The United Nations human rights office voiced concern over last week’s murder of an outspoken Cambodian environmental activist and human rights defender, whom it said had worked fearlessly to expose illegal logging and corruption in the country. Chut Wutty was shot and killed last Thursday in south-western Cambodia, according to Rupert Colville, a spokesperson for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Phnom Penh’
1 May
Cambodia: The healthy part of my morning eating.
Restaurant Bambus Terrasse, # 22-24, street 110 corner street 5, riverside Phnom Penh, phone: 012 549 020.,
27 Apr
Cambodia: An expanding Partnership for ASEAN-EU.
By Cathy Ashton. Cathy Ashton is the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. As foreign ministers from ASEAN and the European Union gather in Brunei Darussalam for the 19th ASEAN-EU ministerial meeting, the sense of drive and ambition underpinning the partnership has never been stronger. A question-and-answer session at the ASEAN [...]
17 Apr
Cambodia: Effective Change in the Buddhist Year 2056?
Khmer Buddhist New Year 2056 is time for Cambodians to spark effective change. April 15, 2012 An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission ——————————————————————————————————————————— Talking about the need for political change in Cambodia gets “old.” I write aplenty in this space and elsewhere on the topic, yet Prime Minister [...]
13 Apr
Maha Songkran – Happy Khmer New Year 2012.
Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh, April 13, 2012 More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_New_Year http://youtu.be/95Qe0eA0SA4 (Video part 1) http://youtu.be/hxJOTaci8Co (Video part 2)
5 Apr
20th ASEAN Summit – Chairman Hun Sen and his “bald headed doctor”.
Leaders of the 10-nation ASEAN bloc have laid the final groundwork for the establishment of an integrated economic community by 2015. But rifts have emerged over how to handle Chinese hegemony following the 20th annual summit of the group in Phnom Penh. by Luke Hunt. Luke Hunt is a South-east Asia correspondent for The Diplomat [...]
