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Cambodia rebuffs UN rapporteurs' statement on teen activist's detention
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva has dismissed "groundless allegations" by four UN special rapporteurs regarding the detention of an activist who they said suffered from autism.
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Gov’t denies lack of response by spokespersons
The government defended response times of ministries’ spokespersons after complaints by journalists about not getting the answers they need in a timely manner for publication.
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Rapper Kea Sokun Released From Jail, No Regrets
After a year in prison on an incitement conviction for his music, 22-year-old rapper Kea Sokun was released from a Siem Reap prison on Friday and returned home with no regrets about his songs or his refusal to apologize for the lyrics in court.
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What this failed fact checking scheme revealed about ‘truth’ in Cambodia
the US-funded CambodiaCheck project would be launched to counter misinformation surrounding the Kingdom. Less than a month later, the fact checking initiative would be cut short, standing accused of spreading the very thing it set out to counter
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Boeng Tompun Residents Rebuild Demolished Homes
Boeng Tompun residents whose homes were demolished by Phnom Penh authorities last month to make way for a reservoir said they are rebuilding sections of their homes because they have no other alternative.
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Indian Ambassador stresses the need to simultaneously address Cyber threat challenge to children
Ambassador of the Republic of India to Cambodia Dr. Devyani Khobragade has noted the importance of digital empowerment and the need of simultaneously addressing the challenges of cyber threats to children, vulnerable groups exposed to cyber bullies, online sexual abuse & exploitation.
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Fishing Community’s Radio Hopes Jammed by Paperwork, Satellite City
A group of Kampot fishers constructed a shack for a studio, enlisted 10 local youths to study broadcasting, and planned to disseminate weather forecasts, community news, and messages to protect the environment.
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Paris Peace Accords’ Legacy in Cambodia Is Mixed and Politically Contentious as 30th Anniversary Nears
Thirty years ago, as the Cold War was drawing down, four warring factions from Cambodia and 18 members of the international community signed the Paris Peace Accords, a comprehensive agreement that laid out a process to end the country’s long civil war.
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Satellite City Request for State Lake Rebuffed
As satellite city developments spring up on water bodies all across the country, the government last week rebuffed one such request on 1,000 hectares of a Kandal province lake, a cabinet document shows.
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WHO encourages jabs for pregnant and breastfeeding women
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday approved Covid-19 vaccines for women who are menstruating, pregnant, trying to get pregnant or breastfeeding.
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Scrap Curbs on Internet Freedom, Government Urged
A new report by Bangkok-based non-profit Asia Center shows that the Cambodian government is using online-related legislation to further oppress and threaten civic freedom. The report calls on the government to repeal articles that can be used to curtail the exercise of freedom of expression.
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Cambodia should release detained autistic teenager, UN experts say
An autistic teenage boy detained for two months in Cambodia over messages he sent on Telegram allegedly insulting officials should be released immediately, UN experts said Thursday.
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CRP cries foul: Party questions delay in recognition by Interior Ministry
The newly created opposition Cambodia Reform Party (CRP) is crying foul as its validation of registration with the Interior Ministry has dragged on, a move the party leadership said could undermine their attempt to contest the coming commune elections.
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Opinion: Data Protection Can Address Online Self-Censorship
This phenomenon is the culmination and solidification of fear from persecution and incarceration that has been occurring in the nation led by the Cambodian People's Party in the past 40 years. Propelled by repressive legislation, surveillance, arrests and investigations, Cambodians are increasingly paranoid when expressing critical political opinion
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Cyclos move from driving passengers to helping those in need
Travelling on a busy boulevard in Phnom Penh, an older man pedals his cyclo with a big smile on his face. The 62-year-old Leng Phat waves to a group of people who are waiting for him excitedly, even though the seat of his cyclo is taken up by a special container that leaves no room for passengers.
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Camera in hand, Cambodia’s indigenous youth record cultures under threat
Growing up in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province, Mourng Vet had never held a camera when he decided to tell stories about his indigenous Kreung culture through film.
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Cyber slavery: inside Cambodia's online scam gangs
Another video shows a shirtless man cuffed on the ground being beaten with a stick while two more captives, handcuffed to a nearby window grill, watch on in terror. In a third, a grounded man, a foot on his neck, writhes in pain as he is electrocuted with a Taser.
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Villagers Protest Armed Destruction of Road at New Airport Development
Villagers in dispute with Phnom Penh’s new, under-construction airport protested after Kandal authorities destroyed a road leading to their homes and farmland with the aid of a heavy security presence.
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New report: Cambodian government heightens online oppression
A new report by Bangkok-based non-profit Asia Center shows that the Cambodian government is using online-related legislation to further oppress and threaten civic freedom. The report calls on the government to repeal articles that can be used to curtail the exercise of freedom of expression
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Villagers Protest Armed Destruction of Road at New Airport Development
Villagers in dispute with Phnom Penh’s new, under-construction airport protested after Kandal authorities destroyed a road leading to their homes and farmland with the aid of a heavy security presence.
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