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Cambodia Jails Opposition Figure as US Congress Takes Step Toward Sanctions
A Cambodian court has convicted a former commune councilor from the outlawed main opposition party of “incitement to commit a felony” for participating in weekly protests demanding the release of other arrested opposition party members, sentencing him to 18 months in prison, his lawyer said.
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US Foreign Affairs Committee Reintroduces Cambodia Sanctions Bill
A bill to sanction Cambodian officials over “government efforts to undermine democracy” is being considered by the U.S. House foreign affairs committee for at least the third time.
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Gov’t defends laws to curb net misuse, online freedom protected
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that the right to freedom of expression is restricted, especially during the Covid-19 outbreak, and civil society is concerned about the safety and privacy of online expression.
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Photojournalists in Cambodia: Distilling History Down to a Single Image
the negative public perception of journalism in Cambodia: risky, dangerous, and unconscious biases like the job is inappropriate for women or underestimating women’s quality work.
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Fact-Check Platform Questioned Over Maiden Post Critiquing Rights Group’s Concerns
A new U.S.-funded fact-checking outlet for Cambodia has been challenged over methodology and an apparent email mishap in its first published assessment: that an international rights organization’s claims of concern over the government’s Covid-19 QR-code tracking system were “false.”
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15 Suspects Arrested for Illegally Mining Marble in Stung Treng
Fifteen individuals are being questioned by prosecutors following their arrests for the alleged illegal mining of marble in Stung Treng province.
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CNRP Activist Handed 18-Month Sentence for Nationalist Comments at Rally
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced a former opposition party activist to a year and half in prison for comments posted in a video clip calling the government soft against the country’s Vietnamese minority, which were made during a rally for jailed unionist Rong Chhun.
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Debt bondage and child labor remains stubbornly prevalent at brick kilns
While the Cambodian government in recent years has insisted it is committed to cracking down on debt bondage at the nation’s notorious brick kilns, it remains stubbornly persistent.
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The Camera Is Our Weapon’: Guns and Protesters Clash in Evolving Power Struggle
The spectacle of the earlier standoff was all around him — a platoon of soldiers waving their guns at assembled villagers, and the crowd raising their smartphone cameras in defiance.
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Court summons three ex-CNRP lawmakers over incitement charge
Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned three former senior officials of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and a Cambodian-Australian politician for questioning over a charge of incitement to commit a felony.
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End of the road: Supreme Court dissolves three parties before elections
The Supreme Court has dissolved three political parties for violating the Law on Political Parties after a complaint was made by the Ministry of Interior ahead of the upcoming elections.
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National police crack down on more than 190 cases of human trafficking for six months
Police have cracked down on 198 cases of human trafficking and sexual exploitation for the first six months, a slight increase if compared to that of last year, according to Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Villagers Demand Fair Compensation for Land, Threatened with Violence and Eviction
A group of 23 families from Tani Village visited the Siem Reap Provincial Hall on July 26 to request that Provincial Governor Tea Seyha intervene in their ongoing land dispute.
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Youth activists deny incitement charge after protesting unionist’s arrest
Four youth activists with the Khmer Thavrak and Khmer Student Intelligent League who were arrested last year and charged with incitement for protesting a unionist’s arrest maintained their innocence at a court hearing in Phnom Penh Tuesday as part of a sprawling case rights activists have called politically motivated.
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Commune chief denies selling community land to private company during C-19 crisis
A commune chief in Banteay Meanchey province‘s Preah Netr Preah district has denied an accusation hurled at him by some 800 families that he sold 120 hectares of flooded forest community land in the forest to a private company.
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On Trial Again After Covid Delay, Activists Say They Have No Regrets
Youth activists who were charged with incitement over their participation in protests for the release of jailed unionist Rong Chhun defended their innocence in their second trial hearing on Tuesday, saying their actions amounted to freedom of expression.
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Patients Struggle to Access Medical Treatment as Hospitals Fear COVID-19
Cambodians have complained of struggling to access medical treatment amid the pandemic which has seen hospitals reluctant to treat patients for fear of COVID-19.
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Six arrested for spreading Covid in Siem Reap
The Siem Reap Provincial Court has charged and remanded in custody six shop owners and store managers for violating Covid-19 preventative measures and transmitting the coronavirus.
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Koh Kong’s Mass Land Privatization Elicits Doubt, Laughter From Villagers
Hailing from Takeo province, Sokna, 41, says she and her husband arrived in the area about 10 years ago, when there was no dirt road for her to sell drinks and snacks along. Most of the people living in the area don’t own land, and if they do, like Sokna, it’s less than 1 hectare registered with commune or district authorities — a “soft title” that gives owners weaker claim to their land.
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An act of mercy: Women who stole can of milk powder to feed sick grandmother is acquitted
A woman who stole a can of milk powder to give to her sick grandmother was been released without charge by Phnom Penh police – and has been given $150 by the Kandal Provincial Prosecutor to help her feed her family.
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