While negotiations are ongoing between the ruling CPP and the opposition CNRP about an investigation regarding alleged frauds during the Cambodian 2013 parliamentary elections, held on July 28th and which saw the CPP lose a considerable amount of seats to the CNRP, some 300 to 400 people gathered for the second time (first time HERE) […]
While the results of the Cambodian 2013 parliamentary elections are still not ratified by the opposition CNRP and FUNCINPEC, the farmers complete the ever returning cycle of rice growing in the countryside.
While the results of the Cambodian 2013 parliamentary elections are still not ratified by the opposition CNRP and FUNCINPEC, the workers of SL Garment Processing (Cambodia) Ltd. are still on strike in a tense political situation, demanding higher wages. The factory is specialized in various wet & dry processes for denim jeans and the dyeing […]
Sam Rainsy, president of the CNRP (Cambodian National Rescue Party) opposition party, returned to Cambodia after having attended his daughter’s wedding in the U.S.A. during a stalemate with the ruling CPP about the July 28th parliamentary elections results. He was greeted by an unexpected large crowd upon his arrival at Pochentong Airport.
Jacques Vergès dies at the age of 88. Among many other historical figures he was the lawyer for Khieu Samphan, ex Khmer Rouge leader, currently being tried at the ECCC (Extraordinary Chambers at the Courts of Cambodia). As a reminder: ’30 Years for a Trial’, the e-book for the iPad is available HERE at the […]
Civil Society groups and NGO’s staged a gathering for a peacefull resolution of the political stalemate after the 2013 Cambodian elections with a rather confused coordination. One group showed up in front of the Royal Palace, while the other was demonstrating at Wat Phnom. Ubiquity is not human.
While the final results of the parliamentary elections were announced, Boeung Kak Lake (see here and here) and sympathizing communities returned to current affairs and staged a demonstration requesting the release of Yorm Bopha in front of the Supreme Court. Relying on their very long experience regarding demonstrations, they invested in umbrellas, sheltering them from […]
Even before the complaints on voting procedures were examined, the NEC (National Election Committee) announced virtually unchanged final results of the July 28th elections for the parliamentary elections, giving 68 seats to the CPP and 55 to the CNRP. The remaining CNRP leaders (CNRP’s President, Sam Rainsy, in a strange move, is in the U.S. […]