Cambodian-American community leaders have said the victory of the Democrats in the US midterm elections this month will not affect the passage of a bill that would place sanctions on senior Cambodian officials over the country’s deteriorating human rights and democratic record.
An NGO worker and six Kuoy ethnic community members from Brame commune in Preah Vihear province’s Tbeng Meanchey district requested on Wednesday a delay of their court hearing over a land dispute dating to 2014.
A global coalition of grassroots groups has called on the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia to look into cases of land grabbing allegedly perpetrated by the state as part of her review of the human rights situation in the Kingdom.https://bit.ly/2RYdtrl; https://bit.ly/2zcVqXH;
