Tag: Elections / Democracy
Thousands march in Cambodian opposition protest
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters marched through the capital Wednesday to deliver a petition to the United Nations urging it to intervene in what they say was a rigged election that illegitimately returned Prime Minister Hun Sen to power.
The march kicked off a three-day rally marking the...
Cambodian Opposition Begins Three-Day Protest
Cambodia's opposition has begun three days of mass demonstrations in the capital to call for the government to allow an independent probe into alleged election fraud.
Thousands gathered early Wednesday in Phnom Penh's Freedom Park, where they were met by thousands of riot police. Many Cambodians feared a repeat of...
Cambodia’s Opposition Set for Three-Day Mass Protests
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will hold mass protests for three consecutive days beginning Wednesday, with plans by supporters to march on foreign diplomatic missions to highlight demands for a review of election results it says have been tainted by fraud.
The party said it expects some 40,000...
Cambodia: CNRP plans three-day rally
Opposition lawmakers this week called for a rally planned for the capital’s Freedom Park next week to be extended over three days as Cambodia National Rescue Party chief Sam Rainsy prepared to return from a much-vaunted overseas tour.
Tens of thousands of CNRP supporters are expected to take to Phnom...
Cambodia opposition begins 3 days of protests
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital in a blazing afternoon sun Wednesday to demonstrate against the government's longtime ruling party accused of corruption and voter fraud.
The protesters, supporters of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), are challenging the results of...
Cambodian-Americans Warn of Dangers of Political Deadlock
WASHINGTON DC - As demonstrations continued in Phnom Penh, Cambodian-Americans in Washington said this week that the international community can no longer stay out of Cambodian affairs, lest the political deadlock turn to violence.
At a discussion at the National Press Club in Washington, held by the Khmer People’s Network...
UK supports Suu Kyi’s call for democratic reform in Myanmar
London: Britain has assured democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi that it will help to build international pressure on Myanmar for further reforms to ensure that the 2015 elections are fully democratic.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, Foreign Minister William Hague and the Development Secretary met with Suu Kyi in...
Cambodian Opposition Petitions Foreign Embassies over Election
Thousands of Cambodia opposition party supporters marched on U.S., U.K., and French embassies in the capital on Thursday, delivering petitions calling for the intervention of the world powers to help restore multi-party democracy in the country following disputed elections.
The march came on the second of three days of Cambodia...
CAMBODIA: Time to get to work
The more Hun Sen attempts to ignore grievances of the increasingly vocal cohort of Cambodian voters who allege election irregularities and fraud, the more the emboldened and determined opposition party demands an independent impartial joint CNRP-CPP investigation committee to seek more accurate accounting of ballots cast in the July...
Thailand: Abhisit, Suthep charged in 2010 red shirt rally crackdown
Bangkok — Thai prosecutors indicted former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Monday for ordering crackdowns on the 2010 red shirt protests that left at least 92 people dead.
The indictments are based on a report compiled by the Department of Special Investigation covering the...
