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.
Since Kem Sokha’s arrest more than half of the CNRP’s serving MPs have fled abroad fearing arrest and a politicized justice system.
The conference also discussed the legacy of the Paris Peace Accords, which ended Cambodia’s civil war in 1991 and enshrined pluralist democracy in Cambodian law.
But Prak Sokhon says Phnom Penh's pivot to China, which has encouraged crackdown on dissent, is 'based on mutual respect and mutual benefit'.
In the interview with VOA Khmer following the General Assembly meeting, Prak Sokhon railed against the “one-sided” presentation of recent events in Cambodia in the media.
The band, fronted by Cambodian singer Kak Chanthy, drew a crowd of hundreds to hear both old and new tracks such as “I Am Sixteen”, “Sweet Love”, and “Whiskey Cambodia”.
In a separate statement, Amnesty International said the government must immediately end its “escalating assault” on the opposition.
VOA’s Sok Khemara spoke to Congressman Alan Lowenthal about where Cambodia is heading in the run up to next year’s election.
Kem Sokha was arrested at his home with a number of close associates and accused of “conspiring with foreigners” to destabilize Cambodia.
Bou Rachana, the widow of Cambodian political analyst Kem Ley, who was assassinated about one year ago, speaks about her family’s suffering and search for justice.
Pa Nguon Teang told Hello VOA that the moves would harm democracy and due process in Cambodia ahead of next year’s election.
U.S. Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in a statement that he was “concerned and disappointed” by the decision to close the NDI.
A State Department spokesperson said Washington was in talks with the government in the hope it would approach the disputes “in a fair fashion”.
Draft framework for non-binding code of conduct is a step forward, analysts say, but it is 'not an instrument to settle territorial disputes or maritime delimitation issues'.
The NDI is holding similar events in Takeo province’s Tropeang Thom Khang Cheung commune, on Wednesday, and Kratie province’s Svay Chreas commune, on Friday.
Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the son of the late King Norodom Sihanouk, who formed close relations with the regime of Kim Il Sung in the early 1970s.
“I want more Cambodian workers to come and also I want Cambodia to create good jobs with high salaries, like in Korea,”
Prime Minister Hun Sen has on numerous occasions expressed objections to the pursuit of further prosecutions and warned of “civil war” if international prosecutors continue to try former member of the regime.
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