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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The 13 women were found guilty of illegally taking land and resisting public officers.
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.
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.
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.
A new short documentary film was screened at the Art Theater in Long Beach over the weekend, part of the Freedom and Hope Film Festival.
Family members say Chan Samnang died because of exposure to poor living conditions at a relocation site outside the city.
An attorney for the three women, called the summons “a good opportunity” that would allow the women to “tell the true story."
The Khmer Krom and other groups say their rights and freedoms are restricted by the current Vietnamese government.
Villagers say they have been pushed off nearly 1,500 hectares of land to make way for the senator’s sugar cane crops.
Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism, spoke to VOA Khmer recently about his book and possible solutions to Cambodia’s “curse.”
An estimated 2.3 million hectares were given over as concessions to private companies in recent years, Adhoc recently reported.
A United Nations-appointed rights watchdog is calling on Cambodia to bridge the widening gap between the rich and the poor.
The 27-minute film follows the work of a leading NGO working to rally support for an end to widespread land grabbing in Cambodia.
