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Cambodia’s Gender Roles Stifle Freedom of Expression among Transgender Community
Lim Borin—who coordinates the Voice for Gender Equality project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights—said the situation of gender segregation in Cambodia has improved, but pressure on women and the LGBT community remain.
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Cambodia marks 30 years since Paris Peace Agreements
We have an excellent analysis of the gaps between the democratic potential of the Paris Peace Agreements and the realities in Cambodia today from leading human rights advocate Chak Sopheap. While I’ll let her do the talking, it’s worth noting this week saw an appeal hearing for three environmental activists from NGO Mother Nature, who were convicted of incitement in May and sentenced to 20 months in prison. A judgment is expected within weeks, but it’s likely there will be no leniency.
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Disabled singers struggle to earn a living amid the pandemic
Rim Sopheaktra, 35, has used a wheelchair since the age of 6. In 2015, she moved to Phnom Penh. There, she joined an association of diabled singers, earning about 30,000 to 40,000 riel per performance in addition to donations from philanthropists.
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30 Years of Press Coverage: Peace-Deal Commemorations’ Rising Heat
Anniversaries of the Paris Peace Agreements were not always prominent affairs. Largely overlooked by local newspapers until the landmark 20th anniversary, the day rose in visibility and contentiousness alongside the emergence of the popular opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, a look through newspaper archives shows.
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30th Paris Peace Accords anniversary rings hollow for many Cambodians
Protesting wives of jailed politicians were roughed up by police in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, while hundreds of exiles from the country rallied in Washington Friday, demanding that their government uphold the 1991 pact that ended war in the country and promised democratic freedoms and human rights.
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The Paris Peace Agreements: 30 Years Later
“To me it is clear that the Paris Peace Agreements is an ongoing document,” said Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights during the U.S. Institute of Peace conference.
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Another Push for Lucrative Kampot Coastland to Remain Salt-Producing
A sub-decree from May, released publicly this week, details the creation of an inter-ministerial committee to incentivize salt production.
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Protesters Beaten Ahead of Paris Peace Agreements 30th Anniversary
Chak Sopheap, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, agreed, saying “We have to be frank, few ordinary people are talking about the Paris Peace Agreements, but they are trying to exercise fundamental freedoms.”
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Paris Peace Agreements’ vision has yet to be realised 30 years later
The agreements signed on 23 October 1991 marked the end of a century in Cambodia marred by colonial rule, barbaric authoritarianism, a brutal genocide, foreign occupation and internal turmoil. The combined conventions and treaties sought to not only put conflict behind, but also give Cambodia independence and ensure its right to self-determination.
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Exile, False Starts, ‘Red Book’: The Years Leading to Cambodia’s Precarious Reconciliation
The late King Norodom Sihanouk, yet to be reinstated to the throne at the time, and Prime Minister Hun Sen, standing in a motorcade on the streets of Phnom Penh, their hands clasped, arms raised in triumph before a cheering crowd, the joy on their faces frozen in time and film.
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PPA legacy: Cambodia marks 30 years of Peace, Progress and Autonomy
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements (PPA) which brought the four warring factions in Cambodia to the negotiating table mediated by the international community that eventually led to an end to the more than two decades of civil strife in the country and the first democratic elections sponsored by the United Nations in 1993.
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PLAN campaign to assist girls and young women
Plan International Cambodia (PIC) announced plans to empower girls and young women in Cambodia over the next five years with its 2.5 Million Reasons campaign as it virtually celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child.
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Court hands prison sentences to eight journalists in timber extortion case
Kim Samleng, the provincial court’s deputy prosecutor, told CamboJA that seven of the journalists were sentenced to two years in prison but will serve a term of only four months and 20 days, with the rest of their sentence suspended. Those journalists are: Kim Hean, 42, Vong Nimol, 41, Kim Hong, 40, Roeung Chhon, 40, Sam Saroeun, 49, Soeung Sophy, 42, and Chhay Leav, 51.
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Cambodia's Internet Gateway Ushers in Silence, Media Say
Radio reporter Khut Sokun says he is doing less reporting this year. The reason: fear of Cambodia's national internet gateway, which he and others say allows the government to monitor all online activity.
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Anonymous Letter Leads to Investigation of Siem Reap Police Official for Corruption
A Siem Reap district police official is under investigation by provincial supervisors after an anonymous letter alleged he was extorting illegal gambling establishments and his subordinates.
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21 journalists harassed in past three months, reports CamboJA
Horn Mariavana, a 20-year-old freelance reporter working with VOD, said she has been challenged a few times by officials when going out to collect information. She’s also heard “lots of threats and harassment” directed by officials toward other journalists.
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World Habitat Day Plea on Evictions
Communities and civil society organizations have called for an end to land grabs and unfair and unjust development projects by foreign and local investors.
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Court hears Mother Nature trio’s incitement case appeals
Phnom Penh Court of Appeal yesterday heard the appeal case of three youth activists working for Mother Nature Cambodia. The three were sentenced in May by the municipal court for incitement against the authorities and the Government, committed between 2017 and 2020 in the country.
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Climate: Removing CO2 from the air no longer optional
Even scientists sceptical about its feasibility agree that without carbon dioxide removal (CDR) -- aka "negative emission" -- it will be very difficult to meet the Paris Agreement goal of capping global warming below two degrees Celsius.
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Strike out for opposition CNHP
The Interior Ministry has defended its decision not to validate the newly created opposition Cambodia National Heart Party (CNHP) after the party failed to fulfil all conditions and criteria mentioned in the Law on Political Parties.
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