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Evictees Take Protest to ADB
Hundreds of villagers from Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Preah Sihanouk provinces joined evictees from the capital yesterday to protest in front of the Asian Development Bank’s office in Phnom Penh.
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Gov’t Defers Rights Advice
Cambodia has again deferred a litany of key recommendations to improve its human rights standing that were proffered by other states at a review earlier this year.
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Villagers Released After Agreeing to Stop Protests
Kampot provincial police released two villagers yesterday after forcing them to sign a contract saying they will cease their protests against the company they say is stealing their ancestral land.
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Villagers Shoot Slingshots in Land Dispute Battle
A bloody slingshot battle broke out in Kompong Speu province yesterday when villagers who have sold their land to a private company defended the firm’s machinery as it attempted to bulldoze the homes of neighbors who have refused to sell.
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ADB Protest Lands Meeting, Few Results
About 60 residents from Phnom Penh and the provinces of Battambang, Banteay Meanchey and Preah Sihanouk who lost land or are in danger of losing land due to a railroad development project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) protested outside its office yesterday morning over a lack of representation in the bank’s assistance plan.
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Gov’t Rejects 4 Human Right Recommendations
Cambodia yesterday rejected four recommendations for improving its human rights situation that it initially accepted earlier this year during its second universal periodic review at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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CPP Passes 3 More Laws Without CNRP
The National Assembly, which remains filled with only ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers due to the opposition’s boycott, passed three laws in almost as many hours yesterday, including a key development plan that will require an estimated $26.58 billion in spending and investment over the next five years.
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Junta Action a ‘Violation’
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday had sharp words neighboring Thailand, criticizing the junta-led country for abusing the rights of Cambodian workers in what he called the largest-ever repatriation effort seen by the Kingdom.
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Villager Protest, Two Arrested in Kampot Province Land Dispute
Two villagers were arrested in Kampot province’s Kompong Trach district yesterday as they attempted to prevent excavators from clearing what they say are their ancestral land.
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Legal Return Means Long Wait
Cambodian workers wishing to return to Thailand via legal channels will have to wait for nearly two months to obtain the paperwork and permits needed, a document outlining new procedures reveals.
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Firm Buying Boeng Kak Land Claims No Knowledge of Evictions
A Singapore based firm whose subsidiary plans to buy land in Phnom Penh from which thousands of families have been forcibly evicted said yesterday that the firm had no knowledge of the long-running land dispute.
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Police Brutality Not Abating: Report
Torture and ill-treatment are rife in Cambodia’s police stations and prisoners, with women, children and the mentally ill among those targeted, and no signs of the abuse subsiding, a new report from rights group Licadho says.
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Ocean to Stay Shuttered Until July 9
A Garment factory will prolong its month-long closure until at least July 9, when the Arbitration Council Foundation rules on a case brought by its workers.
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Fines Called for in Case against Khmer Krom
An ongoing land dispute may become more than just an embittered ordeal for three Khmer Krom villagers after officials requested yesterday that a Takeo court levy them huge fines.
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Court Gives Village Chief Jail Sentence
Two men, including a local official, were sentence to a year in prison on Tuesday for clearing privately owned land to construct an office building in Siem Reap nearly two years ago, their lawyer said yesterday.
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Police brutality a serious concern in Cambodia, says rights monitor
Early this year, 23-year-old Nop Ry became a statistic – one young man among hundreds who report having faced police abuse or torture while being arrested or imprisoned in Cambodia.
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Torture, Beating of Detainees Continue, Report Finds
Detainees and prisoners continue to be administered electric shocks, beaten unconscious and even smothered by plastic bags, with 49 new allegations of torture or abuse at the hands of authorities this year, according to rights group Licadho, which say in a report released yesterday that the government has been ineffective in stopping the trend.
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UN rapporteur 'deeply concerned' about violent evictions
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia is "deeply concerned" about reports of violent evictions, according to a report by the UN News Centre. - See more at: http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=OTEwMzMxZWJlZTE#sthash.Tu82urS3.dpuf
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Evictees Abandon New Land
About half the Koh Kong province villagers relocated to make way for a Union Development Group resort project have abandoned the new homes provided for them, citing poor conditions and an inconvenient location, a village representative said yesterday.
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Teen Charged for Sex Abuse of 3-year-old Girl
A man was arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl in Tbong Khmum province.
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