Protecting Voting Right of a Woman with Disability

Saturday, September 03, 2011 By Mu Sochua On the 2nd day of voter registration, we walked to the end of the muddy road. With copies of voter list in hand, we walked door-to-door to make sure newly illegible voters are registered and all our supporters are on the lists. All adult members of Chantrea's family have registered...

Khmer Rouge Tribunal Judge Criticizes Media Coverage

Foreign judge Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart takes an oath during the swearing in ceremony at the royal palace in Phnom Penh in this July 3, 2006 file photo. (Photo: REUTERS) September 02, 2011 Daniel Schearf | Bangkok Voice of America “Arguments are being held in the fora of the media as opposed to the courtroom." Khmer...

Cabinet Approves Draft Law To Counter Acid Attacks

Nov Rey, 50, an acid attack victim, looks on as she waits to sing during a performance by traditional Cambodian musicians (AP file photo) Thursday, 01 September 2011 Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh "Motives of such attacks center around love triangles, money disputes or drunken aggression."The Council of Ministers on Thursday...

Boy, 3, readied for open-heart surgery

Bunkek Song holds her 3-year-old brother, heart patient Bunlak Song, in the Cambodian New Year Parade in Long Beach on Saturday. (Jeff Gritchen / Staff Photographer) 09/01/2011 By Greg Mellen, Staff Writer Long Beach Press Telegram (California, USA) LOS ANGELES - An impoverished Cambodian boy in need of an open-heart...

Federal deportation review comes too late for some [... for Cambodians]

Ana Marie Cruz's fiance, a legal resident and father of her children, was deported for a crime he committed 14 years ago. September 1, 2011 By Sarah Hoye, CNN CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ana Maria Cruz is a single mother of four after her fiance was deported Chally Dang was a legal permanent U.S. resident, who emigrated from Southeast...