CNRP Protesters March in Phnom Penh, Rally at Headquarters

CNRP supporters carrying Cambodian flags march in Phnom Penh, March 30, 2014. Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy led hundreds of supporters in a march through the capital and a meeting at his party’s headquarters on Sunday, abandoning plans to defy a government ban and rally in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. Avoiding hundreds of anti-riot police deployed to the park, the supporters...

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Cambodia PM Warns Against Opposition Protest

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses the inauguration ceremony of a hydropower plant in Pursat province, March 27, 2014.  Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened action against the main opposition party if it pushes ahead with a planned mass demonstration in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday in defiance of a ban on public gatherings at the site. Blaming the Cambodian National...

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In Desperation, Borei Keila Women Turn to Sex Work After Eviction

Bopha waits for customers at a park near the waterfront in Phnom Penh, March 2014.  Some women evicted from Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila slum have resorted to prostitution to support themselves after losing their homes and jobs in one of Cambodia’s bitterest land disputes. The women are among some 150 families struggling to make ends meet since being moved to a barren plot of land an hour-and-a-half’s...

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Strike Action to Back Higher Pay For Garment Workers Loses Steam

Striking garment workers demonstrate in Phnom Penh, Dec. 31, 2013. Only two of eight labor unions representing garment workers in Cambodia went on strike as planned beginning Wednesday to back their demands for a higher minimum wage as the government called the industrial action illegal and warned of possible action.The six other unions have decided to call off the three-day stay-at-home...

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Cambodia’s Ruling, Opposition Parties at Odds Over Electoral Body Reform

Binh Chhin (L) speaks to reporters in response to Son Chhay (R) in Phnom Penh, March, 10, 2014.   Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) on Monday rejected an opposition proposal to revamp the country’s electoral body as they met for a third round of talks aimed at breaking a seven-month political deadlock following disputed polls.Opposition leader Sam...

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Cambodia Opposition Party Threatens to Call Off Talks

CNRP President Sam Rainsy (left) and his deputy Kem Sokha (right) wave to supporters at a protest in Phnom Penh, March 8, 2014.   The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) threatened Tuesday to call off talks aimed at breaking an eight-month political deadlock with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party, accusing it of using the negotiations to cling on to power....

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Cambodian Opposition Threatened With Lawsuit for ‘Inciting Violence’

Hun Sen chairs the Cambodia Outlook Conference in Phnom Penh, Feb. 27, 2014.   Cambodia’s government on Thursday hit out at opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s comparison of his bid to unseat Prime Minister Hun Sen to a popular movement in Ukraine, threatening him with a lawsuit for allegedly inciting violence in the nation.Responding to comments made by Sam Rainsy a day earlier...

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