As development in Cambodia continues apace, these Khmer Loeu indigenous groups face existential challenges to their way of life, as the forests they have depended on for centuries are decimated by agricultural and urban expansion.
Sok Hour was jailed on charges of using forged documents he claimed detailed Vietnam’s encroachment on Cambodian territory to incite people against the government.
Hun Sen made the appeal ahead of an expected court decision that would see all 55 CNRP lawmakers stripped of their seats in parliament, as well as senators and local officials.
Speaking to VOA Khmer on Tuesday at the Capitol building, the three House of Representatives lawmakers urged the international community to act against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government.
The honored work included helping rehabilitate prisoners, empowering girls and women, and lobbying about rights in the U.S. legal system.
រូបភាពជុំវិញពិភពលោកថ្ងៃទី ២៥ ខែ តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៧ មានមកពីប្រទេសដូចជារ៉ូម៉ានី បារាំង សាធារណរដ្ឋឆែក អង់គ្លេស អេត្យូពី យេម៉ែន ថៃ ឥណ្ឌា និងប្រេស៊ីល។
In a letter dated October 23, Kem Sokha called on Cambodians to “protect the Paris Peace Accords’ purpose and especially the constitution.”
រូបភាពជុំវិញពិភពលោកថ្ងៃទី ២៤ ខែ តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៧ មានមកពីប្រទេសដូចជា កេនយ៉ា ចិន សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ហ្វីលីពីន ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី និងបេឡារុស។
Ted Cruz, who represents Texas for the Republican Party, gave the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen until November 9 to release opposition leader Kem Sokha.
For his critics, Hun Sen’s pivot to China over recent years is partly to blame for the rising tensions ahead of next year’s general election.
Lu Laysreng has reportedly fled to Thailand following the leak, though this could not be independently confirmed.
More than 80 percent of Cambodians work either directly or indirectly in agriculture, which contributes about a third of the country’s gross domestic product.
Since Kem Sokha’s arrest more than half of the CNRP’s serving MPs have fled abroad fearing arrest and a politicized justice system.
Annika Ben David said that if the government presses ahead with plans to dissolve the opposition, Sweden would rethink its relationship with the Kingdom.
The European Union, the United States, and United Nations have all voiced their concerns over Kem Sokha’s arrest ahead of next year’s general election.
The Cambodian government produced a video which is said showed Rainsy admitting to the allegations.
Hun Sen compared Cambodia’s situation to that of South Korea and Thailand, saying other countries’ governments do not consider the people’s will.
Cambodia’s garment sector employs more than 700,000 workers and exported more than $6 billion worth of goods in 2016.
Report by Washington-based Stimson Center lays out new economic and technological opportunities for improving and diversifying region’s energy mix.
The parties accepting the offer are Funcinpec and the Cambodian Nationality Party (CNP), while the League for Democracy Party (LDP) declined to take part in the deal.
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