Cambodia News: Mu Sochua

Cambodia's banned opposition party has earmarked a budget to support members of the armed forces who defect from Prime Minister Hun Sen's regime and ...

A few hundred Cambodians marched to Lowell City Hall to support the Cambodia National Rescue Party, and the party's plan to return democracy to the country.

PM says the gov't will request all Asean member countries to arrest Sam Rainsy.

The Lantos Commission is right to focus on the human rights situation in Cambodia. For decades, Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has ...

The undersigned civil society organizations, representing groups working within and outside Cambodia to advance human rights, rule of law, and democracy, ...

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Thursday said action will be taken against any gathering in support of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National ...

Beijing has co-opted politicians, guided media narratives, and used investment to influence politics from Cambodia to Australia.

Rights group calls for dropping of charges and release of Nuth Pich, a member of the dissolved opposition party.

The CPP Central Committee is set to hold an urgent meeting tomorrow on the issue of a possible Everything-but-arms withdrawal.

A group of former CNRP members on Friday announced that former leader Sam Rainsy and supporters will return to the Kingdom on November 9. Following the ...

Accusations of human rights abuse by the Cambodian government may force the end of a preferential trade agreement.

Supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Monday rallied on the streets of Tokyo, demanding Prime Minister Hun ...

National Police chief Neth Savoeun and the Commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Vong Pisen led a meeting on Thursday to prepare ...

The government has “no interest” in what a “rebel group” had to say after it was urged to reopen the democratic space to retain Cambodia's access to the EU's ...

The year since the controversial poll brought growing repression at home and further isolation abroad.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesperson Ket Sophann has dismissed a media report claiming Cambodia has placed six Members ...

Battambang provincial police chief Uch Sokhon said Sam Rainsy, the “acting president” of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party ...

The comeback strategy in the works amounts to a bold leap into the unknown, and it is unclear if it will pay off.

Mu Sochua, the deputy president of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has claimed that at least six Members of the European Parliament ...

Ou Chanrith, a former lawmaker for the former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has rejected the “smear” that the announced return of party co-founder ...

Mu Sochua, the vice-president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), said on Saturday that “acting president” Sam Rainsy ...

Cambodia's exiled acting opposition chief Sam Rainsy has agreed to return to the country in September, following a decision by fellow party executives to go ...

Hundreds of Cambodians are gathering to eat noodles in a show of defiance following a crackdown on opposition activists — but the Government is threatening ...

The banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Tuesday vowed to back Khmer Kampuchea Krom in their quest for self-determination in ...

PHNOM PENH (DPA) - Cambodia's outlawed opposition party is aiming to reinvigorate grassroots support by having local party members continue to meet over ...

Cambodian political observers say intimidation has been a widely used tool in the government for decades but that recently, there has been a shift in the practice ...

With senior leaders jailed or exiled, local and regional supporters of opposition report attacks and harassment.

A UN special rapporteur is urging the Cambodian government to improve its plans for inclusive development, protect freedoms of assembly and expression, and ...

Mu Sochua is the deputy leader of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), and one of Cambodia's most prominent women in politics. This past week, a ...

(New York) – Cambodian authorities should immediately cease harassing former opposition party members in the courts, Human Rights Watch said today.

Ericksen has defended the contract as a legitimate second job for a part-time state legislator. He said he won't engage in lobbying and will focus on improving ...

Ou Chanrath has said that the hostile welcome granted him by his fellow Cambodians recently in South Korea showed that the hearts of supposedly democratic ...

Thousands of supporters of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Saturday gathered in the South Korean city of Gwangju ...

Cambodia's government on Tuesday defended its decision to hire a U.S. state lawmaker to lobby on behalf of its interests in Congress, amid a low point in ...

The co-founder of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Sam Rainsy, has called on countries “that respect democratic ...

New arrest warrants for Cambodian opposition leaders show Hun Sen's commitment to political repression despite the threat of sanctions. The best chance at ...

The warrants were issued shortly after Sam Rainsy made a public statement pledging to return to Cambodia despite the threat of arrest.

NGO the Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Monday released a statement condemning the arrest warrants filed last week by the Phnom ...

BANGKOK — A Cambodian court has issued arrest warrants for eight opposition leaders who fled abroad for safety but say they are now trying to return.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has issued arrest warrants for eight high-ranking members of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party ...

March 18 (UPI) -- A Cambodia court Monday issued warrants for the exiled leaders of the country's top opposition group after they started making plans to return.

Exiled politicians accused of incitement to commit felony and plotting treason after announcing plans to return.

International Women's Day affords an opportunity to reflect on the victories and ongoing struggles faced by women around the world. This year, there is much to ...

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has spent more than 18 month in detention as of Sunday, with other opposition leaders decrying his case as politically ...

More than 100 former Cambodia National Rescue Party officials were banned from politics for five years in a Supreme Court decision in November 2017.

Hun Sen and other senior CPP officials have made threats prior to the July 2018 election that the opposition would be “destroyed” or “killed” if sanctions were ...

Last November, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen agreed to a wager with the exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Broadly speaking, the understanding was ...

Immigration officials have been ordered to arrest Sam Rainsy, the former leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, if he follows through on pledges to ...

The deputy president of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Mu Sochua, has written to the EU about alleged threats against ...

The 22nd Asean-EU Ministerial Meeting was held in Brussels to consider issues including trade, maritime security, combating terrorism, and migration.

