Cambodia&#39;s Legislature Bars Government from Pardoning Khmer Rouge
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Legislators today approved laws barring the Cambodian government from pardoning Khmer Rouge suspects, one day after ratifying a landmark UN-backed plan to set up a tribunal to prosecute surviving leaders of the murderous 1970s regime.
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Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Cambodian Senate on Monday endorsed a Throne Council bill, submitted by the National Assembly on Oct. 8, paving the way for the appointment of a successor to King Norodom Sihanouk, who announced he is to &quot;retire&quot; on Oct. 7.
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PHNOM PENH, Oct. 4. - After seven years of delays, Cambodiaâs lawmakers today approved a UN-backed plan to put surviving Khmer Rouge leaders on trial for atrocities committed during the regimeâs murderous rule in the 1970s.
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PHNOM PENH, Oct. 7. - Cambodiaâs King Norodom Sihanouk has abdicated, citing poor health, and asked the country to begin searching for his successor, the head of the National Assembly said on Thursday.
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The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday spurned an amendment of Article 56 to the national Constitution which bans the individuals who have been dismissed from power by way of impeachment to stand in ...
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A top Hong Kong opposition lawmaker said he was barred from entering China yesterday, an incident that may fuel anti-Beijing sentiment in upcoming legislative elections. Law Chi-kwong of the Democratic Party said the mainland government assured him he could visit for six days, in what seemed to be a conciliatory gesture by the authorities, who have branded pro-democracy figures here ...
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The Senate unanimously approved a  bill on Wednesday blocking imports of Myanmar rubies and  timber, and lawmakers stepped up calls for a U.N. arms embargo  on the military-ruled Southeast Asian country.
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Ukraine&#39;s parliament, the Rada, has failed to pass a controversial package of legislative reforms that would clear the way for new presidential run-off elections to be held by month&#39;s end.
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Optimism has been tempered by years of negotiations and legislative delays; many Cambodians lost hope long ago.
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Cambodia&#39;s national assembly has ratified a law allowing a United Nations-backed trial of surviving Khmer Rouge leaders to go ahead.
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Cambodian police barred Hollywood  actress Mia Farrow and other activists from laying flowers at a  "Killing Fields" museum on Sunday, as part of a campaign to end  atrocities in Sudan's Darfur.
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Cambodia&#39;s legislature on Monday approved a long-delayed agreement to put surviving Khmer Rouge leaders on trial for atrocities that claimed nearly two million lives during their murderous rule in the late 1970s.
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A major HIV drug trial in Cambodia is shelved after the government said it violated people's human rights.
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Top government officials and tycoons in Cambodia, including the prime minister's relatives, are illegally cutting down the country's dwindling forests while foreign donors do little to stop them, an environmental group said Friday.
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Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko lost a round to their foes in parliament Saturday, when pro-government lawmakers helped block legal changes intended to prevent fraud in the Dec.
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With the detention of Pol Pot's former deputy, Cambodia comes a step closer to justice for the victims of the Khmer Rouge
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The US has passed a law that could see travel bans for Cambodian officials accused of looting the country's natural resources, a move hailed Wednesday by conservationists as a strike against illegal logging.