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A young woman locked up for protesting speaks to a camera to thank Cambodia’s leaders for her freedom.

The next-gen leader and the forced video confessions on Facebook

Observers say Cambodia’s change in leader is just an extension of times before, where opponents were threatened with beatings, “only they are younger”.

  • Zach Hope

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet inspects an honour guard during a visit to Malaysia on Tuesday. The prime minister’s family retain control of many senior roles in the Cambodian government.

We’re welcoming a ‘reformer’ PM, but it’s his despot dad who calls the shots

Targeted sanctions should be used to put pressure on Cambodia’s human rights violators, especially those powerful figures who hold assets in Australia.

  • Gareth Evans and Gordon Conochie
Goodbye and hello: Cambodia’s longtime ruler Hun Sen, left, has passed on the prime ministership to his son Hun Manet, right.

Hun Sen seals Cambodia’s political dynasty as son becomes PM

The ascension of Hun Manet, who was educated at West Point in New York, marks the conclusion of a political succession years in the making.

  • Philip J. Heijmans
Hun Manet, of the Cambodian People’s Party, son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, also army chief, shows off his inked finger outside a polling station after voting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

‘UN pls help’: Cambodia PM Hun Sen’s party claims landslide win in unopposed election

The prime minister’s CPP, a political behemoth with a vast war chest, faced no viable opponent after a ruthless, years-long crackdown on rivals.

  • Prak Chan Thul
Hun Sen has ruled with an iron fist since becoming prime minister at the age of 32 in 1985.

Cambodia’s strongman faces an unlosable election. But will he still run the country?

A crackdown against opposition voices has made the result a foregone conclusion. What remains uncertain is when Hun Sen will hand the reins to his son.

  • Chris Barrett
Victorian Labor MP Tak Meng Heang speaks at a Cambodian community event in Melbourne.

Victorian MP sent ‘hit list’ letter threatening critics of Cambodian leader Hun Sen

As Cambodia heads to a one-sided election, police are investigating a death threat against an Australian politician who has spoken out against the Phnom Penh regime.

  • Chris Barrett
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‘Understand me’: Hun Sen links AUKUS to concerns for Cambodia’s Chinese-funded naval base

The south-east Asian strongman aired transparency concerns during a rambling speech in which he also accepted the vessels would be nuclear-powered and not nuclear armed.

  • Chris Barrett
Kem Sokha arrives at court in Phnom Penh on Friday.

Cambodia opposition leader Kem Sokha sentenced to 27 years of house arrest

After a trial that involved the recording of a speech given in Melbourne, Sokha was found guilty of colluding with a foreign power to try to topple the regime.

  • Chris Barrett and Nara Lon
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Charged, fined and frozen out: The Australian man taking on Asian strongman Hun Sen

Son Chhay has a good life in Australia, but the dual citizen is back in Cambodia for this year’s election

  • Chris Barrett
Hun Sen said a recent VOD article had hurt the “dignity and reputation” of the Cambodian government.

Cambodia’s Hun Sen orders closure of independent news outlet

The Voice of Democracy has had its licence taken after leader says the media organisation attacked him and his son.

  • Clare Baldwin

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