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Pressure Mounting for Government to Solve NagaWorld Strike Peacefully
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights said that the NagaWorld case is a labor dispute which should be solved as a labor dispute because workers have a dispute with the company, not with the government. The authority’s role, she said, is to be an arbitrator of the law.
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Opposition Candlelight Party gains steam in Cambodia in shadow of crackdown
The Candlelight Party, formerly known as the Sam Rainsy Party and the Khmer Nation party, was founded in 1995, and merged with other opposition forces to form the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2012.
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NagaWorld Strikers Are Arrested as They Were Returning from Being Tested for COVID-19
The Cambodian authorities have reported that two strikers who had been protesting at the NagaWorld hotel and casino were arrested during the evening on Feb. 5 while they were at the COVID-19 test site of the Koh Pich Exhibition Center.
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Four More NagaWorld Protesters Face Arrest Under Covid-19 Law
Phnom Penh police on Sunday disseminated four more arrest warrants against NagaWorld protesters for obstructing official measures, explaining that they were for Covid-19 Law violations.
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NagaWorld protesters summonsed over ‘obstruction’ of Covid measures
Four striking former NagaWorld employees have been summoned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to appear for questioning over their alleged blocking of implementation of Covid-19 preventive measures at the ongoing protests.
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Phnom Penh Capital Hall urges NagaWorld demonstrators to cease protests
The Phnom Penh Capital Administration issued a proclamation for the NagaWorld protestors to immediately stop their demonstrations and warned that they will be legally punished if they continue to flout regulations.
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Capital's Covid authority orders end to NagaWorld rallies
The Phnom Penh Commission to Combat Covid-19, led by the capital's municipal administration, issued a directive telling former workers of NagaWorld integrated resort to immediately halt protests, and ordering them to practice coronavirus health measures to prevent the pathogen from spreading among them and their families.
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NagaWorld Strikers Arrested for Obstructing Official Measures
Phnom Penh Municipal Police spokesperson San Sokseyha said in a message that officers had arrested two strikers around 7:30 p.m. for the crime of obstructing authorities. They were being sent for questioning at the municipal police department, Sokseyha said.
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Over 60ha of encroached land seized in K Chhnang
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Administration has confiscated over 60 hectares of illegally grabbed state land in Kampong Tralach district.
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Ex-CNRP activist jailed a year, fined $500 for incitement
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a former CNRP activist to one year in prison and fined him $500 for inciting people to go against the government via a Facebook posting last year.
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Householders Complain as Water Dries Up
Residents of Phnom Penh suburbs, especially boreys, are complaining about the lack of clean water for daily use especially in the dry season.
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Briefs: Prison Access to NagaWorld Unionists Denied, Lor Peang Activists Bailed
CCHR executive director Chak Sopheap said the group was worried about the conditions in prison. She said there should be no restrictions for suspects who had not yet faced trial, adding that the unionists should never have been arrested.
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Government Critic Sentenced to Two Years in Prison
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Voeun Veasna, a former monk who was involved in forestry activism, to two years in prison for incitement over criticisms he posted on Facebook.
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NEC to introduce new software for elections
According to the NEC decision – made on January 31 and seen by The Post on February 3 – the three systems are a programme which manages the candidates from each participating party, one which certifies the identities of those voters without ID cards, and one which will check, verify, and total the results of the election.
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New Boeng Tamok Giveaways Show Lake Headed Toward Destruction
The government continued its land privatization drive by allocating more than 400 hectares of Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok to private businesspeople and the National Election Committee, leaving little of the lake.
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Cambodia refutes Special Rapporteurs claims on National Internet Gateway
Cambodia’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva has dismissed a statement on the National Internet Gateway (NIG) by three Special Rapporteurs. In a statement issued on Tuesday it called the claims “radically one-sided, politicised, imaginary and misleading.”
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Kem Sokha defense submits video evidence in latest treason hearing
Chak Sopheap, the executive director of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, monitored the hearing and said the trial could be extended even longer because the acceptance of all evidence has not yet been completed.
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Briefs: UN Says Internet Gateway ‘Repressive,’ World Bank Urges Diversification
A proposed internet gateway, expected to come online in two weeks, will erode personal freedoms and privacy, said U.N. experts in a statement Tuesday night.
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Lawyers protest Kem Sokha’s innocence; trial resumes Feb 9
Speaking to the media after the hearing, Sokha’s defence team said six video clips out of a total of 18 were played, most of which were from a speech he had made to protesting factory workers.
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Defense: Videos Show Kem Sokha’s Nonviolent Stance
Defense lawyers in the treason trial of opposition leader Kem Sokha presented videos in court on Wednesday that they said were evidence he had only pushed people to have their voices heard through elections.
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