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Market vendors protest in Phnom Penh
Two hundred market vendors protested yesterday in Phnom Penh about high fees that they say are impossible to pay do to reduced business as a result of they COVID pandemic in Cambodia.
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Journalist Reporting on New Airport’s Land Dispute Faces Pressure
News publisher Los Seng, of Los Seng News, says he is under pressure over covering land disputes related to Phnom Penh’s new international airport in Kandal province, warned to stop his reporting and told that a case against him was headed to court.
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Spanish Activist Accuses Cambodian Court of Breaching Law By Holding Trial in Absentia
A Spanish environmentalist who led a campaign against a controversial dam project on Tuesday accused Cambodia’s courts of violating national and international law because judicial authorities plan to hold a case against him in absentia while he is prevented by the government from re-entering the country to stand trial.
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Pagoda’s Sale of Land in Akrei Khsat Could Be Illegal
A pagoda’s sale of unused marshland in Kandal’s Akrei Khsat commune for $400,000 will be investigated as a potentially illegal sale of state land, the provincial governor and Religion Ministry said.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 911 New Cases of COVID19; 1002 Recovered; 23 Died
Cambodia reported 911 new cases of COVID19, 23 patients died, while 1002 patients recovered on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 12 July 2021.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 981 New Cases of COVID19; 815 Recovered; 21 Died
ambodia reported 981 new cases of COVID19, 21 patients died, while 815 patients recovered on Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 11 July 2021.
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New Adhoc president urges government to release all political prisoners before commune election
The newly appointed president of rights group Adhoc urged the government to release all prisoners of conscience before the 2022 commune election as a step to ensuring a more democratic society.
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Fears grow that Cambodia may cross Covid red line
Authorities are warning that Cambodia is dangerously close to crossing the Covid-19 red line — meaning its healthcare capacity will be exhausted — as Prime Minister Hun Sen further tightened border security in a bid to fend off the Delta variant.
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Interview: Kem Ley’s Wife Says Jailed Killer Is ‘Fake’
Bou Rachana has lived without her husband for five years now. Kem Ley, a political analyst, was shot dead at Phnom Penh’s Bokor Caltex gas station on July 10, 2016 while she was pregnant with their fifth child.
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With no credible opposition, minor parties prepare for non-competitive elections
Although almost 50 minor political parties are preparing to compete in the upcoming commune and national elections, political observers say that without the time or resources to pose a credible challenge to the 70-year-old Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) following the dissolution of the main opposition party, the competition will be little more than a game. Cambodia is set to hold its commune elections on June 5, 2022, and the general elections in July 2023.
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Cambodian Opposition Figures Injured in Attacks Live in Fear, Saying No Attackers Have Been Caught
Cambodian opposition party activists injured in physical assaults during the last year are living in fear, with their attackers still unidentified by police and authorities sometimes blaming the victims themselves for the attacks, sources in Cambodia say.
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CHRC to hold 60 meetings on nat’l rights commission
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plan to hold 60 consultation meetings on the draft law on the organisation and functioning of the National Human Rights Commission of Cambodia (NHRC) before moving it forward into the next phase of the legislative process.
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Being Part of the LGBTQ+ Community in Cambodia: Progress Made and Challenges to Face
Nou Vichet is a founder of the group I AM WHAT I AM Pride Cambodia, which has been representing the LGBTQ+ (LGBTQ+ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning) community in the country. Currently managing partner and chief design director of the agency Kouprey Creative Solutions in Phnom Penh, he was recently interviewed by Sao Phal Niseiy, journalist at Cambodianess.com
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Five years on, Kem Ley still at heart of debate
The murder of social and political analyst Kem Ley remains a subject of debate as civil society organisations (CSOs) observed his death on July 10 and expressed scepticism of the handling of the case.
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Advocacy group raising mental health awareness
A group of mental health advocates called Arom Station is raising awareness about mental health in Cambodia and identifying the lingering issues within the Cambodian mindset. The project includes free mental health consultation over an online platform for those in need.
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Family of slain Cambodia activist Kem Ley mark five year anniversary
"It also sends the message that killing human rights defenders for their activism in Cambodia is tolerated," Cambodian Center for Human Rights Chak Sopheap said.
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Kem Ley Supporters Call for Independent Probe
For five years, one man, Oeuth Ang, known as “Choub Samlab” or “meet to kill”, has been held in prison serving life after being convicted of shooting social development researcher and political commentator Kem Ley.
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“The Beginning of The End”
When we tried to march him to the pagoda, there was a confrontation with [district] security guards and police, when we tried to place the body in the car. They tried to stop us, demanding an autopsy — police wanted his body to be moved to Takeo, while others wanted to keep it in Phnom Penh
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Rights Groups, Unions Call For Commission of Inquiry to Probe Murder of Cambodian Pundit
Rights groups and other organizations are calling on Cambodian authorities to create an independent commission of inquiry to investigate the death of a political commentator and human rights defender gunned down five years ago, while his wife says she has lost all hope that justice will be served in the case.
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Nepali woman reportedly sold off in Cambodia
A Nepali woman, who was allegedly sold off in Cambodia, has filed a report with the Human Trafficking Bureau demanding action against the traffickers.
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