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CENTRAL says Cambodia migrant workers need more help
Central For Alliance of Labour and Human Rights (CENTRAL) on September 16 issued a new report on the challenges of Cambodian migrant workers during the Covid-19 outbreak and while some needs are being met, the workers still need more help during the crisis.
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PM warns analysts not to criticize Kingdom
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday threatened a political analyst who had made comments critical of Cambodia’s foreign policy toward China, and said another analyst who had spoken of government negotiations with Sam Rainsy should be arrested.
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Nine villagers charged for attacking 13 police officers
Nine villagers were charged in the Kandal Provincial Court for attacking 13 police officers who sustained minor and major injuries following a land dispute issue at the new Phnom Penh International Airport in Kandal Stung district’s Boeng Khyang commune on September 12.
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Phnom Penh Man Publicly Apologizes for Insulting Traffic Police on TikTok
A Phnom Penh resident made a public confession and apology for allegedly insulting traffic police officers in a video posted to social media platform TikTok.
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Reclaimed land, lose sea
Vann Sophath, land reform program manager for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, says he too has struggled to get information about what sandfilling projects are currently happening in Kampot. He has studied the Ching Kor and Omni projects but has yet to establish if they were truly occurring after years of plans and rumors, he says.
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Criticism about human rights in Cambodia should be justified and non-selective, says An Sokkhoeurn
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the United Nations at Geneva has brushed aside allegations made by the delegations of France and the US, saying that their criticism about human rights must be credible, justified, balanced, non-selective and proportionate.
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Two farmers charged under COVID law for Svay Rieng land protests released on bail as local families accept compensation
Two representatives of a farming community in Svay Rieng province who have been charged under the COVID-19 law were released on bail as more local families accept state compensation in a farmland dispute sparked by a canal restoration project.
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Prey Lang activist trialled for ‘attempted murder’ after reporting forest crimes
Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) member Chan Thoeun was tried in absentia today on charges of attempted murder after reporting on the transportation of timber out of the protected Prey Lang forest.
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Appeal Court upholds Thuy Vy’s 7-year jail term
The Phnom Penh Appeal Court yesterday upheld the seven-year jail sentence imposed by a lower court on former Khmer National Liberation Front member, Thuy Vy, 33, accused of conspiring with the former opposition leader Sam Rainsy to stage a military coup against the government in 2019.
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Long-Time Land Activists Questioned for Attempted Murder
Four land activists in a long-running dispute with the Energy Minister’s wife say they were questioned by prosecutors at the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court for attempted murder after trying to prevent illegal fishing in the area.
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Land Activists Get Out of Jail After Accepting 900 Riel Per Square Meter
Two jailed land dispute representatives in Svay Rieng province have been released on bail after accepting compensation of 900 riel per square meter to make way for a Water Resources Ministry reservoir, the defendants said.
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21 Airport Protesters Released, Nine Charged With Violence: Villagers
Luong Srey Mom, 51, said she would be staying away from her home at the disputed airport development site. She was just released Tuesday evening after two days in police custody, as violence emerged in the escalating airport conflict in Kandal province.
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Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court questioned four Lor Peang villagers over attempted murder accusation
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on Wednesday questioned four land activists over a complaint of attempted murder and intentional damage after the group allegedly used knives to damage fishing nets in Kampong Tralach district’s Taches commune when the plaintiff went fishing in a part of the lake they considered to be a protected site. The activists maintain part of the lake, Boeng Pur, is a protected site, though local authorities disagree.
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Phone card survey latest online scam
The Ministry of Interior’s department of information technology called on social media users to be cautious online and maintain their vigilance against a new scam by fraudsters who claim they will provide people with a 50,000 riel in phone card from H&M if they answer survey questions and share the survey link with their friends.
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Nine Jailed Over Airport Land Protest in Kandal Province
Twenty-one of the 30 people who were arrested on Sept. 12 following a confrontation between authorities and farmers affected by the construction of a new airport in Kandal Province have been released while nine people were sent to Takhmao prison last night.
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Airport Protesters Charged With Violence, Obstruction, Incitement
Nay Khorn, 50, says he is on the run after his wife, Khem Cheatra, was charged and jailed in a dispute with Phnom Penh’s new international airport development.
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Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court questioned four Lor Peang villagers over attempted murder accusation
Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on Wednesday questioned four land activists over a complaint of attempted murder and intentional damage after the group allegedly used knives to damage fishing nets in Kampong Tralach district’s Taches commune when the plaintiff went fishing in a part of the lake they considered to be a protected site.
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Kratie Authorities to Redistribute Cleared State Land
“We confiscated the land and turned it into social land because the perpetrators also included poor people,” Thorn said. “We cannot come to clear the state forest land like that.”
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Twenty-one villagers released as nine people sent to prison for using violence against authorities
Nine villagers who were arrested on Sunday while protesting an ongoing land dispute over a new airport in Kandal were sent to pre-trial detention on Tuesday night, while 21 other detainees were released.
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Industry, government representatives propose minimum wage decrease for garment workers
Employers and government representatives have countered union requests to raise the minimum wage for garment workers, instead arguing for a wage decrease in the second of three September negotiation meetings to set the minimum for 2022.
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