Indigenous people from around Cambodia gathered at a conference in Phnom Penh on Tuesday saying the loss of land and forests was threatening their livelihoods and food security.
Plunging River Levels Raise Anxieties Ahead of Dry Season
The 48-year old farmer anxiously awaits every rainfall in Cambodia’s northwest. “I worry about the water and my livelihood every day,” Vann En said. Growing sweet cucumbers in Banteay Meanchey, his income depends on there being enough water — but he said he had already seen signs of an upcoming water shortage around his area. “There is only little water in the river,” En said.
Court Sentences Four Opposition Officials for Insult and Incitement
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has sentenced a former opposition official to one and a half years in prison for calling for a boycott of the 2018 election and criticizing the government in Facebook posts. Three other officials, including exiled acting opposition leader Sam Rainsy, were sentenced in absentia to one year and eight months’ imprisonment in the same case.
អតីតមន្ត្រីគណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិដែលត្រូវជនមិនស្គាល់មុខវាយ នៅតែបារម្ភពីសុវត្ថិភាព
អតីតចៅសង្កាត់កោះដាច់ និងអតីតប្រធានកងអង្គរក្សលោក សម រង្ស៊ី ស្នើឱ្យសមត្ថកិច្ចទាំងអស់ពន្លឿននីតិវិធីស៊ើបអង្កេតរកជនល្មើសដែលបានប្រើប្រាស់ហិង្សាមកលើពួកគេឲ្យបានឆាប់រហ័ស ព្រោះថាពួកគេចេះតែបារម្ភពីសុវត្ថិភាព និងរស់នៅក្នុងភាពមិនស្ងប់ចិត្ត បើសមត្ថកិច្ចមិនទាន់ចាប់ខ្លួនជនដៃដល់យកមកផ្ទន្ទាទោសតាមច្បាប់។
Taking to the airwaves
Newsroom trainees got their initial introduction to radio journalism this week when they assisted VOD reporters and began learning how to rehearse, read and record news scripts.