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The Anakut podcast: Corruption and the destruction of Prey Lang Forest
Authorities have only continued to escalate restrictions on civil society groups committed to monitoring the forest for illicit activity. For its part, the Cambodian Ministry of Environment denies that large-scale logging is happening in protected areas and has threatened activists with arrest for using satellite imagery to track deforestation.
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Cambodian Foreign Minister insists non-interference, in the name of human rights
Chak Sopeap, executive director of Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said she welcomed the government’s commitment to upholding the fundamental freedoms of ASEAN citizens.
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Farmers Resist Lowly Land Compensation Offer
At least 120 farmers in Svay Rieng province are holding out after refusing to give up the rights to their land for 900 riel per square meter from the authorities.
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Justice Ministry: Commercial and Labor Courts Won’t be Ready Until 2022
The inaugural operations of the Commercial and Labor Courts have been postponed until at least 2022 due to a number of problems in establishing the new courts, a senior Justice Ministry has confirmed.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 577 New Cases of COVID19; 628 Recovered; 29 Died
Cambodia reported 577 new cases of COVID19, 29 patients died, while 628 patients recovered on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 3 August 2021.
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Journalist Says He Was Threatened After Covering Land Clearing Case
An online journalist says he received an anonymous call that he took to be a threat after reporting on land clearing in Siem Reap province.
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Cambodia’s Top Diplomat: Human Rights Must be Understood and Approached in a Holistic Manner without Double Standards
At the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM), Cambodian foreign minister Prak Sokhonn stressed that human rights must be understood and approached in a holistic manner without double standards, with due respect to national sovereignty and the principle of non-interference.
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Woman kidnaps niece to get money for gambling
A 43-year woman admitted in the Supreme Court yesterday that she did kidnap her eight-year-old niece and demanded ransom money of $4,000 from her parents for her release.
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Appeal Court Denies Bail for Son of Jailed CNRP Official
Cambodian Center for Human Rights director Chak Sopheap also called for the 16-year-old’s release. The detention of the 16-year-old could be an act of intimidation against his mother and her fellow protesters, she said.
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Svay Rieng farmers protest against irrigation project compensation
Hundreds of families with claims to nearly 100 hectares of farmland in Svay Rieng province are protesting against provincial authorities who locals say are forcing them to accept a low price for land compensation to make way for a canal restoration project.
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City Hall to Allow Dining In, 1,053 Vehicles Confiscated in Capital Curfew
Phnom Penh Municipal Police say officers will get serious about enforcement of the capital’s curfew starting tonight, after meting out only “soft punishments,” including confiscating 1,053 vehicles, over the first four days of renewed Covid-19 restrictions.
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Prey Veng villagers refuse burial for Covid-19 victim
The body of a deceased Covid-19 patient was finally taken by his relatives to his hometown in Tbong Khmum province after hundreds of villagers in Prek Khsay Kor commune of Prey Veng province’s Peamro district refused to bury him in the cemetery behind their village for fears that it would spread the virus in their community.
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Armed With Sticks, Prey Veng Residents Force Covid-19 Corpse Out of Town
Crowds of residents armed with sticks blocked an ambulance from bringing a Covid-19 corpse into two villages in Prey Veng province for burial, forcing authorities to take the local ethnic Cham resident’s body to his family’s hometown in Tbong Khmum province.
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Cambodian Court Refuses Bail Request by Autistic Son of Opposition Activist
A court in Cambodia’s capital has rejected a request for bail for the autistic teenage son of a jailed opposition activist, with the boy’s mother not allowed inside the courtroom on Tuesday to attend the hearing, sources say.
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#FOEwatch in Malaysia, Hong Kong freedom in ‘tatters’, Kem Ley, and arrests in Vietnam
45 groups have signed a statement criticizing the Cambodian government for its failure to conduct an independent probe into the death of prominent political analyst Kem Ley, who was killed in July 2016. They urged Cambodian authorities to create an independent Commission of Inquiry tasked with conducting an impartial investigation into Kem Ley’s death.
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Curfew ‘no big deal’ for nearly 1,000 violators
Despite City Hall having imposed a curfew in efforts to stem the rapid spread of the deadly Delta variant of Covid-19, many irresponsible people are still blatantly violating the restrictions and going about care free at nights.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 560 New Cases of COVID19; 763 Recovered; 22 Died
Cambodia reported 560 new cases of COVID19, 22 patients died, while 763 patients recovered on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 2 August 2021.
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892 vehicles confiscated over weekend in Phnom Penh for breaking curfew
Phnom Penh Municipal Police say they confiscated almost 900 vehicles over the weekend for breaking the Royal Government’s curfew, showing the apparent scale of curfew flouting by Phnom Penh citizens.
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Gov’t says call for release of accused is inappropriate
A senior government official said two international civil society organisations (CSOs) that requested the release of Rong Chhun have no effect on Cambodian courts.
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Chinese Embassy Protesters, Instigators Sentenced to Jail
Nine defendants were jailed for 12 to 20 months for incitement for their involvement in protests outside the Chinese Embassy last October, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled on Monday
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