior to July’s marred elections and the political impasse and violent protests that followed.
Local human rights workers say the Australian and New Zealand-backed bank ANZ Royal has been financing a sugar plantation connected to forced evictions and other rights violations.
Demonstrations turned violent on Jan. 2 and Jan. 3, ending in a shooting by police that left at least four people dead and nearly 40 injured.
A day after nearly a dozen activists were briefly detained and later released, rights advocates say Cambodia’s progress toward democracy continues to falter.
Cambodia has provided nearly $3.5 million for the national side of the court for 2014 and 2015, but Long Panhavuth said international donors need to put in more money.
Delays at the court, which has had just one successful trial since its 2006 inception, meant that some suspects and defendants died before trials were complete.
The court is currently preparing for the second stage of an atrocity crimes trial against aging leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, but critics of the court worry the two men will die in detention without seeing a verdict.
The envoy, Surya Subedi, is in Phnom Penh on a fact-finding mission, following the deadly crackdowns on protesters workers earlier this month.
In a letter, Information Minister Khieu Kanharith rejected the proposal saying there are “no remaining frequencies” to fulfill the request.
Ny Chakrya, head investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said the summons was “politically motivated.”
At least seven such companies have issued an open letter condemning this month’s attacks on workers and urging a fair minimum wage.
Premier Nguyen Tan Dung is scheduled to visit Cambodia for three days, starting Jan. 12, for an investment conference.
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