Youth activist group Khmer Thavrak says it will launch a hunger strike to demand the release of Seng Theary, a human rights activist and international lawyer jailed for six years for conspiracy to commit treason.
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Some 900 activists, informal workers and others gathered in Phnom Penh in a public forum that organizers said was intended to send a message to Cambodian and Asean leaders ahead of a regional summit in the capital next week.
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Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) released a report on its “Youth Policy Survey” which revealed that most young Cambodians lack an interest in politics because they are more concerned about personal security and lack political knowledge.
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Hundreds of residents in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh protested this week over displacement due to an Angkor resettlement plan, the sand-filling of Boeng Tamok lake, and a road expansion project in the capital’s Russei Keo.
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