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Cambodian heir apparent hails poll victory, defying international criticism
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's heir apparent insisted Monday on the legitimacy of elections his party won against no meaningful opposition, defying international criticism that the polls were neither free nor fair.
Cambodian pair arrested in ballot protest
AFP, Published on 15/07/2023
» PHNOM PENH: Two Cambodian opposition party members have been arrested for allegedly inciting voters to spoil ballots, officials said on Saturday, ahead of a national vote in which Prime Minister Hun Sen is effectively running unopposed.
Will the final Khmer Rouge ruling close a dark chapter?
DW News, Published on 27/09/2022
» Last week, a UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia upheld a genocide conviction for 91-year-old Khieu Samphan, the last surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Cambodia Khmer Rouge court upholds conviction in final ruling
AFP, Published on 22/09/2022
» Cambodia's United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge war crimes court gave its final verdict Thursday, upholding the genocide conviction and life sentence imposed on the regime's last surviving leader.
Hun Sen challenged by 'doomsday cult'
Published on 01/09/2022
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the public to refrain from discriminating against the followers of a politician who has attracted thousands to what many commentators are calling a “doomsday cult”.
Former Cambodian PM Prince Norodom Ranariddh dies at 77
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2021
» PHNOM PENH: Former Cambodian Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh has died in France, the Cambodian minister of information said. He was 77.
Cambodia activists say conservation group targeted by govt
Reuters, Published on 30/06/2021
» The founder of a Cambodian conservation group that saw three of its activists jailed this month says the government is taking aim at them for their work exposing corruption and environmental abuse - an allegation the government denies.
Human rights 'need to be put aside' in drug war: Cambodian official
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2020
» PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian official on Wednesday defended an anti-drug campaign that has been decried as rife with abuses, saying human rights "need to be put aside" to fight drugs that destroy families and fuel violent crime.
'It's a sin': Cambodia's brutal and shadowy dog meat trade
AFP, Published on 11/11/2019
» SIEM REAP: Cambodia: Cambodian dog meat traders drown, strangle and stab thousands of canines a day in a shadowy but sprawling business that traumatises workers and exposes them to deadly health risks like rabies.
Sam Rainsy wanted posters on display along border
Khmer Times, Published on 07/11/2019
» Wanted posters of Sam Rainsy and his colleagues have been posted at all checkpoints along the Thai-Cambodian border ahead of his planned return on Saturday.