cambodia

Rights groups concerned by conduct of Khmer Rouge trial

Despite widespread jubilation over the life sentence handed to Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav, local and international rights groups are concerned that the process of justice has not been well served.

Cambodian maids raped, abused and jailed in Malaysia

The dangers for South East Asian women who seek domestic work overseas have once again been highlighted by a group of Cambodian women returning from Malaysia.

Resourceful Maryknoll Sister helps students

Sister is 'the one who knows what's happpening'

Tearful Cambodians recount slavery ordeal at sea

Reports say that slavery is rife throughout South East Asia and Cambodians are frequently the victims. Much to their relief, a group of 12 young men yesterday found their way home.

Head of Cambodia's National AIDS Agency accused of fraud

A "whistle blower" employee at Cambodia's National AIDS Agency has sent documents and photographs to the Phnom Penh Post which implicate the agency's national head and three senior officials in a range of corrupt practices.

Trial is 'opportunity to forgive'

Justice must be done, but the nation cannot be 'angry forever'

Devastation in Cambodia

Floods have devastated Cambodia since August and at the beginning of October had affected 1.2 million people. Tess O’Brien, a volunteer with Jesuit Refugee Service in Cambodia, provides an update.

Cambodia's flood relief needs

Relief efforts are going on in Cambodia, where 17 provinces have seen flooding and 247 people have been killed due to the heavy monsoon rains, said a report on ABC Radio Australia

Church struggles to help flood victims

Exceptional floods kill 200, wreck communications

Protect refugees, or else resettle them:JRS

Few refugees in Cambodia who apply to UNHCR are nominated for resettlement in other countries, because as a signatory to the Refugee Convention and with its own domestic refugee law, Cambodia is supposed to have adequate legal frameworks to protect urban refugees, writes Taya Hunt on the Jesuit Refugee Service Asia Pacific website.

Artist's life a model for reconciliation

Vann Nath used his experience to heal the past by befriending the man who had imprisoned him

Missionaries get poor learners on the road

Center teaches how to start motorbike repair business

Church aims to boost education

The Church in Cambodia wants to strengthen its program of education in order to secure a future for the young of today, say  priests. Bishop Olivier Schmitthaeusler, Apostolic Vicar of Phnom
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