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Gov’t urged to speed up reform on high-ranking officers
Royal Academy of Cambodia president Sok Touch has urged the government to speed up reform of the military and police ranks in a bid to reduce the number of generals.
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Political parties make last push to register and field candidates
In the lead-up to the commune council elections scheduled for June 5, political parties have been preparing to register their parties and candidates by early March for the 5th mandate elections once the official validation of the 2021 voter list is announced on February 12.
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Kampong Chhnang land activists charged after livestreaming dispute
A land activist who had previously been arrested during a long-running land dispute in Kampong Chhnang province has been charged with making a death threat after live-streaming from the site of a separate local conflict.
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Trade Unions: Women Workers Need Support During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Union leaders are calling on the Cambodian government to carry out inspections and take measures against employers who fail to implement the laws protecting women workers during pregnancy, and this, especially in factories, the entertainment and construction sectors.
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NEC selects members ahead of upcoming commune elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) has selected 175 members of the municipal and provincial electoral commissions to serve in the upcoming commune council elections.
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Gold mining in Preah Vihear brings few riches, plenty of pain to community
Twenty years ago, the streams that run through the remote village of Totim in Preah Vihear’s Rovieng district, sparkled with gold. Those flecks drew poor farmers to the Romdeng community, looking to sift for gold and improve their livelihood. Before long, it also brought a large-scale mining operation — along with mounting problems
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Land Activists Arrested in Kampong Chhnang
Three community representatives involved in a long-running dispute with the energy minister’s wife were taken into police custody over the weekend in relation to a separate dispute, residents said.
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Anti-Corruption Unit Finds One of Its Officials Corrupt
Members of the public who have experienced corruption at the hands of officials at the Anti-Corruption Unit are encouraged to provide further information to the unit after it sent one of its staff members to court.
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UNFPA, Wesley Zaidan join hands on women empowerment project
Not all GBV survivors are accessing the services they need though many policies and GBV response services have been established in Cambodia. Only 24 per cent of women who have experienced intimate partner violence could receive support from formal service providers, or said.
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New laws to curb digital rights and internet freedoms raise civil society concerns
Soun Yuthyia, director of advocacy for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), said at the National Conference on Digital Rights and Internet Freedom on January 26 that the government had passed a number of laws that go against human rights during the pandemic.
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In search of Forest: How Cambodia protected flood forest
The fields of the plot in Kampong Leng district of Kampong Chhnang province looked neat and orderly, planted with rows of rice plants soaking in the paddy. The roughly 2,000 hectare stretch, not far from the Tonle Sap lake, was bare of any substantial trees, and though parts of the area appeared to be uncultivated wetlands, the area mostly looked like any other productive agricultural area in Cambodia. There was only one issue with that — none of these farms were supposed to exist.
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NagaWorld Strikers Accuse Company of ‘Trying to Distort the Truth’ Amid Deadlock
Striking NagaWorld workers pushed back at the casino company’s position that losses in the first half of 2021 justified mass layoffs, pointing to the three years of profits preceding the pandemic-induced slowdown and the ongoing construction of NagaWorld 3.
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Two Land Disputants Arrested in Preah Sihanouk
Two land disputants in Preah Sihanouk have been arrested and charged with violence and obstructing public officials over a clash that took place in February last year.
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Trial shows video of Rainsy calling PM a ‘traitor’
A video of exiled former opposition party leader Sam Rainsy calling Prime Minister Hun Sen a “traitor” was played as evidence yesterday in Phnom Penh Municipal Court during the ongoing hearing of Rainsy and 20 other former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members.
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Court tries ex-CNRP activist over incitement
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday heard the case of a CNRP activist who allegedly incited people to go against the government through a live post on Facebook saying that there are divisions and disagreements between supporters of Prime Minister Hun Sen and those who support Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
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Opinion: Don’t Spread Singapore’s Repressive Foreign Interference Law
Singapore’s Parliament passed the Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act, or FICA, last October. It has not yet come into force here, but it’s depressing to see that its influence has already spread to Cambodia.
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Prey Lang, Prey Preah Roka Monitors Suppressed While Tree Cover Vanishes: Report
Forest watchers in 2020 filed 90 percent fewer reports of illegal logging amid officials’ threats against community patrols, according to an international research report, as one advocate said young people were refraining from joining patrols out of fear of repercussions.
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Defense Silenced by Private Phone Evidence in Opposition Mass Trials
Transcripts of phone calls between a CNRP activist and his wife and among opposition supporters, in which they spoke of Covid-19 concerns including a potential government cover-up, featured in the penultimate hearing of a mass trial case at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Growing support for striking workers at Cambodian casino
Striking workers protesting outside the NagaWorld casino in Phnom Penh have claimed a growing support network within Cambodia and nearby Malaysia
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At Gas Stations, Beer Factory, Workers Back NagaWorld Strike
Small pockets of support for striking NagaWorld workers are emerging: at the Angkor Beer factory in Sihanoukville, Coca-Cola factory in Phnom Penh, and 27 Caltex gas stations, and among unionists in Malaysia.
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