On February 18, Cambodia’s Ministry of Justice released a statement regarding an opinion article I had published in Radio Free Asia (RFA) a few days earlier, headlined, “Banning Khmer Rouge denialism is a bad move for Cambodia and the world.” I won’t recite what I wrote, although I would noteContinue Reading
A central puzzle for analysts of contemporary Cambodia is how to explain the remarkable durability of the current ruling party, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). In power since 1979, the CPP government, which was led for more than 38 years by former Prime Minister Hun Sen, has gradually managed toContinue Reading
Gerald Flynn, a British journalist and staff writer for the environmental news site Mongabay, has been banned from entering Cambodia, where he has reported on environmental issues for the last five years and spent two years of those years as president of the Overseas Press Club of Cambodia. Flynn, 33,Continue Reading
On Friday, Cambodia’s government announced that its Cabinet had approved a draft bill that will toughen penalties for anyone denying atrocities carried out by the communist Khmer Rouge in the late 1970s. The bill stipulates “the prosecution of any individual” who denies or condones the atrocities committed by Democratic Kampuchea,Continue Reading
Prime Minister Hun Manet has mounted a spirited defense against accusations that his government and the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) were behind the assassination of a rival politician in Bangkok earlier this month. While attending the inauguration of a new village, Hun Manet broke his silence on the deathContinue Reading
