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Violence against women on the rise amid pandemic
Gender and Development for Cambodia (GADC) executive director Ros Sopheap told Khmer Times that women are burdened with more housework as men do not come forward to help or share the workload and another factor is they become highly depressed when they have no income.
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Authorities to Treat as Offense the Rumors Spread re: Interior Minister Sar Kheng
The Cambodian authorities are investigating the origins of the rumor to the effect that, during his visit in France, Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng would meet former opposition party members with the goal of forming an interim government.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Authority Searches for a Person Who Creates Fake News on Meeting between Sar Kheng and Sam Rainsy
Interior Ministry’s spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Sunday that the Ministry of Interior is searching for the person who falsified the information that Cambodian interior minister Sar Kheng met with convict Sam Rainsy and agreed to form an interim government during Kheng’s visit in France.
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Search underway for posters of ‘unity government’ claims
The Ministry of Interior is searching for those responsible for posting false claims to Facebook that its minister Sar Kheng met with former opposition party leader Sam Rainsy and decided to “form an interim government” during his recent 14-day trip to France on private business.
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Svay Rieng Land Disputants Arrested Under Covid-19 Law
Two Svay Rieng land dispute representatives, previously fined $1,000 each under Covid-19 regulations for gathering people to rally, have now been charged for obstructing the enforcement of health measures and face up to three years in jail, according to a rights group.
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Over 5,000 Hectares of Contested K Speu Concession to Be Redistributed
A group of residents in Oddar Meanchey’s Samraong city say they fear arrest and losing their land after the provincial court summoned 11 of them for questioning early next month over a land dispute.
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Youth Activists Make Their Final Pleas in Trial’s Close
One activist, a former monk, asked to be allowed to serve the sentences of two of his fellow defendants in their place. Another said the judge should spend some time at a meditation center. A third defendant, who spoke that she could not expect justice in an unjust society, was slapped on the arm by a court guard for putting a hand behind her back while being questioned
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Cambodia sees spike in human and sex trafficking cases in H1
Cambodia cracked down on 198 human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases in the first six months of 2021, a remarkable rise from only 63 cases over the same period last year, a senior official has announced.
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Royal Academy Head Says Wealthy People Behind Surge in Illegal Logging in Techo Sen Park
The president of the Royal Academy of Cambodia has requested that tougher law enforcement measures be taken to put an end to illegal logging activities in the Techo Sen Russey Treb Cambodian Royal Academy Park, stressing that wealthy and powerful people must be behind these actions.
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U.S launches five-year combatting human trafficking project
The United States launched a new program to support the Cambodian government in efforts combatting human trafficking, though Cambodia has for three years been on its Tier 2 watchlist in trafficking in person report, with the government failing to meet the “minimum standard” for the elimination of human trafficking due in part to “endemic corruption.”
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Rong Chhun’s lawyer appeals conviction and sentencing of unionist
The lawyer for union leader Rong Chhun and two other activists filed an appeal on Wednesday against Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s conviction on incitement charges. In a separate case, the lawyer for jailed activists with the environmental NGO Mother Nature filed an appeal to the Supreme Court the same day the Appeal Court denied them bail.
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Svay Rieng farmers pressured to accept land deal after arrest of community representatives
Farmers involved in a land dispute along a canal restoration project in Svay Rieng province are beginning to agree to compensation from authorities after police last week arrested two community representatives.
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11 Oddar Meanchey Land Disputants Summoned to Court
A group of residents in Oddar Meanchey’s Samraong city say they fear arrest and losing their land after the provincial court summoned 11 of them for questioning early next month over a land dispute.
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NGOs Refuse to Talk Creating Human Rights Body Amid Human Rights Abuses
Civil society groups are refusing consultations with the government and U.N. on establishing an independent national human rights body, saying they should not be talking about a new committee without showing genuine interest in promoting and protecting human rights.
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Facebook user gets 18-month prison sentence for mocking Cambodia’s prime minister
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, warned that the arrest would have a chilling effect on society
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Airport Protesters Say 300 — Not 11 — Families Still Want Better Deal
A representative for residents disputing land on the site of Phnom Penh’s future international airport says a provincial governor has vastly understated how many people are still holding out for a better deal.
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CNRP activists deny incitement but admit posting C-19 videos
Seven former CNRP activists yesterday denied at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court that they had incited people to go against the government but admitted to having posted videos on Covid-19 including writing about the disease on their Facebook page.
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NGOs Refuse to Talk Creating Human Rights Body Amid Human Rights Abuses
Civil society groups are refusing consultations with the government and U.N. on establishing an independent national human rights body, saying they should not be talking about a new committee without showing genuine interest in promoting and protecting human rights.
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Illegal logging in Kratie community forest picks up speed, say activists
A group from Cambodia Youth Network joined with community members in a two-day patrol last week in a pair of protected community forests and recorded more than 20 cases of illegal logging and land clearance.
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Fix Problems Before Setting Up Rights Body: Civil Groups
More than sixty civil society groups have called on the government to improve human rights in Cambodia before setting up its planned National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).
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