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Worsening floods drive Dangkor residents from their homes
Families living in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district have been forced to leave their homes after the Prek Tnaot river overflowed. Authorities have also said that the 7 Makara Dam in the city’s south has also been leaking after being damaged by the high level of rainfall.
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Opinion: Peace and Democracy in Cambodia—Reflections of a Friendly Observer
The signing of the Paris Peace Accords opened the way to an equally unprecedented engagement of the United Nations and the whole international community, including recently reunified Germany, to help rebuilding a country crushed by decades of internal and external conflicts.
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Ten Cambodian activists get 20-month sentences for peaceful protest
A court in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh sentenced 10 activists to 20-month sentences Tuesday on charges of incitement for their role in protests demanding the release of a prominent union leader, RFA has learned.
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Court sentences 14 youth activists and ex-CNRP officials of incitement
A group of 14 activists who were arrested last year for arranging protests in support of the jailed unionist Rong Chhun were convicted Tuesday of charges of incitement.
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Court hears Rong Chhun’s appeal against conviction for incitement
Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday heard the case of outspoken union chief Rong Chhun and two other social activists who were jailed for allegedly inciting people to go against the government after claiming Cambodia ceded land to Vietnam during the border demarcation in Tboung Khmum province.
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Monks Plant 22,000 Palm Trees to Protect Community Forest in Siem Reap
Since July 2021, monks from Phnom Preah Thevak Pagoda located in Banteay Srei District, Siem Reap Province have planted more than 20,000 palm seeds to create a border around a 63-hectare plot of community land.
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Activists Sentenced on Incitement Charges after Peaceful Protests
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Oct. 26 sentenced 10 detained activists to 20 months in prison and each received a 2 million riel, roughly $500, fine as a result of what the court viewed as “incitement.”
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Land and Environment
A battered and blurry road sign stands at a crossroads in Preah Vihear’s Rui Feng sugarcane plantation. The text is barely legible and looks like it had been smudged with water. To the right is the Lan Feng plantation, straight ahead is Heng Rui, and further east is Heng Yue.
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Updated: Youth, CNRP, Nationalist Activists Found Guilty of Incitement
The youth activists and members from the Khmer Thavrak social justice group, Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA), and the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party, protested on the streets of Phnom Penh last year, with authorities arresting them over the course of two months, starting in August.
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Cambodia Jails Activists Who Urged Release of Top Trade Unionist
Cambodia imprisoned 10 activists on Tuesday for demonstrating in support of a prominent union leader who was jailed in August over accusations he falsely claimed that land in the Southeast Asian country had been ceded to neighboring Vietnam.
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Cambodia Amends Charter to Bar Dual Citizens from Top Office
Lawmakers in Cambodia on Monday approved an amendment to the constitution barring Cambodians with dual citizenship from holding high government office, a move initiated by Prime Minister Hun Sen and directed at prominent opposition politicians.
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Single-citizenship mandate passed with unanimous vote
Amended during the NA’s plenary session attended by its 111 members on October 25 were articles 19, 82, 106, 119 and 137 of the Constitution and articles 3 and 4 of the Additional Constitutional Law tending to ensure the regular functioning of national institutions.
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With pomp and a rare protest, Cambodia remembers peace deal
Cambodia marked the 30th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords on Oct. 23 with authorities attempting to justify the state of the country’s democracy while fending off foreign criticism of the deterioration of fundamental freedoms.
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Residents Bring Land Disputes to New Kampot Governor’s Forum
Kampot governor Mao Thonin held a public forum to address citizens’ grievances, mostly stemming from land disputes in the coastal province, with the governor coming highly recommended for his ability to resolve land conflicts.
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Cambodia’s Gender Roles Stifle Freedom of Expression among Transgender Community
Lim Borin—who coordinates the Voice for Gender Equality project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights—said the situation of gender segregation in Cambodia has improved, but pressure on women and the LGBT community remain.
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Cambodia marks 30 years since Paris Peace Agreements
We have an excellent analysis of the gaps between the democratic potential of the Paris Peace Agreements and the realities in Cambodia today from leading human rights advocate Chak Sopheap. While I’ll let her do the talking, it’s worth noting this week saw an appeal hearing for three environmental activists from NGO Mother Nature, who were convicted of incitement in May and sentenced to 20 months in prison. A judgment is expected within weeks, but it’s likely there will be no leniency.
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Disabled singers struggle to earn a living amid the pandemic
Rim Sopheaktra, 35, has used a wheelchair since the age of 6. In 2015, she moved to Phnom Penh. There, she joined an association of diabled singers, earning about 30,000 to 40,000 riel per performance in addition to donations from philanthropists.
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30 Years of Press Coverage: Peace-Deal Commemorations’ Rising Heat
Anniversaries of the Paris Peace Agreements were not always prominent affairs. Largely overlooked by local newspapers until the landmark 20th anniversary, the day rose in visibility and contentiousness alongside the emergence of the popular opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, a look through newspaper archives shows.
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30th Paris Peace Accords anniversary rings hollow for many Cambodians
Protesting wives of jailed politicians were roughed up by police in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, while hundreds of exiles from the country rallied in Washington Friday, demanding that their government uphold the 1991 pact that ended war in the country and promised democratic freedoms and human rights.
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The Paris Peace Agreements: 30 Years Later
“To me it is clear that the Paris Peace Agreements is an ongoing document,” said Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights during the U.S. Institute of Peace conference.
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