Photo: by Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Loun Savath has become a common figure at land protests, vexing Cambodia’s Buddhist leadership.
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Ten parties are competing for commune council positions across the country for June 3 polls.
Like many people who lived through the Khmer Rouge, Ung Loung has had to deal with the horrors that happened to her and her family.
The 13 women were found guilty of illegally taking land and resisting public officers.
Cambodia’s two main royalist parties struck a deal on Thursday, putting to rest years of animosity.
The National Election Committee has so far received 18 complaints of irregularities during the campaign period.
Around 50 demonstrators gathered in front of Phnom Penh municipal court Wednesday morning, where they stayed all day.
Police officials have said they want to question Mam Sonando in relation to the alleged movement in Kratie province.
Guide by Geneva-based NGO Interpeace summarizes decades of best practices.
Authorities say they want to arrest Bun Ratha for participating in an anti-government movement, alongside other suspects in Kratie.
City officials could not be reached for comment, but rights workers said they expect the 13 detainees will appear in court Wednesday.
Two demonstrations—one of factory workers and one of displaced city residents—were held on Monday.
Security forces have left a village in Kratie that was the site of the shooting death of a teenage girl by government forces last week.
The delegation also met with UN officials in New York last week and were scheduled to talk with the US State Department Friday.
The ultimate goal is to have libraries in all of Cambodia’s 26 prisons by 2014, serving more than 15,000 prisoners nationwide.
Ten political parties kicked off campaigning across the country on Friday, in anticipation of commune elections June 3.
Tribunal spokeswoman Yuko Maeda said the judge had not expected the tribunal proceedings to last as long as they have.
The Cambodian People’s Party dominates the airwaves, and other parties have long complained that its hold in the media.
More youth are engaging in environmental protection, especially in forest communities where illegal logging is rampant.
Those arrested were Khat Sovann, 54, Pum Vannak, 53, Pon Soeurn, 34, and an unnamed fourth suspect.
Rights workers estimated between 400 and 1,000 villagers in Broma village, Chlong district, were set to be evicted.
