the people of cambodia voted for the cambodia national rescue party, the opposition party, 3 million,d we will continue to walk toward oui’ and we will continue to walk toward our main goal, which is change for cambodia. this is the prime minister, hun sen. he's been in power since 1985. and this move is just the latest in a series of increasingly authoritarian measures he's taken ahead of elections next year. in september this man, the leader of the cnrp, was arrested on a treason charge. one of cambodia's main independent newspapers, the cambodia daily, was also forced to close. the bbc‘sjonathan head has tweeted. "so hun sen has dispensed with opposition and shut down the cnrp — in the past he's been confident enough of winning elections without such a drastic step." of course he knows about this all very well. of course he knows about this all very well. one reason he might be worried, the last election in 2013 gave the government 68 seats — but the cnrp got 55, and that was with them disrupting the results, saying the process had serious irregularities. nga pham is a south east a

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party the government says the cambodia national rescue party is plotting a coup riot police were deployed in phnom penh ahead of the decision. from the private who's in the cambodian capital. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the c n n r p it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposition party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box according to the ruling c.p.p. party here and its long time prime minister stand it amounted to th

discussion from paris we're joined by more such well vice president of the opposition cambodia national rescue party from beijing there to go director of the china national association of international. that is from washington d.c. we're joined by hoss oakley mark yama director of the european center for international political economy thank you all for being with us let's start with you you wrote in a newspaper article on friday that democracy was on trial this week in cambodia and that it lost the supremes court decision center the death knell for democracy in cambodia it was a big blow for democracy in cambodia that is not a fatal blow because democracy in cambodia is a poor of huge poor of democratic forces in cambodia that includes the rural poor civil servants they used intellectuals the workers all of us we want change we are the forces that mr huhne sen wants to demolish and he can't because it's in shrine and in the hearts and minds in the spirits of the cambodian people for change change without bloodshed change through three fair and inclusive elections all right so the supreme court's de

the government had asked the court to dissolve the cambodia national rescue party that was the only oppositionarty that had a fighting chance of breaking the authoritarian prime minister's 32 year grip on power. the cambodian prime minister himself says elections will still take place as normal next year. a regional correspondent explains. the court'sre decision, authorities hahad deployeded forces around ththe s to block accccess to the s supre court.t. made it very cleaear the o oosition wowould be didissolved. the leader of f the opposititio, the cnrp, is already behind bars on charges of treason and espionage. the opopposition is accusedd of trying to overthrow the government and that's why it is being g dissolved. sen has always said he has been the man for peace and stability. he has been cracking down on opposition, ngos and independent media outlets. o serissacac contenders in the ming electiononin july. the supreme urt's decisiono dissve the oositio pty is a serious blow to democracy in cambodia and f for all those who support a multiparty system in cambodia. greece is marking a day o

cambodia riot police have blocked the streets around the supreme court in the capital phnom penh the government has filed a lawsuit against the main opposition party accusing it of plotting a coup the cambodia national rescue party or c.n.n. r.p. says that it expects to be banned drop the bride reports from rome. with three million supporters across cambodia the main opposition c.n.n. r.p. party had been gaining strength and was threatening to unseat the ruling party in elections which have to take place by next year their dissolution now brings the question will those same supporters take to the streets protests here are fraught with danger if you go out and protest in support of a band politicians who've been accused of trying to overthrow the government you yourselves could be guilty of. it seems according to critics of long time prime minister hun sen he has used this opportunity to crack down on his main opposition so that when he does go to the ballot next year he will be faced with much smaller this organized opposition parties that he can defeat and continue to stay in office at least eighteen people four of them female suicide bombers have been killed in a series of blasts in northeastern nigeria

crackdown that's been going on for months now in february sam rainsy resigned as head of the cambodia national rescue party he'd been living in exile since two thousand and five and in march when rights activists can soca replaced sam rainsy as the new leader in september soca was charged with treason and now the supreme court will decide whether to dissolve the party entirely let's go live to it upon phnom penh mcbride is there what's happening there right now. the court is now broken up. adrian they have been deliberating all morning looking at various submissions mainly from lawyers representing the department of the interior here on why the party should be dissolved basically the case all stems from remarks made by the opposition leader a number of years ago now but which was which were recorded where he according to the ruling party was calling for the overthrow of the cambodian government the opposition party says this is nonsense basically he was talking about normal democratic process of his party and seating the ruling party through peaceful democratic means whatever the truth of it the upshot is

