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Cambodian opposition activists spend New Year’s holiday suffering in prison
Three activists affiliated with Cambodia’s banned opposition party are spending the New Year’s holiday in jail, with the wife of one reporting concern over her husband’s declining health.
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Environmentalists Warn of Continuing Deforestation in Koh Kong, Pursat
Environmentalists are calling for more action to protect the Cardamom Mountains National Parks and Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary, which they say are suffering illegal logging on a daily basis.
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U.S. report highlights human rights abuses by Cambodian armed forces
The U.S. Department of State’s 2021 country report on human rights pertaining to Cambodia, released on Tuesday, found that Cambodian government officials continue to violate human rights – notably, by threatening the use of force against political opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Soldiers Accused of Firing Warning Shots at Forest Monk
Kampong Speu’s Metta community forest, home to a monk who has been helping locals protect the woods, is seeing rising violence and clearing by soldiers, including warning shots fired at the monk, residents have alleged.
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Journalist Alleges Threats After Filming Traffic Police Taking Money
Traffic police taking money from motorists detained and threatened a citizen journalist, ordering him to delete his photos and videos of the bribery, the journalist alleged.
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Future Forum: Some China-funded projects lack transparency and violate Cambodian law
Some China-funded projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Cambodia have presented significant challenges to transparency, sustainability and rule of law, according to a new report by Phnom Penh think-tank Future Forum.
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Sell airtime to political parties, NEC tells media
Private radio and television station owners are urged to sell airtime to political parties to disseminate their party policies as part of their campaign in May for the upcoming Commune Council Election 2022.
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NEC appeals to parties to hold peaceful election campaign
The National Election Committee (NEC) has urged political parties to be tolerant, respectful and avoid violence during the upcoming election campaign.
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Laid-Off Factory Workers Protest for Compensation
Hundreds of workers protested outside Phnom Penh’s Roo Hsing Garment factory alleging insufficient compensation for more than 1,000 workers who were laid off.
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Cambodian Women Journalists on the Rise
In the past 10 years, the presence of women in journalism has increased, thanks to policies promoting respect for women’s rights, freedom and advances in technology.
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FUGITIVE’S PLEA: Pluk seeks political compromise in bid to have court case dropped
Fugitive Seam Pluk, the founder of the unrecognised Cambodian National Heart Party (CNHP), claimed yesterday that he has not fled the country and has asked for a political compromise with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) in a bid to have a pending court case dropped.
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TV airtime allocated to parties
The National Election Committee (NEC) has finished allocating airtime to 17 political parties to publicise their political programmes in the run-up to the Commune Council Election on June 5.
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21 migrant workers allegedly flee from Koub Thom quarantine centre in Banteay Meanchey province
Frustrations on the possibility of missing celebrating Khmer New Year withy family and friends during the forthcoming festive period is said to be the main reason why 21 Cambodian migrant workers had reportedly fled from the Koub Thom quarantine centre in Banteay Meanchey province.
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CNHP founder goes into hiding
Founder of the unrecognised Cambodian National Heart Party (CNHP) Seam Pluk is now in hiding after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear before the court for questioning over the alleged use of forged thumbprints to register the CNHP.
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Two commune council candidates for CP summoned over incitement charge
The Kampong Cham Provincial Court has summoned two commune council candidates of the Candlelight Party (CP) in Phteah Kandal commune, Srey Santhor district, Kampong Cham province for questioning on charges of incitement to commit crimes related to the case in 2019.
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Court Summons Four Indigenous Representatives for Incitement
Indigenous community representatives who say they filed a complaint against a company for encroaching on community forests have been summoned to court over defamation and incitement.
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PM declares four provinces mask-optional
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that people in four provinces – Ratanakkiri, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng and Preah Vihear – could now decide for themselves whether to wear a mask in public.
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New airport developer begins clearing farmland, though compensation hasn’t been finalized
The developer of Phnom Penh’s new mega airport in Kandal Stung district on Friday began clearing farmland in Takhmao town to make way for road construction, though a handful of remaining holdouts have yet to see a resolution to their ongoing land dispute. After local authorities intervened, they paused the clearing and gave residents five more days for negotiations.
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Kingdom sits out vote to boot Russia from UNHRC
Cambodia was one of 58 countries to abstain from the vote to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council on April 7, where 93 countries voted in favour and 24 voted against.
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Danish princess urges greater support for NGO’s aid projects
Denmark’s Princess Marie Agathe Odile Cavallier has urged provincial leaders, and local authorities to continue supporting DanChurchAid in Cambodia (DCA) projects that have been implemented to improve the livelihood of the farming community in Kampong Chhnang .
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