Cambodia Supreme Court Building in Phnom Penh
Cambodia court dissolves main opposition party
Cambodia's Supreme Court has dissolved the country's main political opposition party. The Cambodia National Rescue Party denies accusations that it is plotting to overthrow the government.
The opposition party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function - with its leader Kem Sokha arrested, many of its senior members in hiding or in exile such as its Vice President Mu Sochua.
The move gives Prime Minister Hun Sen a clear run in next year's general election.
Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports from Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolves opposition party
Cambodia's Supreme Court on Thursday dissolved the main opposition party, leaving Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen clear to extend more than three decades in power in a general election next year.
Cambodia: Supreme Court dissolves main opposition party
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Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday, giving Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party a clear run in a general election next year.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld charges against housing activist Yorm Bopha, who is serving a three-year sentence in what supporters say is a threat against the freedom of assembly. Yorm Bopha, 29, is serving a three-year sentence on charges related to violent demonstrations over a development project in the Boeung Kak neighborhood of Phnom Penh, which has displaced some 4,000 families. Amnesty International called the charges against her fabricated and lacking credible evidence. More than 100 supporters demonstrated outside the court building, including her mother, who wept and cursed the court. (Heng Reaksmey/Say Mony, Phnom Penh)
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SOT, Vladimir Zaycev, Deputy Chairperson of Russian Supreme Court Appellate Body (Russian): The Russian Supreme Court Appellate Body has pronounced that the decision of the Supreme Court from December 30, 2017 remains without change, thus disallowing Alexei Navalny's appellate complaint.
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Cambodia's ruling party stands unopposed
After the high court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party, the Khmer looks virtually unopposed in next year's elections, but the government insists that democracy is alive and well in Cambodia.
Cambodia's ruling Party has been left unopposed in Parliament after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party, the CNRP, last week.
It is the latest in a series of moves aimed at cracking down on criticism of the government.
But some opposition groups are not giving up.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Phnom Penh.
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What's behind Cambodia's crackdown on the opposition? - Inside Story
Hun Sen, 65, is one of the world's longest serving leaders, first taking office as prime minister of Cambodia in 1985. Rights groups say hundreds of opposition figures, journalists, trade union leaders and others have been killed in politically motivated attacks during his time in power.
Hun Sen's dominance was challenged in parliamentary elections in 2013, when the newly formed Cambodia National Rescue Party nearly pulled off an upset. Since then, its leaders have either been jailed or pushed into exile.
On Thursday the Supreme Court dissolved the party, accepting the government's claim that it conspired with foreigners to stage a revolution.
This effectively allows the ruling party to run uncontested in next year's polls.
So, will the court's ruling help consolidate Hun Sen's three decade long grip on power?
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Victor Gao - Director, China National Association of International Studies
Hosuk Lee Makiyama - Director, European Center for International Political Economy
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Australian Ricketson arrives in Cambodia court to hear verdict on spying charges
(31 Aug 2018) An Australian filmmaker has arrived at a Cambodian court to hear his verdict on a security charge that carries up to 10 years in prison.
James Ricketson arrived alone in a prison van on Friday.
From a court waiting room, he told the Associated Press, I hope I am free today and I could go home.
He has been held since June last year when he was detained after flying a drone to photograph an opposition party political rally.
The charge against Ricketson is tantamount in legal terms to espionage, but prosecutors never specified which foreign power he allegedly spied for.
Cambodia has released almost two dozen jailed critics or opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen's government in recent weeks.
That has raised hope Ricketson may also be freed.
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2017-11-16 Why the Cambodian Supreme Court decided to dissolve CNRP ?
វីដេអូពិសេស «មូលហេតុអ្វីបានជាបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិត្រូវបានតុលាការកំពូលសម្រេចរំលាយចោល?»
មានរយៈពេល ៣៤នាទី ១៧វិនាទី
Bitter rivalry lies behind Cambodia noodle feast
(9 Jun 2019) People in Phnom Penh gathered to share a meal of noodles on Sunday, an activity imbued with political significance as both governement and opposition leaders encouraged sharing the dish with people from the other side of the sharp and at times violent political divide.
Cambodia's strongman leader Hun Sen and his self-exiled chief political rival and critic Sam Rainsy, who normally agree over nothing, both called for Cambodians to share noodle soup on Sunday.
The two titans of Cambodian politics made stunningly similar calls to their followers this past week.
They said all Cambodians should gather with their neighbours and sit down for a meal of num banh chok, a popular Cambodian rice noodle soup usually consumed at breakfast.
Speaking in Paris, Sam Rainsy, co-founder of the country's only credible but now disbanded political party, expressed his hope that this could be the start of an understanding whereby the ruling party becomes more tolerant and accepts the very existence of an opposition.
What sounds like a utopian scenario has its roots are in hard-nosed politics.
The Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved by the Supreme Court in November 2017, and 118 opposition lawmakers were kicked out of Parliament and banned from contesting the polls and any other political activity for five years.
Sin Rozeth had been an admired young CNRP commune chief in the northwestern province of Battambang.
Forced out of politics, she opened a shop selling Cambodian noodles. Her old colleagues would drop by for a meal and chat about politics, and she and others would post their thoughts on Facebook.
A court called in Sin Rozeth and about three dozen colleagues for questioning, citing their noodle soup meals as political gatherings in violation of the Supreme Court ban on political activity.
Soon, word spread that the former CNRP leaders wanted their party members nationwide to gather where they could on Sunday and eat the kind of noodles Sin Rozeth sold in her shop - a novel act of political solidarity.
Hun Sen, known for his prowess in chess, quickly countered, sending word down to his party members that they should also gather on Sunday to eat noodle soup.
Effectively coopted, Sam Rainsy, interviewed by The Associated Press in Paris, said his party had forced Hun Sen's hand with its bid to make a show of strength.
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2017-11-17 Why the Cambodian Supreme Court decided to dissolve CNRP ?
វីដេអូពិសេស «មូលហេតុអ្វីបានជាបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិត្រូវបានតុលាការកំពូលសម្រេចរំលាយចោល?»
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