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Attach on Loggers Leaves One Injured, Six Missing
A Thai military opened fire early yesterday on a group of 21 Cambodians who had entered to Thailand to illegally log rosewood, leaving one man slightly injured and six others unaccounted for ,police in Battambang province’s Samlot district said.
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Housing Activists Call on Hun Sen To Fulfill Promise of Titles
PHNOM PENH - A housing rights protest entered its second day Tuesday, with activists demonstrating in front of the prime minister’s house to demand titles to land lost to developers in the capital. Activists butted up against a line of shielded riot police as they demanded a resolution to a longstanding land dispute with a private development firm.
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Voters Should Hold Reps To Their Promises, Analyst Says
WASHINGTON DC - With Election Day approaching, voters should remember the campaign promises of their favored candidates, and hold them accountable, a leading political analyst says. Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told “Hello VOA” on Monday that voters should choose representatives who can solve their problems and who will work for them.
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Two Arrested for Transporting Abstain-From-Vote T-Shirts
Police in Banteay Meanchey province arrested two men on Monday who were allegedly transporting T-shirt emblazoned with words urging people to abstain from voting in this month’s national election, police said yesterday.
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Opposition Official Summoned in Atrocities Denial Suit
PHNOM PENH - Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday summoned senior opposition official Kem Sokha to appear Wednesday, to answer allegations he broke a newly passed law against Khmer Rouge atrocity denial. Kem Sokha is being sued by Khmer Rouge survivor Chhum Mey for allegedly claiming the atrocities committed by the regime at one of its notorious prisons were staged by the Vietnamese forces that eventually ousted the regime.
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Critics of Radio Broadcast Ban Call for Accountability
Government official yesterday continue to deny responsibility for an election-period ban on foreign radio broadcasts issued Friday that has since been lifted amid intense criticism both locally and abroad.
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One-United Boeng Kak Protesters Show Discord
A protest by Boeng Kak residents in front of City Hall yesterday illustrated how fragmented the once-united group of activists has become , with one faction of protesters accusing the other of selling out. Two of the main faces of the protest movement- which has been ongoing for years and has received widespread international attention-Heng Mom and Tep Vanny , stood on the street outside City Hall, each surrounded by group of other women.
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Housing Activists Clash With Police in Street Protest
PHNOM PENH - At least two women were injured Monday as housing rights activists clashed with police in Phnom Penh. The activists had been demonstrating by sitting in a major street in front of City Hall to demand land titles in two ongoing land disputes in the capital, those at Boeing Kak lake and the Borei Keila neighborhood. About 200 riot police eventually dispersed them by force, clearing them from the Monivong Boulevard, a main traffic artery for the city.
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Protester miscarries after Cambodia police crackdown: group
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- A Cambodian woman miscarried Monday after police beat her and another pregnant protester during a crackdown on a land rally in the capital, a local rights group said. The 33-year-old woman, who was 10 weeks' pregnant, miscarried after being hit during a "heavy crackdown", the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) said in a statement.
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Ministry ,NGOs Meet Over Trafficking Report
Ministry of Interior official held a closed –door meeting yesterday with NGO representative to contest Cambodia’s recent downgrade on the U.S. State Department’s Global Trafficking in Person Report, which the ministry will discuss in a meeting with the U.S. Embassy this week.
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Campaigning Parties Vow More Freedom of Information
PHNOM PENH - With the national elections just a month away, representatives from major political parties excluding the ruling Cambodian People’s Party promise to ensure the approval of the long-awaited Freedom of Information Law if elected. The law would allow for better public access to government records, including for journalists and policymakers. Proponents say it would spur greater transparency in the government, particularly in the extractive industries, which remain part of a lucrative, though secretive, sector. A draft version of the law has been stalled since 2007.
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Broadcasts Back on Air After Quick Reversal of Ban
WASHINGTON — FM radio stations in Cambodia began broadcasting foreign-produced content again on Sunday, after the lifting of a government ban in the face of swift international criticism over the weekend. The ban on broadcasting during the monthlong campaign would have shut down programming from the Voice of America, Radio Free Asia, Radio France International and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, as more than 9 million registered voters prepare for July 28 elections in a country where media is dominated by Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling party.
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CNRP Candidate Summonsed Over Hun Sen Lawsuit
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summonsed Cambodia National Rescue Party candidate Soung Sophorn for questioning today over a lawsuit he filed accusing Prime Minister Hun Sen of helping illegal Vietnamese migrants register to vote in this month’s national election.
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Report to US Congress Notes Concerns Over Cambodia-China Ties
The ability of donors to pressure Cambodia into reform in areas such as human rights and democracy is decreasing due to China’s far greater influence in the country, according to a wide-ranging report prepared for the U.S. Congress on U.S.-Cambodia relations.
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Ban on Radio Broadcasts Lifted Amid US Pressure
The Ministry of Information on Saturday lifted a ban on the broadcast of all Khmer-language foreign radio programs by FM station s during the month leading up to the July 28 national election amid swift and harsh rebuke from the U.S. and the broadcasters themselves.
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Party Campaigns Take to the Provinces to Spread Message
After launching their campaigns with large rallies in Phnom Penh on Thursday, the ruling CPP and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) took to the provinces over the weekend to spread their message to voters in some of the country’s most populated constituencies.
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Cambodia drops ban on foreign-produced radio shows
Ou Virak, president of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, said "reason seems to have won the day", adding the government's climbdown has avoided an angry public reaction. "Such a move (the ban) would have undermined the legitimacy of the election, hence the legitimacy of the next government," he added.
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Cambodia Overturns Ban on Foreign Radio Programs
Cambodia has overturned a much-criticized order banning local radio stations from broadcasting foreign programs ahead of general elections. The Ministry of Information said in a statement late Saturday that it was reversing the June 25 directive following "requests" but did not elaborate. Prime Minister Hun Sen's administration had come under fire from the United States as well as foreign and local rights groups for directing all FM stations to cease rebroadcasting Khmer-language radio programs by foreign broadcasters in the run-up to the July 28 elections. Khmer programs of at least three foreign broadcasters—U.S.-based Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA), as well as Radio Australia—had been barred from being aired under the directive, which was seen as a major setback to media freedom in the country and aimed at stifling the voice of the opposition.
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Cambodia lifts pre-election radio ban
President of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, Ou Virak, says reason seems to have won the day. He says the government's decision to back down on the ban has avoided an angry backlash from the public. "Such a move would have undermined the legitimacy of the election, hence the legitimacy of the next government," he said.
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Cambodia Cancels Ban on Pre-Election Radio Broadcasts
WASHINGTON — In the face of swift international condemnation, the Cambodian government on Saturday reversed a ban on the broadcast of foreign-produced radio programming ahead of national elections in July.
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