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2005​

2005 February - Opposition leader Sam Rainsy goes abroad after parliament strips him of immunity from prosecution, leaving him open to defamation charges brought by the ruling coalition.

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2005​

2005 April - Tribunal to try Khmer Rouge leaders gets green light from UN after years of debate about funding.

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2005 December - Rainsy is convicted in absentia of defaming Hun Sen and is sentenced to 18 months in prison

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2006
2006 February - Rainsy receives a royal pardon and returns home.
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2006
2006 May - Parliament votes to abolish prison terms for defamation.

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2006​

2006 July - Ta Mok, one of the top leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime, dies aged 80.

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2006
2006 November - Funcinpec party, a junior partner in the ruling coalition, drops Prince Norodom Ranariddh as its leader.
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2007
2007 March - Ranariddh is sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for selling the Funcinpec party's headquarters - a charge he denies.
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2007​

2007 July - UN-backed tribunals begin questioning Khmer Rouge suspects about allegations of genocide.

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2007​
2007 September - Most senior surviving Khmer Rouge member, Nuon Chea - "Brother Number Two" - is arrested and charged with crimes against humanity.
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2008
2008 April - US court convicts CFF leader Chhun Yasith of masterminding 2000 attack in Phnom Penh.

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2008​

2008 July - Hun Sen's ruling CPP claims victory in parliamentary elections criticised by EU monitors. Cambodia and Thailand move troops to disputed land near Preah Vihear temple after decision to list it as UN World Heritage Site fans nationalist sentiment on both sides.

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2008


2008 October - Two Cambodian soldiers die in an exchange of fire with Thai troops in the disputed area. Thai soldier dies later of wounds.


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2009


2009 - Former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav known as Duch goes on trial on charges of presiding over the murder and torture of thousands of people as head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison camp.


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2010​

2010 - Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against humanity and given 35-year prison sentence.

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2011​

2011 - Tensions rise as Cambodia charges two Thai citizens with spying after they were arrested for crossing the disputed border. Respective forces exchange fire across the border. Hun Sen calls for UN peacekeepers.

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2012​

2012 February - Duch loses appeal against conviction at UN-backed tribunal and has sentence increased to life.

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2012​

2012 March - A second judge quits the tribunal. Swiss Judge Laurent Kasper-Ansermet says going because his Cambodian counterpart, You Bunleng, had thwarted attempts to investigate some former members of the Khmer Rouge regime.

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2012


2012 April - Outspoken environmental activist Chut Wutty is shot dead in a confrontation with police while travelling in a threatened forest region in the south-west.


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2012


2012 May - Government suspends the granting of land for development by private companies in a bid to curb evictions and illegal logging.


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2012


2012 October - Former king, Norodom Sihanouk, dies of a heart attack. He was 89.


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2012


2012 November - Government approves the controversial Lower Sesan 2 hydroelectric dam project on a tributary of the Mekong.


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2013


2013 February - Tens of thousands of people turn out in Phnom Penh for the cremation of the former king, Norodom Sihanouk.


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2013


2013 March - Former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary dies while awaiting trial for genocide, leaving only Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan among prominent Khmer Rouge figures still alive and under arrest by the UN-backed tribunal.


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2013


2013 June - Parliament passes a bill making it illegal to deny that atrocities were committed by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s.


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2013


2013 July - Opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns from exile.


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2013


2013 September - Mass protests in Phnom Penh over contested election results. Parliament approves new five-year term for Hun Sen. Opposition boycotts opening of parliament.


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2014


2014 January - Riot police clear a two-week opposition protest camp held in Phnom Penh as part of a long-running campaign launched against the government after the disputed 2013 election.


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2014


2014 July - More than 150,000 Cambodian workers return home from neighbouring Thailand after rumours circulate that the new military junta there will crack down on illegal migrants.


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2014​

2014 August - A UN-backed court in Cambodia sentences two senior Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison for their role in the terror that swept the country in the 1970s. The two, second-in-command Nuon Chea, and the former head of state Khieu Samphan, are the first top Khmer Rouge figures to be jailed.

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