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The Phnom Penh Municipal Court of Appeal will relocate from its current location to new premises in the OCIC development area in Chroy Changvar district.

The government is set to roll out a new dual cash transfer programme intended for poor households recently affected by floods and those most vulnerable to inflationary pressures.

Prime Minister Hun Sen has renewed his call for authorities to stay focused on resolving land disputes quickly and effectively and to provide the public with necessary services as efficiently as possible.

Civic space for the functioning of democracy and exercise of political rights in Cambodia has been operating without constraints, discrimination or threats, contrary to some criticisms levelled at the Kingdom by “outside actors”, said Senate president Say Chhum.

Authorities arrested Chhim Sithar as she returned from a labor union conference in Australia.

Chhim Sithar, head of the Labour Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees at NagaWorld integrated casino resort, was arrested on November 26 at Phnom Penh International Airport and placed in pre-trial detention after returning from a 12-day trip to Australia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen urged authorities to focus on settling land and worker disputes to avoid social unrest, as he addressed a Central Committee meeting of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) in the run-up to the 2023 general election. The November 26 meeting was attended by over 3,000 CPP members.

Authorities are continuing to pursue the importers of illegal meat products, just days after nearly five tonnes of frozen chicken offal was intercepted on National Road 5 in Kampong Chhnang province’s Rolea Ba'ier district.

Senior government officials have dismissed a recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) as unfounded and unprofessional, and something the government would not be taking into consideration.

The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) says the organisation is committed to promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in the region, and that it will be able to demonstrate progress in its mission before its next summit.