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អង្គការភាពជាដៃគូដើម្បីបរិស្ថាន និងការអភិវឌ្ឍ



Joint Statement: Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Student Leader Thy Thorn is Punishment for Activism
Phnom Penh, 7 September 2026 The seven-year prison sentence handed down to 25-year-old Thy Thorn, vice president of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA), on 2 September over baseless plotting charges is a disproportionate punishment for Thorn's commitment to peaceful activism. We, the undersigned civil society group, are deeply pained by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court's decision, and we call for Thorn to be immediately released and the charges against him


JOINT STATEMENT: Immediately Release of Chea Vuthy, Reverse 18 months in Prison Sentence Over Private Messenger Chat
Phnom Penh, 20 August 2026- We, the undersigned civil society organizations, are gravely concerned to the verdict delivered on 19 August 2026 by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentencing Mr. Chea Vuthy, a citizen journalist and social activist, to 18 months in prison and fine 2.000.000 Riles (approximately 500 USD) in connection with a message sent in a private Messenger group in August 2025. We call on the relevant authorities to immediately release Chea Vuthy and to drop


Joint Statement: Four Years of Strikes at NagaWorld“We Unite the Nation Beginning with Resolving the Dispute at NagaWorld”
Phnom Penh, 13 January 2026 It has been four years, from 18 December 2021 to 18 December 2025, since workers at NagaWorld went on strike to demand justice, respect for labour rights and protect the freedom of the independent Labour Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) which the company has consistently sought to dismiss, expel and persecute in an attempt to dissolve, without proper basis, a union established by the agreement of workers since 2009. Dur
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