Youth Resource Development Program News Today

For the past 15 years, a unique experiment in international justice played out in a repurposed Army headquarters on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Hundreds of lawyers, translators, staffers and service workers mad

President Hun Sen’s order to shutdown Voice of Democracy (VOD), one of Cambodia’s last independent news media outlets, greatly imperils journalistic freedom in the country. With 92 other organisations, Reporters without Borders (RSF) condemns such an arbitrary decision and demands the immediate restoration of the VOD’s broadcasting licence.

US president Joe Biden has expressed his commitment to strengthening the capacity of Cambodian youth through the Southeast Asian Youth Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) scheme. During his visit to Cambodia, Biden met with many young people who had attended the US YSEALI programme.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) joins 39 other organisations in condemning the violent arrests of five journalists who were covering a huge deforestation operation in southern Cambodia, and calls on the Cambodian government to guarantee journalistic freedom.

The Youth Resource Development Program (YRDP) launched a 4R campaign – Refuse, Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – with the slogan “refusal to use plastics starts with you” to urge youths and others to reduce their plastic use, which they believe is harmful to the health of humans, animals and the environment over the long term.

July 9, 2021 Today, in advance of the fifth anniversary of the unlawful killing of prominent political commentator and human rights defender Kem Ley, the 45 undersigned organizations reiterate their call for the Cambodian authorities to create an independent Commission of Inquiry tasked with conducting an independent, impartial and effective investigation into Kem Ley’s death. To date, the Cambodian government has consistently failed to achieve justice for Kem Ley and his family.    On 10 ...