CNRP activist and former commune councilor Kem Tola is shown in undated photos.

CNRP Activist Arrested After Returning to Cambodia to Start a Business

Kem Tola fled to Thailand in 2019 after being summoned for questioning over online posts supporting Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy.

Cambodian environmental activist Thun Ratha (R) is seen outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court before his conviction on incitement charges, in Phnom Penh, May 5, 2021.

Cambodia Charges Three Mother Nature Activists With Conspiracy

2021-07-21

The trio could face additional 10-years sentences on top of their current jail terms.

A woman receives China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine at a pagoda in southeastern Cambodia's Kandal province, June 10, 2021, as part of the government's campaign to halt the rising number of cases of the virus.

Prisons, Migrant Workers Key Fronts in Battle Against COVID-19 in Cambodia, Laos

2021-07-20

The two Southeast Asian nations are grappling with rising numbers of confirmed virus cases.

Cambodian activist Prum Chantha (L) and her son, Kak Sovannchhay, sit at a Buddhist temple near Prey Sar Prison in Phnom Penh, Oct. 6, 2020.

Cambodian Court Authorities Refuse to Let Mother See Autistic Son During Hearing

2021-07-19

Kak Sovannchhay, 16, faces charges of inciting social unrest and insulting public officials.

An employee pulls boxes containing Sinovac vaccines at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, March 26, 2021.

Cambodia to ‘Negotiate With China’ For COVID-19 Jabs in Bid to End Outbreak

2021-07-16

But opposition chief Sam Rainsy questions PM Hun Sen’s insistence on procuring Sinovac doses.

Cambodian immigration police escort Spanish environmental activist Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson to the Ministry of the Interior in Phnom Penh to be deported, Feb. 23, 2015.

Spanish Activist Accuses Cambodian Court of Breaching Law By Holding Trial in Absentia

2021-07-13

Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson faces charges of ‘incitement to cause serious social chaos’ between 2013 and 2020.

Cambodian opposition activist Tes Saroeun is shown after being attacked by an unidentified assailant, December 2020.

Cambodian Opposition Figures Injured in Attacks Live in Fear, Saying No Attackers Have Been Caught

2021-07-12

No arrests have yet been made in the assaults on CNRP activists, family members, and supporters.

People pray at the grave of Cambodian government critic Kem Ley to mark the first anniversary of his death, at his mother's home in southern Cambodia's Takeo province, July 9, 2017.

Rights Groups, Unions Call For Commission of Inquiry to Probe Murder of Cambodian Pundit

2021-07-09

Civil society groups say they will hold ceremonies commemorating the fifth anniversary of the killing of government critic Kem Ley.

Qi Xiao (L), the owner of a defanged lion, looks at the big cat upon its controversial return to his home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 5, 2021.

Critics Excoriate Cambodia PM Hun Sen Over a Trafficked Pet Lion

2021-07-07

They want the strongman to show sympathy for scores of jailed environmental, social, and political activists.

A truck loaded with coffins made in Thailand is shown in this file photo taken in Cambodia in early July, 2021.

Cambodia Orders 3,000 Coffins from Thailand as COVID-19 Death Toll Rises

2021-07-06

Citizens say living people should be a priority for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government.

Hundreds of Cambodian villagers dispossessed by land grabs protest outside the Land Ministry in Phnom Penh, Sept. 21, 2020.

Cambodian Court Sentences Dissidents, Land Activists to One-Year Prison Terms

2021-07-02

The sentencing comes amid a general crackdown by the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen on political opposition and land-rights activism.

Screenshot of Khin Chumreoun's video interview with RFA's Khmer Service, June 29, 2021.

Interview: ‘There Was an Order to Make You a Cripple for Life or Go to Sleep Inside a Coffin’

2021-07-02

While exiled in Thailand, CNRP official Khin Chumreoun was attacked by Hun Sen’s agents, so he relocated to Finland as a refugee.

Mother Nature environmental activist Sun Ratha is shown in an undated photo.

UN Calls for End to ‘Punitive Measures’ Used Against Cambodian Environmental Activists

2021-06-30

'Human rights and environmental work are not criminal offenses,' the UN says in a June 30 statement.

Cambodian farmer Penh Tay walks in front of her new house built through microfinancing with huge unpaid loans at a village in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province, Oct. 15, 2020.

Cambodians Losing Their Land to Aggressive Microlenders — Report

2021-06-29

‘Many Cambodians are drowning in microloan debt, which is leading to drastic and serious human rights violations,’ say the authors.

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