9 March 2010, 6:30 am
BANGKOK, Mar 9, 2010 - Cambodia's new penal code, which comes into force later this year, should be accompanied by stronger law enforcement measures if the country's women and girls are to be better protected from rape, says the global rights lobby Amnesty International .... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:25 pm
PHNOM PENH: Rape of women and girls appears to be increasing in Cambodia and victims face stigma and get little justice, rights group Amnesty International said in a report to mark International Women's Day.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 11:59 am
Amnesty International says rape and sexual crimes committed mainly against women and children has become a growing problem in Cambodia.... Read More »
6 March 2010, 9:43 pm
In a dusty village near the Thai-Cambodia border, 24-year-old Oeur Samoeun sits on a dark green hammock recovering from a strain of malaria that has resisted the most powerful drugs available.... Read More »
6 March 2010, 4:24 pm
Unwilling to give up just yet on the future of a young patient, representatives from a local nonprofit are hoping a period of rest and recuperation will make the young girl healthy enough for surgery.... Read More »
5 March 2010, 3:54 pm
This government-run rehabilitation center just outside Cambodia's capital city, Phnom Penh, was used to detain people rounded up from the street.... Read More »
5 March 2010, 10:20 am
Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni, who spent 13 years in then Czechoslovakia in 1962-75, will arrive for a week-long private visit to the Czech Republic on March 14 during which he will meet Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Klaus announced on his web page www.klaus.cz yesteday.... Read More »
4 March 2010, 10:08 am
THAI government spokesman said there is no proof Thai soldiers have killed innocent Cambodian civilians along the disputed border area, even as a local rights group stepped up calls Wednesday for Thai authorities to end what it described as a a oebrutala series of recent slayings.... Read More »
4 March 2010, 1:48 am
CAMBODIA'S military mounted a rare public test of rockets on Thursday amid a lingering troop standoff over disputed territory with neighbouring Thailand.... Read More »
3 March 2010, 7:11 am
Morning-- I got up before the others today and went to have breakfast in Tat. The staff were already busy at work at 7am.... Read More »