Full Coverage: Cambodia

23.04.2008 The Cambodian government should conduct an immediate investigation into the allegations of bribery in the fire service and take action against firemen accused of demanding money before they put out a blaze.

17.04.2008

16.04.2008 A woman who was subjected to abuse as a child, sold into prostitution and whose 14-year-old daughter was kidnapped, drugged, raped and sold to a brothel has won an international award for her fights to liberate girls from sex slavery.
From The World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the Child

12.04.2008

18.03.2008

13.02.2008 Following Global WitnessÂ’ recommendation that World Bank President Robert Zoellick should call for an investigation into evidence of an illegal logging network around the Cambodian Prime Minister and other senior officials, the Cambodian government demanded a change in the organisation's leadership and called on its donors to cut funding.

12.02.2008 Vireak and his seven children constitute only one of hundreds of Cambodian families forcibly evicted from their homes due to government and military land grabs and land disputes. Vireak has now been homeless for over 9 months.
From: Amnesty International

18.12.2007 The Cambodian government should respect its international human rights commitments as well as United Nations officials mandated to monitor them, five leading international human rights organisations said today.

27.11.2007 Cambodia's practice of turning simple civil debt or contract cases into criminal lawsuits "is yet another area in which it has failed to honour its international human rights obligations", according to a leading Asian rights group.

12.11.2007 Former Khmer Rouge leaders Ieng Sary and his wife Khieu Thirith have been formally charged with high crimes by the genocide tribunal and remanded in custody in Cambodia, a court spokesman said on Monday.
From Bangkok Post
+ OneWorld Guide to Cambodia

08.11.2007 Where children once had to walk up to three miles through dense thicket to the closest school, a new schoolhouse is offering new opportunities for over 100 kids -- and building the school has focused community members on the importance of education.

04.07.2007 Cambodia's Bunong people have been struggling to reclaim their way of life after being ravaged by war in the 1970s. Refugees International has focused attention on helping the Bunong adapt to the realities of the 21st century, while making sure they maintain their ethnic identity.

03.07.2007 Illegal logging is rife in Cambodia, but journalists investigating the problem have faced violence and threats, writes Andrew Wasley.

10.06.2007 The human rights situation in Cambodia is "parlous" and donors should call the government to account in an aid consultation later this month, according to a leading Asian rights group.

01.06.2007 Cambodia's corrupt political elite is stripping the country of its natural resources, according to a new report published by a UK-based not-for-profit organisation.
FromGlobal Witness

31.08.2006 From caste discrimination to forced disappearances and torture, participants at a conference on human rights in Asia detail the abuses faced in 12 Asian nations.

24.07.2006 After successfully fending off the spread of HIV through prostitution, Cambodia faces a new challenge in its battle against HIV/AIDS. Transmission now occurs primarily between husband-to-wife there, provoking calls to revamp the country's HIV prevention strategy.

15.07.2006 Disabled people tend to be ignored, shunted aside and seen as passive recipients of aid rather than as people making their own decisions. But in Cambodia, change may be on the way.

+ OneWorld Cambodia Guide

19.06.2006 The World Bank has canceled more than seven million dollars in aid to Cambodia after finding evidence of fraud and corruption in three development projects.

06.06.2006 The Cambodian authorities intend to evict poor homeless tenants and move them to an undisclosed location for the sake of beautifying the city of Phnom Penh, according to an Asian rights group.