you coming to us out of cambodia that country's supreme court has dissolved in the last half hour or so the main opposition party now the government says the cambodia national rescue party is plotting a coup right mcbride joins of that developing story non-parent rob just walk us through what they've decided to do. that's right peter has been confirmed since we've been on from the supreme court that the dissolution of the c.n.n. r.p.s. the main opposition party here is to go through not only that but one hundred eighteen of its senior officials have been banned from politics of taking part in politics for five years this effectively disables the main opposition to the ruling party the c.p.p. and its long time prime minister. this has been a day long proceedings it's been held amidst the tightest of security here the whole of downtown phnom penh has been sealed off behind a military cordon. the c.n. r.p. the opposition they had been expecting this decision of their leader. is under arrest has been thrown for a couple of months of former leader is in exile meanwhile some of their m.p.'s are also in exile others are in hiding and others are fearful of arrest themselv

decision came after a day of deliberations held amid tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like it's vice president. we look at. is this. message to the international community yet mr hood is. who. our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim saka the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and it. is risky to. human rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in september the government says for nonpayment of taxes and there have been restrictions on the activities of foreign n.g.o.s. the opposition has promised to fight on regardless it can continue and do exist

cambodia's supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party having promised to whom to send his ruling party a clear run in next year's election the government says they can manage a national rescue party was plotting to take power with help from the united states bryant has the latest from. the decision came after a day of deliberations held the made tight security around cambodia supreme court the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting its dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like its vice president. we look at the trial as the trials in laos is a significant message to the international community yet mr junta is to dictate who wants to remain in power prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kemp. the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics zero sum game is a winner takes all politics and it. is risky to lose. human rights groups have accused

cambodia's supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister who intends ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government says the cambodian national rescue party was plotting a coup but bryant has latest from penn the decision came after a day of deliberations held me tight security around cambodia supreme court. the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting it's dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding or in exile like it's vice president. we look at. this. message to the international community yet mr junta is. with me in our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim sucker the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics here all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky. human rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in septem

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cambodia supreme court. the cambodian national rescue party had been expecting it's dissolution and had already ceased to function with many of its senior members in hiding already exile like its vice president. we look at as the trials in laos is this need a message to the international community yet mr junta is. who with me in our prime minister hun sen has accused his rivals of plotting to overthrow his government after the arrest of opposition leader kim sucker the national rescue party denied the claim accusing the ruling party of using the courts to silence it it nearly won against the government at the last election and has been gaining in popularity and looking one in politics zero all summer game is a winner takes all politics and is. is a risky. human rights groups have accused one sound of a wider crackdown one of the leading newspapers the cambodia daily was closed in september the government says for nonpayment of taxes and there have been restrictions on the activities of foreign n.g.o.s. the opposition has promised to fight on regardless it can continue and it exist and it is in the hearts of every

with your top stories from al-jazeera in cambodia the supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party in the government accuse the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup one hundred eighteen members have been banned from politics for five years with the latest from nonpayment. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result of one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the city an r.p. it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposite. party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box according to the ruling c.p.p. party here and its long time prime minister hun sen it amounted to

cambodia supreme court will decide on thursday whether to dissolve the main opposition to the prime minister and the cambodian national rescue party a. security force have been deployed the capital and. now the united nations says as many as a million children have lost one or both parents since the war in syria began more than six years ago it's warning children are getting an education and are at greater risk of falling into the hands of traffickers or being radicalized by groups assad been reports from an over. on the turkey syria border. moments of happiness like this must the reality for many of syria's children there are one hundred dolphins at the center in opposition controlled at the city. we were in our backyard when my father was killed in an airstrike then jets came and killed my mother and my sister that story reverberate through these small corridors almost every child suffers from trauma and psychological stress but they recalled the horror of what felt like being hunted. we were in our home when jets killed my father we moved to another neighborhood when an airstrike killed my sister later in another basement a bun

cambodia supreme court is deciding whether to dissolve the main opposition party prime minister hun sen accuses the cambodian national rescue party of planning a coup security forces have been deployed to the capital phnom penh iran's president hassan rouhani is promising to find the builders who constructed poorly designed buildings that collapsed in sunday's earthquake at least five hundred thirty people were killed and eight thousand injured with a magnitude seven point three quake struck the mountain as iran iraq border survivors are building temples shelters with whatever they can find. lebanon's president is asking is accusing saudi arabia of taking prime minister saad hariri and his family hostage is the first time mission island has explicitly said he's being held he calls it an act of aggression i really announced a surprise resignation in a televised statement from the saudi capital riyadh. and then israel has signed a debt restructuring deal with one of its major creditors russia more than three billion dollars will now be paid back to moscow in ten years with minimal payments for the first six the agreement come

