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Cambodian UN mission: Kingdom gets 'recognition' for human rights, Covid jab drive
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva said a total of 22 foreign delegations spoke in favour of the Kingdom’s efforts, progress and achievements in promoting and protecting human rights, while nine others voiced critical comments on civic and political space in the country.
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UN Rights Chief: Repression in Cambodia Is Stifling Fundamental Freedoms
U.N. monitors probing Cambodia’s human rights situation say increasing government repression against political opponents and civic activists is stifling people's fundamental freedoms.
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Berlin Becomes a Magnet for LGBT+ Poles Fleeing Homophobia at Home
When conservative politicians started making anti-LGBT+ speeches on the campaign trail, Piotr Kalwaryjski, a gay man from western Poland, decided it was time to pack up and leave.
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Council of Ministers endorses draft constitutional amendment barring those holding dual citizenships from top leadership posts
The draft amendment came at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who on Wednesday called for the constitution to require leaders to hold only Cambodian citizenship after the Guardian ran an article incorrectly saying Hun Sen was one of thousands of non-Europeans who received a Cypriot passport. The newspaper later ran a correction noting that it was only members of his inner circle who were discovered to hold the passport, according to information from the “Pandora Papers” data leak.
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Praying for Land Sales at Holy Kampot Caves
In August, the caves at Kampong Trach have just reopened to visitors, and a bus unloads dozens of tourists in mid-morning. A flock of children gather around, offering guides of the caves that tunnel through the rock faces.
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The capacity for internet control has increased dramatically” - Interview with the Asia Centre
Cambodia’s descent into de facto one-party rule since 2017 has been marked by a shrinking civic space. According to a recent report by the Asia Centre, this has included a sharp reduction in online freedom of expression and increased surveillance of the country’s rapidly growing number of internet users.
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Special Rapporteur: Civic Space “Shrinking, Shrunken, Shrunk” in Cambodia
Speaking at the UN Human Rights Council’s 48th session on Oct. 6, Vitit Muntabhorn—special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia—said that recent years have seen “disturbing, deteriorating backsliding” in relation to the democratic space and respect for human rights in Cambodia.
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Cambodian Court Condemned for Jailing Journalist
The sentencing last week of a Cambodian publisher has been condemned by local media associations, who say jailing journalists sends a troubling message.
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Urban poor communities urge faster solutions to avoid displacement
Members of several poor communities affected by urban development in Phnom Penh have asked the government to provide them with solutions to stay in the city as they face the threat of forced evictions.
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Calls for safer means of transport for factory workers
A prominent road safety expert called for the provision of proper and safer means of transport for factory workers as it could prevent and reduce traffic accidents across the country in the long term.
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US Congress passes sanctions bill on human rights
A spokesman for the Cambodian government expressed regret over the US Congress’s decision to pass a bill empowering the president to sanction individual officials deemed to be responsible for undermining democracy and committing human rights violations, saying that the bill will negatively impact the relationship between the two nations. The bill will now have to pass through the senate before being approved by the president.
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Garment workers call on government to tackle high water prices
Garment workers have called on the government to intervene to ensure that rental house owners are not charging lodgers more than the fixed water price of 800 riel per cubic meter set four years ago, saying that they were struggling to keep up with the high cost of utilities.
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Fake news committee tackles questionable contents
The Ministry of Information's fake news tracking committee said on October 1 that it had followed the contents of nearly 500 news and video broadcasts which have information deemed to be inciting, insulting to the country’s leaders and misleading to the public.
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Cambodian Court Sends CNRP Activist to Prison After He Returns From Thailand
A Cambodian court on Friday ordered an opposition party activist detained after he returned from exile in Thailand, sending him to Prey Sar Prison in the capital Phnom Penh to face charges of conspiracy and incitement, Cambodian sources say.
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Cambodia Jails News Site Owner for 1 Year Over False Posts
A Cambodian court on Thursday sentenced the owner of a news website to a year in prison for incitement to cause a felony, a prosecutor said, for posting disinformation about a land dispute at a national park.
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Supreme Court Diary: Missing Prisoner, Missing Charges, Bail or Bribe
Around 8:30 a.m., defense lawyer Hong Chansokha walks up to a prison guard in a courtroom at Phnom Penh’s Supreme Court, asking where his client is
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Local journalist detained over incitement
Koh Kong Provincial Court today charged and detained a local journalist accused of inciting a felony committed in the province.
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Families in Shock as Two Opposition Officials Arrested
According to a Phnom Penh Municipal Court warrant dated Wednesday, Keang was to be questioned by a police working group to investigate land disputes and illegal encroachment of state land.
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Sixteen NGOs ask Government to protect LGBTIQ rights
Sixteen Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on Monday called on the government to step up efforts to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer (LGBTIQ) people in Cambodia, in line with the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) recommendations accepted by the Kingdom.
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Digital news publisher convicted, sentenced to prison for Koh Kong dispute
An online news publisher was convicted Thursday of felony incitement and sentenced to one year in prison for broadcasting what officials say is disinformation related to a land dispute in Botum Sakor National Park.
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