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September 12, 2024

Cambodia: forum planned to address prison overcrowding

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Asia Justice Overcrowding Cambodia

The Ministry of Interior’s General Department of Prisons (GDP) is planning to hold a forum with relevant ministries, embassies, and human rights NGOs to find a comprehensive solution to ongoing overcrowding issues in prisons, as the number of incarcerated people continues to rise.

December 1, 2023

Cambodia: human rights situation improving, says CHRC chairman

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Asia Material conditions Cambodia

Keo Remy, chairman of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC), has described widespread improvements in the human rights situation in the Kingdom’s prisons.

November 8, 2022

Cambodia: dissident begins hunger strike over prison conditions

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Asia Material conditions Cambodia

Theary Seng’s stand comes ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit to Cambodia for this week’s ASEAN summits.

May 25, 2021

Cambodia: UN offers Covid assistance at Preah Sihanouk prison

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Coronavirus Asia Health Material conditions Cambodia

The UN in Cambodia will provide material to Preah Sihanouk provincial prison to help prevent Covid-19 transmission after 34 cases were found among detainees on May 8.

July 29, 2020

Cambodia: ONG exigen que cumpla su promesa de liberar a 10.000 presos

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Coronavirus Asia Health Overcrowding Cambodia

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June 11, 2020

Cambodia: reforms to tackle prison overcrowding ‘must go further and put human rights at the core of drug policy’

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Asia Drugs Overcrowding Cambodia

At the beginning of the year, Cambodia’s largest prison facility exceeded 9,500 prisoners – which is 463% over its maximum capacity of 2,050 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch want reforms to be deepened and made permanent, through the review and amendment of the Law on Drug Control ‘Camb…

April 24, 2020

Cambodia: exclusive footage reveals deplorable prison conditions

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Coronavirus Asia Health Overcrowding Cambodia

Amnesty International is releasing shocking footage providing first-hand evidence of the inhumane conditions and extreme overcrowding inside one of Cambodia’s prisons. The organization recently called the country’s detention facilities a “ticking time bomb” for a potentially disastrous coronavirus…

July 5, 2019

Cambodia: First “prison hotel” offering perks for paying prisoners

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Asia Cambodia

A controversial revenue-generating scheme in the form of a for-profit “prison hotel” is nearing completion in Cambodia.

August 11, 2017

Cambodia: Justice Ministry studying alternatives to prison for some inmates

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Asia Cambodia

At the urging of the U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia, the Justice Ministry on Thursday said it was studying the feasibility of a pilot program that would help ease the burden on the country’s overcrowded prisons by creating alternatives to jail.

June 28, 2017

Cambodia: Drug war fuels crowding, health concerns

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Asia Health Drugs Cambodia

With authorities expressing a desire to extend the Kingdom’s controversial drug war beyond its six-month window, observers say an outbreak of respiratory illness among prisoners in Kampong Speu’s provincial prison last week has underscored the medical pressures created by an ongoing prison overcrow…

February 23, 2017

Cambodia: prison numbers jump 20 percent

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Asia Overcrowding Cambodia

Cambodia’s already swollen prison population leapt by more than 20 percent last year, according to the Ministry of Interior’s annual report, which acknowledged the influx has caused “serious challenges” with overcrowding, and revealed one-third of inmates are in pre-trial detention.

January 31, 2017

Cambodia: drug campaign nets 1,000

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Asia Drugs Cambodia

More than 1,000 people have been arrested in the first dozen days of the government’s drug crackdown, in what critics have labelled a heavy-handed campaign that could have unintended consequences.

November 25, 2016

Cambodge : Deux ex-dirigeants khmers rouges condamnés définitivement à la prison à vie

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Asia Cambodia

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May 5, 2016

Cambodia : prisons granted more funds to develop libraries

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Asia Cambodia

Cambodian’s prison libraries are set to receive an extra $600,000 in funding from the French Agency for Development and literacy NGO Sipar, according to a statement released yesterday. Sipar director Hok Sothik said the extra funding will be spread out over three years and enhance 26 prison librari…

March 30, 2016

Cambodia : experts wary as Kingdom mulls private prison plan

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Asia Cambodia

As Cambodia moves towards opening its first privately run prison, international experts have warned the government may have misunderstood the concept and cautioned that privatisation likely isn’t the best way to tackle chronic overcrowding in prisons

March 14, 2016

Cambodia : Interior Ministry admits to prison drug problem

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Asia Health Drugs Cambodia

In what one commentator described as “a bold step”, the Interior Ministry’s prisons department has seemingly admitted it has a drug problem, and last week sent a letter requesting the Health Ministry’s assistance in tackling it.