Citizens Should Report Police Abuse: Lawyer
Citizens should lodge complaints against authorities who violate their rights or the law, a leading lawyer said Thursday.
The constitution guarantees a citizen’s freedom from abuse of authority and right to file legal complaints against it, said Ouk Phuri, a member of the Cambodian Bar Association, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“I’m not just telling people [...]
Cambodian people must reject poll results
Cranston City, RI, United States, — The full implementation of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreement is the only alternative to lead Cambodia toward freedom and democracy.
Presently, Cambodia is a police state just as were Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria during their occupation by the Red Army of the Soviet Union. The elections in Central Europe [...]
Ministry Yet to Detail FBI Aid in Murder Case
The Ministry of Interior has formed an “investigation committee” to determine how to move forward in the murder case of opposition journalist Khim Sambor, an official said Tuesday.
The ministry has received a letter from the FBI, but the investigation committee will decide how the FBI can help, said Interior Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak [...]
Rights & Wrongs: China, U.N. Peacekeepers, Cambodia and More
CONTINUING CONCERNS ABOUT CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS — The spectacular Olympic picture China has sought to paint for a world audience continues to be marred by human rights abuses, as media outlets, human rights groups and international diplomats put pressure on the Olympic host to ease controls on the Chinese people.
U.S. President George W. Bush made [...]
Cambodian editor in chief fled for U.S. for sake of safety
PHNOM PENH, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) – Dam Sith, editor in chief for the Khmer Conscience News, which is closed related with the major opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has secretly fled Cambodia for U.S. for the sake of his safety, national media said Monday.
Sith was once jailed over accusation by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong for [...]
FBI to Aid in Case of Murdered Journalist
The Ministry of Interior has accepted an offer of help from the FBI in investigating the pre-election murder of an opposition journalist, officials said Monday.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday had accepted the FBI’s help in the case of Khim Sambor, and opposition journalist, and his son, who [...]
Congressman Urges Freedom of Religion
The US has the ability to sanction governments that restrict freedom of religion, a US congressman said Thursday.
Trent Franks, a Republican representative from Arizona, said international religious groups actively encourage the US to put pressure on countries that restrict religious and political freedom.
International activists “empower the United States in a lot of different ways” to [...]
Fear for Safety Remains: Journalists
Dam Sith, the editor of the opposition newspaper Moneaksekar Khmer who was jailed for a week in June and was the boss of slain journalist Khim Sambor, fully supports the FBI’s offer to aid police in solving the murder.
Speaking by phone for fear of leaving his house, Dam Sith said Thursday on “Hello VOA” he [...]
Cambodian monks debate right to vote in election next week
PHNOM PENH (AFP) — The austere existence of Buddhist monks is supposed to show Cambodians how to live. One thing monks have been forbidden to do, however, is show them how to vote.
That will change Sunday, when Cambodia’s Buddhist monks vote in their first general election since they led anti-government demonstrations a decade ago, when [...]
Opposition, guild hit Cambodia journalist killing
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia’s top opposition Sam Rainsy Party and the country’s major journalist guild condemned on Saturday the killings of a journalist and his son, calling it a political threat ahead of a general election later this month.
The country’s biggest opposition party, named after the French-educated former finance minister who is its leader, [...]
