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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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‘We Are the Enemies of Environmental Destruction’
The jailed Mother Nature environmentalist, convicted of incitement and now awaiting trial for plotting, is accused of working against the state with videos asking questions of landfilling, sewage discharges, sand dredging and associated corruption.
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Minister: Lawyers indispensable in promoting justice in Kingdom
Minister of Justice Koeut Rith expects the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) to work harder at improving the country’s judicial system in its new mandate. The call came as BAKC announced its 33 newly elected members after an election on October 18.
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Gov’t refutes Licadho claim of 1,000s of families in land disputes
The government has refuted claims by the Cambodia League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho) that thousands of families have been involved in land disputes for the last two years and some are detained in prison for voicing their grievances.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 195 New Cases of COVID19; 279 Recovered; 12 Died (8 Not Vaccinated)
Cambodia reported 195 new cases of COVID19, 12 patients died, while 279 patients recovered on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 18 October 2021.
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Thousands of Hectares of State Land Privatized in Latest Decrees
Seventeen decrees within the span of a month have privatized 5,000 hectares — nine plots on Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok lake, benefiting several military commanders; hundreds of hectares near the disputed, under-construction new international airport; and the whole of central Kep.
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Government to release banknote with image of Hun Sen, late King to mark 30th anniversary of Paris Peace Agreements
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said her organization is reminding the government that respecting the peace agreements does not only mean ensuring the absence of war or internal armed conflict. Rather, Sopheap said, the spirit of the agreements demands a society where social justice, equality, respect for human rights, and robust democratic institutions are respected and flourishing.
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The changing face of Cambodian leadership
Sopheap witnessed a series of arrests of activists, including a former CCHR director in 2005, that solidified her commitment to the protection and promotion of human rights. But the arrests of youth activists can challenge the willingness of young people to become involved in building their society
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COP26: What Are the Stakes for Cambodia?
To avoid the worst of climate change, the world needs to halve emissions over the next decade and reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Reaching “net zero” involves reducing emissions by switching to cleaner technologies such as renewable energy and electric vehicles, then absorbing remaining emissions, for example by growing the world’s forest cover.
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Cambodia Ranked Low for Rule of Law
Civil society groups and opposition groups had misrepresented reports to the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia, he added.
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Cambodia rejects poor ranking in 'rule of law' index
The Cambodian government has dismissed a report by the World Justice Project (WJP) that placed the Southeast Asian country second from the bottom in its Rule of Law Index 2021, saying the survey did not reflect the reality on the ground.
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Cambodian PM Orders Authorities to Hunt Down Exiled ‘Extremist’ Poet
The poem in question was posted on October 9 by a Facebook user nicknamed Kranhoung Preylang and bore a title, “Hun Sen is a Traitor,” that left little doubt as to his political inclinations. In particular, the poem criticized the Cambodian leader’s recent move to amend the country’s constitution, which he said was “destroying the country.”
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Residents Say They Face Unprecedented Flooding After Phnom Penh Canal Filled
Floodwaters are rising on a small group of Chroy Changva residents who say they have suffered two months of unprecedented flooding after officials filled a nearby canal earlier this year.
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WJP’s ‘rule of law’ rankings unreasonable, official says
According to the index seen by The Post on October 13, Cambodia was ranked 138th out of 139 countries. It said during the Covid-19 pandemic, the enforcement of the rule of law in countries around the world had deteriorated. In addition, 4.7 per cent of the world population, or equivalent to 6.5 billion people, lived in the countries where the rule of law was diminishing.
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