Cambodia’s government has ramped up use of the courts to harass political activists and rights defenders ahead of elections, Amnesty International said Tuesday, warning the climate of fear was likely to get worse. Millions of Cambodians will head to the polls on Sunday for local elections across more than 1,600 communes — an early litmus … Read more
Tuk-tuks blaring pop music and flag-waving supporters of Cambodia’s embattled opposition led a rally on Saturday for upcoming local elections, a bellwether for efforts to end the three-decade rule of strongman Hun Sen in next year’s national polls. The June 4 vote in more than 1,600 communes — administrative clusters of villages — will take … Read more
The self-exiled leader of Cambodia’s opposition party said Saturday he would resign his post, a shock blow to a movement struggling to unseat the country’s authoritarian premier. Sam Rainsy, who has led the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) since its creation in 2012 and has spent over a year in France to avoid several lawsuits, … Read more