Since 2001 Cambodia has benefited from an exceptional trading advantage, granted by the European Union thanks to an initiative known as “Everything But Arms” (EBA). This provides the possibility of exporting to Europe without quotas or customs duties. The advantage was given to a group of countries in the process of development and transition towards democracy. The intention of the
In 2003 the international community helped the Cambodian government to establish a special tribunal – with the participation of the United Nations – to prosecute the most important Khmer Rouge leaders. The name given to the institution was the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Prosecuting those responsible for the mass killings perpetrated under the Khmer Rouge regime
On October 24th and 25th a delegation of former Cambodian opposition parliamentarians of CNRP and of the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational Transparty (NRPTT), led by exiled leader Sam Rainsy, was in Italy for a series of meetings with members of both Houses of Parliament and with members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In the general media silence, with the
On August 30th, a Cambodian court extended for six months the pre-trial detention of Kem Sokha, President of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and member of the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational Transparty (NRPTT) like Sam Rainsy and the entire parliamentary opposition of the south-east asian country. The CNRP was outlawed on November 16, 2017 with a politically motivated ruling
On July 29, legislative elections were held in Cambodia, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia, ruled for 33 years by former Khmer Rouge Hun Sen with his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). The polls delivered an largely predicted victory to the ruling party CPP and another five years of Prime ministership to Hun Sen. The predictability of the outcome was
Version française en bas For the high attention of His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni King of Cambodia Royal Palace Phnom Penh Paris, May 23, 2018 Your Majesty, I allow myself to write to you to respectfully ask you not to cede to the demand of the government and the CPP which seeks your intervention to encourage Cambodia’s population to go to
Letter to the Phnom Penh Post 30 April 2018 Editor, Following The Post’s article titled Hun Sen comes to China’s defence, praises investment and development aid (April 26), I would like to make the following remarks. The main problem with Chinese investments is their complete lack of transparency, which favours corruption among both Chinese investors and Cambodian government officials. These
On Thursday, March 22, Makarar Thhai took the floor in the UN Assembly of the 37th session of the Human Rights Council, on behalf of the Nonviolent Radical Party Transnational Transparty (NRPTT). Thhai is a member of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the main political force of opposition in that country, founded by Sam Rainsy and outlawed on
On 8 February Sam Rainsy, exiled Cambodian opposition leader and Honorary member of the Global Committee for the Rule of Law “Marco Pannella”, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal Court seeking information from Facebook about Cambodia’s misuse of the social media platform. The case is one of the first civil suits to seek inside information from Facebook regarding the
On Saturday 3 February the constitutive meeting of the Cambodia National Rescue Movement (CNRM) took place in Paris. The meeting was attended by Sam Rainsy, Saumura Tioulong, André Gattolin, Laura Harth and many members of the Cambodian community of various European countries. The newborn Movement aims to revive the battle for the rule of law and the democracy of the