by Jessica D’Itri Mu Sochua, 55, the most prominent woman in Cambodia’s Sam Rainsey opposition party is on the campaign trail three years in advance of the scheduled parliamentary elections. Sochua, a human rights and women’s rights activist, faces a tough and at times vicious campaign. The Prime Minister, Hun Sen, of the ruling Cambodian […]
It seems Cambodia’s ruling party, the People’s Party (KPK), might be learning the art of soft authoritarianism – by legal manipulation from Singapore’s PAP (People’s Action Party). Despite the fact, the KPK won 90 of 123 seats in the last election, the party still feel vulnerable to the press and opposition, because their criticism centers on […]