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Thai rights body finds firm liable for abuses
A Thai sugar company whose Cambodian subsidiaries are embroiled in a long-running land dispute in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district is directly responsible for the human rights violations suffered by villagers, according to final report by the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand (NHRCT).
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Cambodia admits first asylum-seekers under Australia deal: Official
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia received its first batch of asylum-seekers from Australian custody on Thursday (Jun 4), with rights groups labelling them "human guinea pigs" for an uncaring policy by Canberra to offload refugees onto other countries. The migrants - three Iranians and one ethnic Rohingya from Myanmar - were flown into Phnom Penh, the capital of one of Southeast Asia's poorest nations with a weak record of upholding human rights.
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Thai Rights Body Censures Firm Over Koh Kong Sugar Plantations
The National Human Rights Commission of Thailand has accused the country’s Khon Kaen Sugar of “serious human rights violations” at its two Cambodian plantations in a new report that urges the firm to return the land to the hundreds of families forced off their farms—some of them at gunpoint.
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PM reiterates stance on Areng Valley dam
In response to a request made by opposition lawmakers in early May to turn the Areng Valley in Koh Kong province into an eco-tourism reserve, Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said that the government has twice stated that it would preserve the valley and hold off for now on the Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam.
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Refugees from Nauru May Arrive Wednesday
The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that the arrival in Phnom Penh of four refugees as part of a resettlement deal between Australia and Cambodia was likely Wednesday, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
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‘Trust us,’ Hun Sen urges
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday had a message for Cambodia’s NGOs about the highly contentious draft law that could soon govern their activities: “Don’t worry.”
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Dozens of Enslaved Fishermen Return Home From Indonesia
A group of 38 fishermen returned to Cambodia on Tuesday after being rescued from forced labor in Indonesia.
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Man Charged Over Rape, Murder of Kratie Girl
The Kratie Provincial Court on Tuesday charged a cassava plantation worker over the rape and murder of the 12-year-old daughter of a commune police chief last week, a court official said.
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Rapist Sent Home After Serving Half of 20-Year Term
A New Zealander who was granted a royal pardon last month was deported on Monday after serving just 11 years of a 20-year sentence for raping five teenage girls he had employed as housekeepers, an official said Tuesday.
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No charges in Poipet riot
Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities say they have decided not to pursue criminal charges in the case of a strike-turned-riot by cross-border porters that saw four injured and the facade of the Poipet Office of the Customs and Excise Department smashed by flying bricks.
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Cambodia Ranks Poorly in Rule of Law Index
Cambodia received one of the lowest scores in the World Justice Project’s Rule of Law Index 2015, released Tuesday, ranking 99 out of 102 countries surveyed.
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Communities Unite Against Companies, Court
More than 1,500 villagers on Tuesday marched from seven districts in Preah Vihear province to the provincial capital to call for action against companies involved in various land disputes, but a clampdown by police meant that only about 120 made it to the protest site, villagers said.
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Report on Violent Poipet Protest Sent to Court
Banteay Meanchey authorities on Tuesday sent a report to the provincial court on a violent protest in Poipet City, which saw military police fire bullets over the heads of angry cart-pullers who stormed the customs office in late May.
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Prime Minister, US Spar Over Pending NGO Law
Phnom Penh and Washington dug in their heels Tuesday on either side of a controversial draft law that threatens to rein in Cambodia’s NGO sector and which a visiting U.S. envoy urged the government to reconsider.
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Charges heard in capital land row
The former representative of an evicted community was tried yesterday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over claims that after leading neighbours to victory in the dispute, she stole their land.
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Opposing Unions Compete for International Support on Draft Law
Two opposing camps of unions representing a large share of the country’s roughly 700,000 garment workers handed in petitions this week to the U.S. Embassy and others asking for their support on a controversial draft union law during a visit to the country from a U.S. labor envoy.
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More Montagnards Arrive in Phnom Penh
Eleven more Montagnard asylum seekers arrived in Phnom Penh this week, bringing to 85 the number waiting to apply for refugee status, the U.N. said Tuesday.
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‘No rush’ on refugee claims
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong yesterday defended the government’s inaction on the recent influx of Montagnards from Vietnam, arguing that if it continued to register the asylum seekers, the numbers pouring in would spiral out of control.
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Sen Sok Land Dispute Families Butt Heads in Municipal Court
A representative of 163 families who were awarded a hectare of land four years ago after a lengthy legal battle accused one of the awardees in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday of inventing a different group of 163 families with claims to the land in an attempt to claim it for herself.
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Strike impact ripples: GMAC
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia and the management of a Phnom Penh factory where workers have been on strike for some two weeks issued a statement yesterday alleging that the strike action’s repercussions could negatively affect the industry as a whole.
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