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Family of pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit and the United Nations' Committee on Enforced Disappearances call for more transparency

Authorities in Cambodia say they have closed a probe into missing Thai pro-democracy activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit, who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Penh four years ago. Wanchalearm was pushed into a black Toyota Highlander SUV on June 4, 2020, near the Mekong Gardens condominium, where he lived, eyewitnesses told VOA Khmer reporters at the time.…

Theary Seng is serving a 6-year sentence for treason.

Chhim Sithor was detained in November after returning from a labor conference in Australia.

The building of a youth drug rehabilitation centre in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district is now 90 per cent complete and the centre expects to provide addiction treatment services to 300 patients once it opens.

Unionists’ lawyer vows to appeal to the country’s supreme court.

Three former lawmakers from the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who have fled the country and another party member were each sentenced to two years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

Authorities imprisoned 10 activists for demonstrating in support of a prominent union leader who was jailed in August over accusations he falsely claimed that land in the South-East Asian country had been ceded to neighbouring Viet­nam.

Three former lawmakers from the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who have fled the country and another party member were each sentenced to two years in prison by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

PHNOM PENH, Oct 26 — Cambodia imprisoned 10 activists today for demonstrating in support of a prominent union leader who was jailed in August over accusations he falsely claimed that land in the Southeast Asian country had been ceded to neighbouring Vietnam. Cambodia has for centuries fretted...