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One-Year Imprisonment Upheld for Vaccine-Critical Facebook Posts
The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld one-year jail sentences against two former opposition activists for incitement and insult after they criticized the distribution of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines in Cambodia before they were approved by the WHO.
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Striking casino workers stand against crackdown
Police violently grabbed and arrested the union leader when she attempted to join the demonstration by striking workers in Phnom Penh on 4 January. Video of the altercation, showing Sithar trying to evade shouting plainclothes officers who swarmed and pushed her into a car, was widely shared on social media.
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Ministry warns of forest fire dangers in dry season
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon introduced a number of measures to guide specialised units at the sub-national level and the local community in joining forces to prevent wildfires over this year’s hot summer period.
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CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March.
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Takeo Villagers Protest as Local Field Used as Trash Dumpsite
Dozens of villagers blocked a road to stop a trash company from bringing its trucks to a 1-hectare field near the village, which has been overflowing with bags of unprocessed, unburned garbage.
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NagaWorld Workers Tell Labor Ministry Their Arrested Leaders Need to Be at Negotiating Table 3 mi
NagaWorld union members admonished the Labor Ministry during an impromptu press conference on Monday, accusing labor officials for disregarding calls to release jailed union leadership as a precondition to restart negotiations.
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Baker McKenzie says US Government has tightened export controls for Cambodia
The US Departments of State and Commerce had reportedly amended their regulations to strengthen US export controls targeting Cambodia on December 9, 2021.
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NagaWorld Union Demands Apology over “Color Revolution” Claims, says Leadership Must be Released for Negotiations
The NagaWorld strike continued on Jan. 10, with the Labor Rights Supported Union of Khmer Employees of NagaWorld (LRSU) holding a press conference at 9 a.m. where they called out the Ministry of Labor for branding the strike a “color revolution” and said they would refuse to settle the dispute until the eight jailed leaders were released.
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Authorities on alert as Omicron variant spreads into community
As public health officials continue to find new community transmission cases of the more-contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19, the prime minister is urging provincial authorities to speed up their booster vaccination campaigns.
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Striking Cambodian workers demand release of union leaders
The strike at the NagaWorld casino and hotel, now in its 23rd day, has drawn hundreds of workers since Dec. 18 and the dismissal by managers of more than a thousand employees. The protesters are demanding that 365 of those laid off be rehired.
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Five charged with incitement in K Chhnang
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court yesterday charged and detained three online journalists and two other villagers for allegedly inciting people to go against the authorities through a report on Facebook about a land dispute in in Kampong Leng district.
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Bunong group prefers in-person apology from Facebook celebrity
Social media celebrity Try Dana made a public apology via Facebook to the Bunong indigenous people on January 6, saying that she had no intention of inciting anger or insulting the Bunong or any of Cambodia’s other indigenous ethnic minority groups.
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CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March.
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PM Hun Sen Shares Cambodia’s Win-win Policy Success to Myanmar (Video inside)
During a recent official visit to Myanmar, Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen shared Cambodia’s win-win policy success in achieving national reconciliation, absolute peace, stability, development and prosperity.
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NagaWorld protests continue despite incitement charges for unionists
Around 400 NagaWorld workers continued their peaceful strike on Thursday, despite the recent arrests of union president Chhim Sithar and more than two dozen workers and unionists.
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Geneva Mission defends arrests at NagaWorld protests
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva on January 6 responded to concerns expressed by four special rapporteurs on the arrests of former employees of the integrated resort NagaWorld who had been protesting for nearly 20 days.
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Election amendments not to compromise counting process: NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) on January 6 issued a letter addressing concerns related to the vote-counting process, stressing that all procedures would be carried out neutrally and impartially.
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Drug authority calls for controls of chemical imports
The National Authority for Combatting Drugs (NACD) has called for the strengthening of controls related to the import of commercial quantities of chemicals.
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BREAKING: Phnom Penh Court Detains Two Protest Leaders, Allegedly Charged with Incitement to Cause Social Unrest
Phnom Penh Municipal Court (PPMC) investigating judge Im Vannak ordered to detain two protest leaders Chhim Sithar and Sok Narith, allegedly charged with incitement to cause serious social unrest in accordance with article 494 and 495 of the penal code, according to the separate orders seen by Fresh News on Wednesday.
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‘A Thousand Sithars’: NagaWorld Unionist Was Prepared for Arrest
Chhim Sithar has been preparing herself for arrest, cutting her hair and staying away from her home to protect her family. The more challenging task for the laid-off president of NagaWorld’s union, though, is preparing her union members for her inevitable arrest.
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