2015 in Cambodia

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The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Cambodia.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Norodom Sihamoni
• Prime Minister: Hun Sen

Events

• January — Hun Sen marks 30 years as Prime Minister^[1]
• March — A tribunal backed by the United States charges two leaders of the Khmer Rouge with Crimes against humanity.^[1]
• June — The government implements a deal with Australia to resettle some Vietnamese refugees held on the island of Nauru.^[2]
• July 13 — A court in Phnom Penh launched an investigation into defamation and interference with justice charges against Ny Chakriya, who had previously questioned the impartiality of the judiciary in a prior case.^[2]
• July 21 — 11 opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) organizers were sentenced to 7 to 20 years in prison for participating in an alleged insurrection in 2014. ^[2]
• August 13 — Hun Sen orders the arrest of Hong Sok Hour, an opposition party member of senate for posting false information about the 1979 Cambodia-Vietnam political agreement to Facebook.^[2]
• November 15 — Hun Sen issues an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy for his comments alleging that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong had been complicit in the crimes commited by the Khmer Rouge.^[2]

Deaths

August 22 — Ieng Thirith, a notable member of the Khmer Rogue.^[3]

References