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Cambodian government passes controversial NGO law
The Cambodian government on Friday passed a controversial law regulating non-governmental organisations that activists fear could undermine their work in the impoverished kingdom. Cambodia is home to thousands of NGOs and civil society groups who provide key services and support across one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries.
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Still more fishermen rescued in Indonesia
The number of Cambodians recently found in Indonesia after being trafficked onto Thai fishing vessels has risen to 230, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press statement released yesterday.
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Monk from KNLF gets 7 years in prison
A monk who is a member of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) – a dissident group branded a terrorist organisation by the government – was sentenced to seven years in prison yesterday on treason charges for distributing KNLF literature in Phnom Penh.
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Lawmakers Debate Disaster Management Law
The National Assembly on Thursday debated and easily passed two chapters of a law that aims to improve responses to natural and man-made disasters, partly by imposing fines and jail time for incompetent officials and citizens who know of, but fail to report, a coming catastrophe.
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Boeng Kak Protesters Curse Ex-City Governor
More than 30 former residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak community protested outside the National Assembly on Thursday, calling for CPP lawmaker Kep Chuktema to be removed from his post for the suffering he caused thousands of families during a decade as municipal governor.
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Dissident Group Member Gets 7-Year Jail Term
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday convicted a member of the Khmer National Liberation Front—a group that advocates for the removal of Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling CPP—on charges of plotting and forgery that he denies.
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Rights Groups Seek Consultation With Cambodian Parliament on NGO Draft Law
Rights groups want Cambodia’s parliament to hold a consultation with civil society about a controversial draft law on nongovernmental organizations approved Friday by the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, which has long demonstrated animosity toward organizations outside of state control.
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Refugees to arrive today
The first group of refugees to accept resettlement under a heavily criticised deal between Cambodia and Australia is scheduled to arrive in Phnom Penh this morning, according to government officials.
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Guards Too Violent to Police Protests: Amnesty
The squads of faceless guards who became the symbol of state repression following the disputed July 2013 national election should no longer be used to police demonstrations, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.
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Border Chief Says Locals to Blame for Land Loss
The head of the government’s border committee said Tuesday that villagers in Tbong Khmum province who are angry about Vietnam claiming 16.6 hectares of land they had farmed failed to inform authorities that they used the land before the countries signed a 2011 border agreement.
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The high cost of child abuse
The maltreatment of children costs countries in East Asia and the Pacific $209 billion per year, the equivalent to 2 per cent of the region’s GDP, according to a newly released study from UNICEF.
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Report slams ‘impunity’
Amnesty International has today called on the government to break the “cycle of human rights violations and impunity” that it says has plagued the Kingdom in recent years.
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CNRP ‘Insurrection’ Activists Say They Were Just Spectators
In the fourth session of the trial of 11 opposition CNRP activists charged with “joining an insurrection” over a July protest that turned violent, the three defendants questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday said they were present at the demonstration, but were only spectators to the fighting.
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Cambodia’s newest refugees face an uncertain future
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, says, “Cambodia faces countless human rights issues, including discrimination against minorities and racism […] What Australia is picturing in that letter is a clear misrepresentation of the reality in Cambodia, for both Cambodians and non-Cambodians.”
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PM’s Cabinet Refuses Khmer Krom Petition
A cabinet secretary for Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday refused to accept a petition from a Khmer Krom activist group because, he said, it was “not my job.”
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P Vihear protesters call for prosecutor’s ouster
Some 200 protesters in Preah Vihear province demonstrated outside the home of deputy provincial prosecutor Long Sitha on Tuesday, calling for his resignation because of his alleged history of favouring companies over villagers in la
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PM Rebuffs Calls for Areng to Serve as Eco-Tour Site
Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed calls from opposition lawmakers to ensure that Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley is turned into an eco-tour destination, saying in a letter that he had already twice addressed the future of the valley.
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Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal: Official
Four refugees - three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar - were flown into Phnom Penh under an asylum-seeker deal between Australia and Cambodia.
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Refugees From Nauru to Arrive Today
The first four refugees to volunteer for a resettlement deal between Cambodia and Australia will arrive in Phnom Penh on Thursday, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, more than a year after Canberra first mooted the controversial plan.
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