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Court Ends Questioning of Freedom Park ‘Insurrectionists’
The final two defendants being sued by Daun Penh district security guards over a 2014 clash at Freedom Park denied the insurrection charges against them Wednesday during their hearing at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Kids must stay in school: UN
Cambodian parents could face legal action for keeping any child under grade nine out of school if the Kingdom adheres to a set of guidelines for nationwide education set forth yesterday by the United Nations.
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‘Insurrection’ trial moves on
The last two opposition activists charged with inciting an “insurrection” during a protest of the 2013 general election were questioned yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, as the lawyer of the accused aired hope that the court would not compile enough evidence to sentence his clients.
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Cambodia: The meaning of consultation in… #STOPandConsult!
Oxfam’s partner Sopheap Chak, Executive Director of Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), sums it up well: “Freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly, and the right to participate in public affairs, are human rights ensured in the Cambodian Constitution and in international treaties that Cambodia has signed… any new legislation should strengthen the environment civil society needs to do its work without interference… We hope that the National Assembly will soon engage in consultations with all relevant stakeholders in a truly democratic process.”
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Water utility, residents clash over Poipet road
In the midst of a widespread drought, nearly 50 residents in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town protested against the Anco utilities company over its digging up of a portion of road leading to the Kai Don Reservoir.
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CNRP Lawmaker Accuses Police of Stopping Border Post Trip
CNRP lawmaker Mao Monyvann on Wednesday said his delegation of opposition lawmakers and party supporters was once again thwarted in their efforts to visit a disputed border post along Cambodia’s contentious frontier with Vietnam, this time by Cambodian police.
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Former Beehive Workers Protest Over Severance Pay
Nine former employees of Beehive radio station protested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to demand that owner Mam Sonando respect an Arbitration Council ruling that he pay them severance after firing them earlier this year.
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After Talks, Workers Return to Jobs at M&V Garment Factory
A weekslong strike by more than 2,000 workers from a Phnom Penh factory that supplies global fashion brand H&M ended Wednesday after unions scaled down their original demands and backed down over a condition that workers receive their full salaries for the strike period, representatives said.
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Unesco to Push Both Adult Literacy and Preschool Education
Months away from the end of a 15-year plan to improve education in the country, officials announced Wednesday that Cambodia still needs to make strides to meet adult literacy benchmarks and set new priorities focusing on the country’s youngest students.
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Locals to be forced off for Kith Meng
Villagers in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district have been ordered to vacate their homes by Saturday, after it was determined last month that the area belongs to prominent businessman Kith Meng.
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Titling scheme ‘deeply flawed’
The government’s land-titling scheme has been marked by serious flaws and left many people and their lands vulnerable to exploitation and corruption, the NGO Forum on Cambodia said yesterday.
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HIV village demands access to healthcare
Members of a community in Battambang where an unlicensed doctor allegedly infected more than 200 people with HIV earlier this year have demanded free general healthcare, a provision usually reserved only for the country’s most poor.
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NGO law a ‘disaster’
A copy of the long-secret draft law on NGOs obtained yesterday seemingly confirms civil society’s longstanding fears that the legislation’s language could be used to hamper, rather than help, the Kingdom’s NGOs.
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Child sex trade on decline: org
A new study by the International Justice Mission (IJM) has asserted that Cambodia’s child sex trade – long a hot-button issue that has for years drawn international attention – has been reduced to a tiny fraction of its previous size.
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New Draft of Trade Union Law Adds Guilt by Association
An updated version of the draft Trade Union Law gives the Labor Ministry the power to suspend unions that “cooperate” or hold joint activities with groups the government deems to have caused economic sabotage or “damaged” the national interest, according to a copy of the draft obtained this week.
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Broker convicted over Malaysia trafficking
A woman will serve one year in prison after a Phnom Penh municipal judge yesterday convicted her of unlawful recruitment for exploitation.
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NGO Gives Hun Sen’s Land Titling Project Mixed Marks
In perhaps the most comprehensive review to date of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 2012 land titling project, the NGO Forum on Tuesday said the campaign has yielded major benefits, but not without some serious costs—particularly for the country’s beleaguered indigenous communities.
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Officials’ affairs may be secret under law
Any information that is damaging to Cambodia’s national security or public order, affects its relationship with other countries or threatens the Kingdom’s economy or finances could be withheld from the public under a draft law on access to information.
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Cambodian Villagers Demand Raid on Illegal Saw Mills, Protection From Loggers
A group of indigenous villagers in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province called on local forestry officials Wednesday to crackdown on illegal saw mills and to provide them with protection after they received death threats from unsanctioned loggers of luxury timber. The 32 villagers in Sesan district’s Sbal Romeas commune received threats from the loggers after they warned commune authorities that three illegal mills in the area would destroy the local forest and its resources if they weren’t shut down, a villager named Kim Doeurng told RFA’s Khmer Service.
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Child Sex Abuse Down, Group Says
The commercial exploitation of children for sex has decreased significantly since 2012, according to the results of a new study released by the International Justice Mission this week, but other child protection agencies warned that the findings could be misleading.
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