and cambodia supreme court will decide on thursday whether to dissolve the main opposition party prime minister hun sen accuses the cambodian national rescue party of planning a coup security forces have been deployed to the capital phnom penh. now at least two people have been killed in a suicide bombing in northern nigeria four attackers also died in the can see officials say thirty others were injured in the incident in my degree the city is a focal point for the armed group boko haram twenty thousand people have been killed and more than two point six million made homeless since the group launched its insurgency. the u.n. is sending additional peacekeepers to the central african republic the security council approved nine hundred more raising troop numbers to more than eleven thousand u.n. secretary general antonio ted as has warned of the risk of ethnic cleansing in the country and twenty thirteen muslim seleka rebels ousted the christian president. but since then the celica have been fighting with the christian and he balika group now mean no security forces are accused of widespread rape against range of women and girls a new human

to begin this news hour in cambodia where the supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party the government filed a lawsuit accusing the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup now that ruling paves the way for the prime minister who can send to win next year's elections right mcbride has the latest from phnom penh. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result and one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the c n r p it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposition party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box according to the ruling c.p.p. party here and its long time prime m

cambodia's supreme court is deciding whether to dissolve the main opposition party prime minister hun sen accuses the cambodian national rescue party of planning a coup security forces have been deployed to the capital phnom penh the un sending additional peacekeepers to the central african republic the security council approved nine hundred more raising troop numbers to more than eleven thousand u.n. secretary general is warned of a risk of ethnic cleansing the deposed president of catalonia parliament is planning to run in next month's spanish regional elections putting on his hand picking a list of pro independence candidates to join him he plans to manage the campaign from belgium way he and his cabinet are facing extradition to spain. and that israel assigned a debt restructuring deal with one of its major creditors russia more than three billion dollars will now be paid back to moscow in ten years. and a five hundred year old painting by famed italian artist leonardo da vinci has sold for four hundred fifty million dollars in the us the portrait of jesus christ is the most expensive piece of art sold at auction it was e

cambodia's supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister who sends ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the united states one hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years. saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will the french foreign minister has met saad hariri in saudi arabia and says he's accepted an offer to visit paris harry reid hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago the u.n. says at least one million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diphtheria because urgently needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with a saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the country fully they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up in the cholera outbreak there is the headline stu's stay with us around there at my junior's ears next hour more news for you straight after that mean time to get a

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving the prime minister hun sen's ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of processing a coup with help from the us one hundred eighteen members of the party of also have been banned from political activity for five years riot police were deployed in poland pen ahead of the decision saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that a lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will francaise saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia hariri hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation in riyadh twelve days ago. and the u.n. says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diptheria because he needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with the saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the country on monday saudi arabia said it would reopen some yemeni ports and airports but the u.n. wants the blockade to be lifted completely as your top stories that set for myself in the

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister hun sen's ruling party a clear run in next year's general election government accuses the cum buddy a national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the us under eighteen members of the past have also been banned from political activity for five years riot police were deployed ahead of the decision. saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will francaise saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris self to meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia harry reid hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago. and the u.n. says at least a million children in yemen are at risk of contracting diptheria because they needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with the saudi led coalition to lift its blockade on the country they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up in cholera which saw more than nine hundred thousand cases in the past six months on monday saudi arabia said it would reopen some ye

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister who sends the ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the u.s. one hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will france says saad hariri has accepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia or he has not been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago the u.n. says at least one million children in yemen are at risk of contracting to feria because urgently needed vaccines are being blocked from entering the country the heads of three u.n. agencies have pleaded with assad in a coalition to lift its blockade on the country they say there's also the risk of a renewed flare up in cholera saw more than nine hundred thousand cases in the past six months or monday saudi arabia said it would reopen salma yemeni ports and airports but the u.n. wants the block

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party giving prime minister and sends ruling party a clear run in next year's general election the government accuses the cambodian national rescue party of plotting a coup with help from the us hundred eighteen members of the party have also been banned from political activity for five years saudi arabia's foreign minister has denied reports that the lebanese prime minister is being held in riyadh against his will france or saad hariri has excepted an offer to visit paris after meeting the french foreign minister in saudi arabia he hasn't been back to lebanon since announcing his resignation from riyadh twelve days ago. the place of the high in the kind of the studio the prime minister is living in saudi arabia under his own will he's resigned and with respect to his return to lebanon it's in his hands he can leave when he wants well as my feet of us have hezbollah is the root of the problems in lebanon there is a need to find ways to deal with them there are concrete steps in this regard so also speaking from the saudi capital france's foreign minister calling for efforts to normalize the situation and lebanon. this is either a