The permanent committee of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) held a meeting in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the US on ...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday threatened to retaliate against the opposition if the European Union withdraws duty-free trading access over ...

Hun Sen warned workers that continuing to press for the bonuses could lead to the closure of two-thirds of garment factories in the country.

WITH King Norodom Sihamoni having signed off on the amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties, 40 banned Cambodia National Rescue Party ...

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's exiled opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, a longtime foe of Prime Minister Hun Sen, has vowed to return to the country next year.

Cambodia's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling to fine the acting president of the country's now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National ...

Self-exiled cofounder calls government decision a political maneuver but others see it as sign of genuine improvement.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament on Thursday amended the law to let banned politicians petition the government for a return to politics, which ...

The National Assembly, which will host its plenary session on Thursday, will debate the proposed amendment to Article 45 of the Law on Political Parties, ...

Cambodia's parliament is reviewing a five-year ban on more than 100 members of the main opposition party, which could allow them to return to politics, ...

Former deputy leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Mu Sochua on Monday called for “reconciliation” between Cambodian politicians to solve ...

Today, the country is effectively a one-party dictatorship with the opposition party scattered across the world.

The international community has to pressure Cambodia to hold free and fair elections.

When a country has a strongman for a ruler, an army at his disposal, and control of the media, how can the people fight back? You go after the one thing he does ...

Taipei, Nov. 9 (CNA) An international forum focusing on repressive countries will take place on Saturday in Taiwan, seen as a beacon of democracy and an ...

English News and Press Release on World and 4 other countries about Protection and Human Rights and Refugees; published on 17 Oct 2018 by APHR.

Opposition figure Sam Rainsy has been invited to speak at the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, according to a former ...

Activist and politician Mu Sochua lived in exile from Cambodia for almost two decades after her parents disappeared under the Khmer Rouge regime. Ever since ...

Former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Mu Sochua said on Thursday that she was “chased” out of the European Parliament in Brussels last ...

As one of the most prominent women in Cambodian politics, Mu Sochua has championed democratic values and human rights. Yet, in 2017 Sochua was ...

Release follows criticism of Hun Sen government after one-sided election.

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's parliament on Wednesday held its first session since a July general election in which Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling ...

Activists, opposition welcome royal pardon of award-winning land rights defender Tep Vanny after two years in prison.

All 125 seats in Cambodia's parliament were won by the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, according to official results just published. Rights groups say the ...

Cambodia held elections last month, but the outcome was never in doubt. Prime minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) won with ease, ...

The nation's “unfair economic growth is a time bomb. It can explode at any moment,” the VP of now banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) tells ...

Cambodia's opposition calls on the Australian Government to reject this week's election results and send Prime Minister Hun Sen a clear signal that he cannot ...

For Taiwan, isolated by Chinese pressure, hosting the Oslo Freedom Forum is a kind of international validation — from dissidents, if not from governments.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has resisted calls to reject the Cambodian election results outright, but says Australia has "serious concerns" and has made them ...

Scared and on the run, members of the opposition mount campaign against legitimacy of strongman leader Hun Sen.

Yang Saing Koma is trying to make sense of a political situation in Cambodia that some claim is not salvageable.

Speaking in Oslo, Norway, on Tuesday, Mu Sochua said the continued support for the election process offered a veneer of respectability to an otherwise corrupt ...

Mu Sochua was a political leader in Cambodia — now she's in exile. “If I were to stay in Cambodia I would be arrested right away,” she explained. “Being in exile ...

Cambodia's national general election is scheduled to occur at the end of July 2018. With a few months away, former opposition members of the Cambodia ...

Former opposition deputy leader Mu Sochua suggested delaying Cambodia's July 29 national elections in testimony before the Canadian parliament's ...

The widow of slain political analyst Kem Ley on Sunday called for protesters to join her in demonstrating against Prime Minister Hun Sen when he visits Australia ...

The United States has announced it will not issue visas to Cambodian officials it says are undermining democracy in the kingdom, and is calling on Prime ...

Cambodia's Supreme Court has dissolved the country's main opposition party, leaving the government with no significant competitor ahead of elections next ...

Democracy 'dipping fast into a big hole', says Mu Sochua, after prime minister Hun Sen consolidates grip on power by banning opponents and closing media.

Under strongman Hun Sen, Cambodia has taken its first legal step toward completely dissolving its main opposition party. Essentially every opposition leader is ...

Leading opposition figure Mu Sochua tells the BBC she has fled into exile for fear of being arrested for treason.

Bangkok: Cambodian strongman Hun Sen has widened a crackdown on his critics, forcing half of the country's opposition politicians to flee overseas in fear of ...

Mu Sochua, the deputy leader of Cambodia's main opposition party, says her country's government is waging “psychological warfare” on its opponents in an ...

The Hun Sen government no longer even pretends to tolerate a political opposition.

Mu Sochua knows she is a target. The Cambodian opposition politician has been told she is on a list of 10 people who are next in line to be arrested. Hers is no ...

Mu Sochua, CNRP vice president, told VOA Khmer on Wednesday that Sokha would not resign from the position.

Two lawmakers exchanged heated words outside a Pailin market on Sunday, in what the Cambodia National Rescue Party claimed was an ongoing intimidation ...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — For days now, tens of thousands of mourners, rich and poor, from the cities and from the countryside, have been visiting Wat Chas ...

Bloody clashes broke out in central Phnom Penh's Freedom Park on Tuesday morning as security guards broke up an antigovernment demonstration.