The Phnom Penh Post
Citing several incidents, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in Cambodia today called a recent pattern of violence against human rights activists in the Kingdom a “worrying trend.”
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UN's Subedi 'worried' by violence against activists
- 11 May 2012
- Joseph Freeman
Citing several incidents, the United Nations Special Rapporteur in Cambodia today called a recent pattern of violence against human rights activists in the Kingdom a “worrying trend.”
Rail looks for new funding
- 23 May 2012
- Don Weinland
About US$118 million in grants and concessional loans from the Asian Development Bank, AusAid and other donors came up short in the effort to rehabilitate the country’s railways.
Boeung Kak women jailed after three-hour trial
- 25 May 2012
- Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
Thirteen women protesters from Boeung Kak lake were yesterday sentenced to two and a half years in prison after a three-hour trial that was widely condemned as illegal – and which prompted SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua to urge the international community to suspend aid to Cambodia.
Cambodia at Cannes
- 24 May 2012
- Anna Brown
Cambodia made an appearance at Cannes this week with Talking to the Trees, a movie set in the Kingdom that follows the story of Mia - a bored photographer from Paris who witnesses her husband abusing a young girl in a brothel.
Two injured in acid attack
- 10 March 2012
- Vong Sokheng (additional reporting by Cassandra Yeap)
Two villagers were seriously burned in an acid attack – the year’s second – early yesterday morning in Kampong Cham province’s Pumron village in Memot district.