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Read More Unions Plan Wider Strikes to Support Naga Workers Amid Incitement Accusations
Unions are planning strikes next month in the food industry and the country’s factories in support of the long-running NagaWorld labor dispute, a unionist said on Monday even after authorities accused her and another of Cambodia’s prominent union leaders of incitement.
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Read More ‘Dismay’ on new US bill’s democracy accusations
The Kingdom’s Senate was “utterly dismayed” when the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations passed the Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act 2022 (S.3052) last week claiming that Cambodia’s elections have not been free and fair.
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Read More Kingdom’s bid to escape ‘grey list’ looks promising
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith has urged all relevant institutions to continue their cooperation to curb money laundering and the financing of terrorism so that Cambodia can be removed from the grey list of countries which are vulnerable to money laundering.
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Read More Briefs: Kratie Military Police Officer Given Bail in Abuse Case, CNRP Official’s Conviction Upheld
The Supreme Court granted bail to a Kratie city military police chief — after lower courts denied his requests — with the official being charged with alleged torture, violence and death threats against two 12-year-old girls working at his house.
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Read More Opposition parties want CPP-backed constitutional amendments scrapped
An alliance of opposition groups led by the Candlelight Party asked the National Assembly to reject CPP-proposed changes to the constitution, saying the amendments weakened parliament and violated the principles of multiparty democracy.
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Read More Opposition parties petition NA to dismiss Constitutional amendments
Four opposition parties yesterday submitted a petition to the National Assembly (NA) asking for the proposed amendments to the Constitution requested by the Cabinet to be dismissed, claiming that the changes will reduce the power of the parliament.
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Read More Slew of High-Profile Cases Heard at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard back-to-back appeals from high-profile cases involving Mother Nature activists, a senior unionist and two co-accused, and a group of activists convicted for a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in October 2020.
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Read More Cambodia falls to bottom rank on U.S. human-trafficking index
Cambodia is back on another U.S. blacklist. Washington, in its 2022 Trafficking in Persons report, downgraded the Kingdom to Tier 3 status, the lowest of three designations, citing endemic corruption and an unwillingness to hold human traffickers accountable.
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Read More Interior Ministry Official Saddened by ‘Injustice’ of Human Trafficking Downgrade
The country’s top anti-trafficking official said Cambodia would investigate news reports of rampant human trafficking in the country, as a rights group noted how neither the government nor civil society were positioned to look at the emergent type of trafficking.
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Read More Brief: Kem Sokha Trial Drags On
The latest trial hearing for opposition leader Kem Sokha again examined a video of a decade-old public protest, and witnessed another clash in the final moments as a defense lawyer accused the prosecution of bringing arbitrary charges against Sokha.
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Read More Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being. Below is the list of media released on 22/July/2022.
The country’s top anti-trafficking official said Cambodia would investigate news reports of rampant human trafficking in the country, as a rights group noted how neither the government nor civil society were positioned to look at the emergent type of trafficking.
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Read More Over 30 Opposition Activists Assaulted in Five Years: Lawyer
More than 30 opposition activists have been violently attacked in the past five years — including the killing of a man in November and this weekend’s assault — typically by unknown assailants on public streets, a lawyer said.
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Read More Specialised NA committee to study amendments
The National Assembly Permanent Committee (NAPC) has approved the four Constitutional amendments intended to ensure the efficient function of national institutions to be reviewed and studied by the Assembly’s Legislative and Justice Committee.
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Read More ‘NGO’ Staffer Arrested for Defrauding Kratie Residents in Investment Scam
Kratie residents sold cows and took out loans in a frenzy to invest in a get-rich-quick scam run by a local man claiming to be from a development NGO, losing tens of thousands of dollars before they detained the man themselves and handed him over to police, according to local officials.
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Read More Forced evictions begin for Tonle Sap residents
Russei Keo district authorities on Monday began dismantling makeshift and semi-permanent homes along the Tonle Sap river to make way for a city-improvement project, sparking protests from 400 area families.
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Read More Supreme Court Upholds Verdict Against Opposition Activist
The Supreme Court has upheld an incitement conviction against an opposition activist for a social media post in 2020.
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Read More Labor unions want big increase in 2023 minimum wage
Labor unions are preparing to push for a substantial increase in the 2023 minimum wage, saying current salaries lag far behind soaring costs of living.
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Read More Ahead of 2023 national election, CPP says it wishes to ‘strive to serve’
At a Central Committee Congress held over the weekend, leaders of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) urged the party to strengthen any shortcomings and gain public confidence in preparation for next year’s national election.
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Read More Violence against children on the decline
World Vision's Child Protection Project estimates that it has benefited 355,000 people and stakeholders in Cambodia over the course of one year. A World Vision official said that violence against children (VAC) in Cambodia appeared to be declining, but remained a concern.
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Read More Underground Group Chat Teems With Human Trafficking Ads
The “White Shark Channel” Telegram group might be open for just about anyone to join, but the work shared within is usually kept strictly in the shadows.
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