Cambodia News: sam rainsy

At White House, Demonstrators Call for Cambodian Election Reform - VOA Khmer

At White House, Demonstrators Call for Cambodian Election Reform
VOA Khmer
The protesters also said opposition leader Sam Rainsy should be allowed to return to Cambodia and contest the elections, a proposition that Cambodian leaders have said is not possible, as he faces a criminal prison sentence on his return. The UN and ...

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 25 Apr 2013 | 4:58 pm

Cambodia's Election Panel to 'Consider' Opposition Demands - Radio Free Asia - Radio Free Asia

Cambodia's Election Panel to 'Consider' Opposition Demands - Radio Free Asia
Radio Free Asia
The opposition party also called on the government to reform the NEC and demanded that the electoral body allow Sam Rainsy to participate in the election, according to recommendations by U.N. Special Rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia Surya ...

Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 24 Apr 2013 | 8:41 pm

Opposition Holds Demonstration To Demand Election Reform - VOA Cambodia - VOA Khmer

Opposition Holds Demonstration To Demand Election Reform - VOA Cambodia
VOA Khmer
Cambodia's opposition Sam Rainsy Party's lawmaker Mu Sochua speaks during a protest rally in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The Cambodian's main opposition party is calling for electoral reform ahead of general elections in July, ...

Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 24 Apr 2013 | 4:36 pm

Cambodian opposition rally for leader's return

About 2,000 Cambodian opposition supporters rallied Wednesday to demand election reforms and guarantees their leader Sam Rainsy can return to the kingdom to contest polls this year without arrest.

Source: sam rainsy - Yahoo! News Search Results | 24 Apr 2013 | 10:33 am

Cambodian PM warns internal war if opposition wins July's polls - Global Times

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Cambodian PM warns internal war if opposition wins July's polls
Global Times
The premier's warning followed the announcement of the self- exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday that he will convict members of Cambodia's current government accused of Khmer Rouge-era killings if his party wins the general election in ...
Hun Sen Warns of 'War' if He Loses Election - Radio Free AsiaRadio Free Asia
Cambodian PM warns of 'war' - The PeninsulaPeninsula On-line

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 19 Apr 2013 | 9:12 am

CAMBODIA: Khmer CNRP'S policies that deserve support - Asian Human Rights Commission News

CAMBODIA: Khmer CNRP'S policies that deserve support
Asian Human Rights Commission News
Main opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, 65, President of the coalition Cambodian National Rescue Party, is in self-imposed exile in France to avoid a 12-year-prison term in CAMBODIA which most observers agree is politically motivated. With CAMBODIA's ...

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 15 Apr 2013 | 5:41 am

New Opposition Enjoying Wider Support, Analyst Says - VOA Cambodia - VOA Khmer

New Opposition Enjoying Wider Support, Analyst Says - VOA Cambodia
VOA Khmer
The party combines lawmakers from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, which together hold just 29 of 123 Assembly seats. Its supporters hope the wider reach of the party will bring in more seats in the July 28 national elections. Lao Mong Hay said ...

Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 12 Apr 2013 | 7:23 pm

As Parties Prepare, Constituents Have the Power, Analyst Says - VOA Cambodia - VOA Khmer

As Parties Prepare, Constituents Have the Power, Analyst Says - VOA Cambodia
VOA Khmer
The Cambodia National Rescue Party, which will form from lawmakers of the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, held a congress over the weekend, gathering some 10,000 people in a large field 20 kilometers outside the capital. The party's leader, Sam ...

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 8 Apr 2013 | 3:17 pm

Ex-aide to Cambodia's late King Sihanouk joins opposition party ahead of July ... - Global Times

Ex-aide to Cambodia's late King Sihanouk joins opposition party ahead of July ...
Global Times
The 63-year-old Sam Rainsy, leader of the newly-formed CNRP, fled the country in late 2009 before Cambodian court sentenced him to 11 years in jail in absentia for two charges--removing border poles and publishing a false map of the border with Vietnam ...

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 7 Apr 2013 | 10:04 am

US, France Call for Election Reforms Ahead of July Polls - VOA Cambodia - VOA Khmer

Wall Street Journal

US, France Call for Election Reforms Ahead of July Polls - VOA Cambodia
VOA Khmer
Subedia has said the National Election Committee must make changes to level the political playing field and that opposition leader Sam Rainsy should be allowed to return to Cambodia to contest the elections. Sam Rainsy, who has been named the president ...
Cambodia's Terrorism TrumpNew York Times (blog)

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Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 4 Apr 2013 | 6:20 pm

International Parliamentarians Want Return of Sam Rainsy for Election - VOA Khmer

International Parliamentarians Want Return of Sam Rainsy for Election
VOA Khmer
Sam Rainsy, who has been named the head of the new Cambodia National Rescue Party, told VOA Khmer Thursday that the resolution added to growing international support for his return. That includes the UN's special envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedia, ...

Source: sam rainsy - Google News | 1 Apr 2013 | 12:47 pm

Cambodian PM to address parliament on border issues with Vietnam - Xinhua News Agency

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that he would explain at the National Assembly (NA) border issues with Vietnam at the request of Sam Rainsy Party, the country's major opposition party. "I wrote a letter to the ...

Source: sam rainsy - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 8:02 am

Cambodia’s political merger: maximising the potential - Phnom Penh Post

The announcement last week from Manila that Cambodia’s two largest opposition parties – the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and the Human Rights Party (HRP) – are to merge under the banner of the Democratic Movement for National Rescue (DMNR) represents a ...

Source: sam rainsy - Bing News | 1 Aug 2012 | 4:56 am

Opposition leader vows return, again - Phnom Penh Post

On a Skype connection beamed into the Phnom Penh courtyard of the Human Rights Party from France, self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed yesterday that he will return to Cambodia and campaign in the 2013 national elections. His remarks brought ...

Source: sam rainsy - Bing News | 31 Jul 2012 | 4:57 am

Mam Sonando arrest: Cambodia silences a journalist - asiancorrespondent.com

For example Tek Nim, a 28-year-old woman, won the seat for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party in Omlaing commune, embroiled in land conflict with Ly Yong Phat, a CPP senator and tycoon. One of the latest measures taken by the Prime Minister in this regard is ...

Source: sam rainsy - Bing News | 24 Jul 2012 | 4:54 pm

Land Grabs in Cambodia - New York Times

Mu Sochua is a member of Parliament in Cambodia from the Sam Rainsy Party. Cecilia Wikström, of Sweden, is a member of the European Parliament. Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that the government ...

Source: sam rainsy - Bing News | 19 Jul 2012 | 3:56 pm