In a joint statement issued on May 25, the NGOs, including Amnesty
international, Reporters Without Borders, ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human
Rights and Human Rights Watch, said they noted that in recent months the
government had warned against public criticism of measures put in place to
control the spread of the coronavirus. the statement had alleged that the
government has prevented independent journalists from covering Covid-19
cases and condemned those who criticised the vaccination campaign.
Medical workers have taken throat swabs to check for infections in more
than 2,000 factory workers in Kampong Cham province’s Cheung Prey district
after they gathered to block National Road 6 in protest on May 29.
A standoff between residents on land earmarked for Phnom Penh’s new
international airport against developers and authorities continues, as the
gulf between the land’s rising value and authorities’ insistence on paying
only pre-development prices as compensation widens.
Some 100 Preah Sihanouk villagers protested in support of six families
whose land is being claimed by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s nephew, as the
nephew said he had a legal title to the land while the local commune chief
said he didn’t know how Hun Chea had obtained it.
Children’s rights and needs have to be put at the centre of all Covid-19
responses and ensure that no child is left behind, rights group Licadho said
in its appeal to the government as the Kingdom marked International
Children’s Day on June 1.
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At least 600 workers have received lay-off messages, in what NagaWorld says
is due to financial hardship from the Covid-19 pandemic.The job losses come
amid news that its parent company NagaCorp reported US$102.3 million in net
profit in the year ending December 31, 2020.
More than 500 families in Stung Treng province are getting a piped water
system, Plan International
