The ensuing trial and conviction of Rong Chhun, along with two younger activists, highlighted how Cambodia’s government and judiciary have warped criminal incitement charges to suppress dissent amid a crackdown on the ruling party’s critics and political opponents.
U.S. President Joe Biden aired a litany of concerns during his meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday.
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In a statement Monday, her lawyers called for her to be transferred to the main prison in Phnom Penh, and asked Biden to use his planned visit to Cambodia on November 12-13 to push for her release.
The Biden administration is hoping to find a receptive audience in areas such as maritime cooperation, sustainable development, connectivity and economic relations — and will likely avoid issues that raise obvious conflicts with Beijing.
For artist Phung Huynh and many other Cambodians, the ubiquitous, cheerful-looking packaging is deeply intertwined with their family history of resettling in the United States as refugees.
“From the outset, the authorities repeatedly violated Ms. Seng’s fair trial rights,” the report said, noting that she was named as part of a long list of defendants accused of incitement, without any specific explanation of what she had done.
Whatever decision comes down Thursday, the lone surviving leader of the genocidal regime that killed at least 1.7 million people will be facing the same fate — locked in prison for the rest of his life.
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“Tensions and controversy will arise, especially with regard to Russia's presence at the meeting, as the West is opposed to Russia's presence,” Chheang Vannarith told VOA Khmer on Friday. “It’s hard to reach a consensus because it already has two blocs.”
However, her case represents a unique dilemma for Hun Sen, both because of her U.S. citizenship and her relatively high international profile after two decades running rights groups in the country.
Opposition Candlelight Party is projected to win at least four commune chief positions, collecting some 2,176 commune council seats nationwide, according to party’s officials
Ahead of local elections, many voters were apprehensive about the repressive environment and said the opposition Candlelight Party had struggled to reach them.
Candlelight Party candidates are keen for another chance to challenge the long-ruling CPP, despite facing a repressive environment and missing their exiled leader
The recent Washington summit marks a renewed U.S. commitment to ASEAN after four years of neglect under former President Trump. But experts caution that keeping up the momentum — and effectively engaging ASEAN in U.S. efforts to counter China’s regional influence — remains an uphill challenge.
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