GENEVA (21 December 2022) — The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Federico Villegas (Argentina), has decided to appoint Mr. Mohamed Chande Othman of Tanzania to the Council-created Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia as its new Chairperson.
A court in Cambodia on Wednesday heard closing arguments in the trial of opposition leader Kem Sokha, who faces unsubstantiated charges of treason. Kem Sokha was detained in 2017 after the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which had been the main
A senior leader of Cambodia’s main opposition party will ask the country’s Supreme Court to overturn his conviction in a defamation case brought by election officials and Cambodia’s ruling party, a defense attorney said Tuesday. Son Chhay, vice president of
Cambodia today held events here to mark the 30th anniversary of the inscription of the Angkor Archaeological Park, on the list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites. Speaking to hundreds of participants at
Cambodian authorities in the resort town of Sihanoukville seized nearly 1 ton of ketamine over the weekend in the latest high-profile drug bust in this country, prompting calls from civil society groups for more transparency and stricter enforcement of measures
