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Call for Arsenal to Drop Links With Rubber Firm
An online petition has been launched calling on English Premier League football club Arsenal to break its ties with a Vietnamese rubber company accused of land grabbing and deforestation in Cambodia. A report by London-based Global Witness this month names Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) as overseeing on 47,370 hectares of economic land concessions in Ratanakkiri province. The company which has denied the allegations is a local partner of the popular North London football club Arsenal.
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Lawyers Named for Suspect in Controversial Tribunal Case
WASHINGTON — The international investigating judge at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has named two lawyers to defend one of the suspects in a controversial case at the court, in a sign that the case is moving forward.
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NEC Says Statement on Bloggers Not Attack on Free Speech
Despite fears that a warning to users of social media and Internet blogs will dampen free speech, the head of National Election Committee (NEC) has insisted the intention was not to limit expression a head of July national election. The NEC last week issued a statement requesting that bloggers and user to various social media “do not provide wrong information about the election (especially the date of the election), creat fear, confusion or loss of confidence in the secrecy of the vote.”
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UN Envoy Remains Defiant Despite Student Protest
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi wrapped up his ninth mission to Cambodia on Saturday, saying the criticism he has received, including a protest last week by students calling for an end to his mandate, had only strengthened his resolve to continue his work.
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Banong Families Receive Communal Land Title
More than 70 ethnic minority Banong families from two separated villagers in Mondolkiri province’s Keo Seima district received communal titles to a combined 1,031 hectares of ancestral land from Land Management Minster Im Chhun Lim on Saturday.
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Cambodian Monk With Ties to Opposition Party Found Killed
A senior Buddhist monk with ties to a political party challenging Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hold on power has been found beaten to death in what one opposition figure called a politically motivated killing. Keo Touch, 78, the chief monk of Thmang Pagoda in Svay Rieng province’s Bavet city, was found dead in his residence on Thursday night, sources said. Speaking to RFA’s Khmer Service, opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) provincial leader Riel Khemrin described the murder as “premeditated” and “politically motivated.” “Authorities found bruises on his neck and near his eyebrows,” he said.
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Interview: The Women Who Rewrote Cambodian Law - and the Men Who Censored Them
Anne Elizabeth Moore, author of "New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia", shares her insights into working with, and writing about, a new generation of courageous Cambodian women as well as the white men who seek to protect them from themselves.
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‘Peace Walk’ Held Near Thai Border
ODDAR MEANCHEY PROVINCE — Around 200 people participated in a “peace walk” in the northern town of Anlong Veng on Friday. The walk was part of a Buddhist ceremony and was held near the Thai border, where organizers say many Cambodian migrants have been shot and killed by Thai border patrols.
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Om Yentieng Says UN Envoy Is Misguided
U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi has failed to keep abreast of the achievements made to Cambodia’s human rights record and is using the U.N.’s name in order to further his own personal agenda, Om Yentieng, chairman of the government’s Human Rights Committee, said yesterday.
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Disparate Testimonies Heard of Life During Khmer Rouge
Chau Soc Kon and Prom Sou were both young men when the Khmer Rouge emptied Phnom Penh of its population in April 1975. But their lives during the regime, which were detailed in their testimonies yesterday at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, were world apart.
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ILO to Release More Information on Non-Compliant Factories
The International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) program has agreed to release more information on garment factories that fail to comply with labor standards, in an effort to hold manufacturers accountable for their employee’s safety.
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Hun Sen Says Opposition Victory Will Bring Another Khmer Rouge
PHNOM PENH — Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition in a public speech broadcast on TV, saying that if the Cambodia National Rescue Party wins the election, the country will devolve into war and a period not unlike the Khmer Rouge regime. The premier made his statements during a speech in the coastal municipality of Kep. Hun Sen has begun regularly denouncing the opposition on the airwaves, with July’s national election approaching.
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ILO warns Cambodian factories to abide by laws
The International Labour Organisation says it will give one last chance before 'naming and shaming Cambodian garment factories that refuse to comply with the local Labour Law, which covers fire safety, workers rights and pay.
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Amnesty Paints Bleak Picture of Cambodian Human Rights
Last year saw a rise in the use of “excessive force” by authorities against demonstrators and a decline in freedom of expression and association in Cambodia, Amnesty International said in its latest global report released yesterday.
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Subedi Protest Linked to CPP-Aligned Youth Group
Despite the apparent spontaneity of a protest against U.N human rights envoy Surya Subedi at a university in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night, it emerged yesterday that one of the apparent leaders of the demonstration is associated with a youth organization aligned with the ruling CPP.
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Eviction Protesters Block Phnom Penh International Airport
About 20 people protesting their pending eviction from homes near Phnom Penh International Airport blocked people from leaving or entering the airport for about half an hour yesterday, before a large force of police broke up their protest.
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Hun Sen Accused of Political Threats Ahead of Elections
WASHINGTON — Opposition leaders say Prime Minister Hun Sen continues to employ scare tactics to secure his hold on power, especially with the election on the horizon. This includes fabricating charges in the courts for those Hun Sen deems a threat, Kem Sokha, vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, told VOA Khmer.
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UN Envoy Holds Talks With Both Sides Over Election Complaints
PHNOM PENH — The UN’s special envoy for human rights met with officials from the ruling and opposition parties on Tuesday to address ongoing concerns over the legitimacy of July’s national elections. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party held a demonstration with some 2,000 supporters in Phnom Penh Monday and has threatened to boycott the results of an election it deems unfair.
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Friend Portrays Khieu Samphan as Tragic Hero
During his testimony for the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal yesterday, Philippe Jullian-Gaufres, 83, a French businessman and friend of Khieu Samphan, describe the regime’s former head of state as a beloved politician who, from his days as a student in Paris, was utterly devoted to improving the lives of his people.
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Union president summoned to court
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Free Trade Union President, Chea Muny, was summoned to appear in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday. The warrant that was issued by Judge Kimroth Narin said, the court wanted to hear comments from Chea Muny concerning his demand to ban the Pine Great (Cambodia) Garments Co., Ltd from selling any of its properties. Chea Muny had made a complaint asking the court to ban the company from selling its properties such as buildings and other materials.
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