On November 17, Bor Bet crossed into Thailand seeking refuge.
The Swedish government did not give any specific reasons for the decision except to say the Foreign Ministry had to adapt to “external changes and new monitoring and service requirements.”
Ly Srey Vyna, a former CNRP lawmaker and doctor, asked for amnesty in a letter sent to Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 9, days after her clinic in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Tom Poung district was closed over a patient’s death.
Publisher of Cheat Khmer sentenced to 18 months over Facebook posts, as rights groups warn Cambodia is increasingly using legal threats to silence media.
Ly Srey Vyna, a former CNRP lawmaker and doctor, asked for amnesty in a letter sent to Prime Minister Hun Sen on November 9, days after her clinic in Phnom Penh was closed over a patient’s death.
Hungarian Foreign MinisterPeter Szijjarto was declared positive with coronavirus on arrival in Thailand on Wednesday, after a slew of quick meetings on Tuesday with senior Cambodian officials, including Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Cambodian officials have said that Wanchalerm Satsaksit's visa expired in 2017 and they were uncertain if he was in Phnom Penh during the incident.
The three had been arrested during a protest to mark the anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreement on Friday, where local officials forcefully dispersed the small crowd of protestors.
The protest was called by the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party to mark the 29th anniversary of the Peace Paris Agreement and to protest against China’s potential military presence in Cambodia.
They have been charged under the controversial lèse-majesté legal provision, which criminalizes the “insult” of the King, but neither the court nor police have presented any evidence to support the charges.
At the signing ceremony, Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak said the agreement would ensure a robust economic partnership between the two countries by providing increased market access for goods, services and investment.
Local press groups say Phnom Penh court decision to hand TVFB journalist suspended sentence could impact how other reporters cover pandemic.
State land can be leased for private development only if it loses its stated public use, though no justification has been given for reclassifying the flooded forest land.
Article 45 of the draft would allow authorities to fine or imprison people who “knowingly or intentionally” make false statements using information technology that could be detrimental to “public safety,” “national security” and “friendly relations of Cambodia and other countries.”
Sovann Rithy was arrested in early April and charged with incitement after he reported comments made by Hun Sen at a press conference.
Two journalists in Kratie province have filed a police complaint in Tbong Khmum province accusing unknown assailants of beating them while on a reporting trip to cover forestry crimes.
The findings, which will be submitted on Wednesday, detail the intimidation and reprisals faced by individuals and groups working with the multilateral organization’s human rights programs across the world.
Court action signals a significant escalation of ‘concerted onslaught of political persecution’ that the Cambodian government says is needed to ‘ensure harmonious living conditions’.
“I believe history repeats itself in the case of the E.U.’s withdrawal of the E.B.A. at a time when Cambodia struggles to survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic,” read a copy of the speech.
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