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PP cracks down on Boeng Trabek reservoir encroachment
The area of Boeng Trabek reservoir continues to be encroached upon by some people in violation of the government’s Sub-Decree No 221 dated December 31, 2020, despite repeated warnings and announcements from the authorities.
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Potty in pink: Rural school’s colourful washroom helping girls stay healthy
In a public high school in Kampong Cham province, a newly built bright pink washroom means more than just a place for female students to relieve themselves.
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Cambodian migrant workers start coming home as border reopens
Migrant workers have started returning to Cambodia as Thai-Cambodian border checkpoints reopened Thursday and Friday, following a two-week shutdown to slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19.
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Women migrant workers’ face discrimination, says UN
Pauline Tamesis, the United Nations (UN) resident coordinator in Cambodia, said that women migrant workers are facing discrimination when they try to access migration services through formal and informal channels.
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Svay Rieng provincial authorities place canal land dispute protestors in COVID-19 quarantine
Sixty families connected to protests of a Svay Rieng canal restoration project have been placed in 14-day quarantine after two villagers tested positive for COVID-19, leading some locals to allege officials are using health measures to force a resolution of the land dispute.
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Ethics committee refutes statement by Reporters Without Borders
Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) secretary-general Puy Kea, who is also the speaker of the Information Ministry’s Monitoring Committee for Journalism Ethics told Khmer Times yesterday that the creation of the committee is not to put pressure on print or social media, as Reporters Without Borders claimed on Wednesday.
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Opinion: Pandemic Offers Chance to Consider Higher Taxes, not Donations, From Rich
Cambodia faces a significant challenge to find more sources of government revenue as it fights Covid-19. As a consequence of the pandemic, the government has taken a hit in revenues in several economic sectors: notably hotels, restaurants, tourism and transport.
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Cambodian Dam Project Ignored Economic, Social, Cultural Rights, Report Says
A China-financed hydropower project in Cambodia’s northeast has uprooted thousands of local indigenous and ethnic minority people since its completion in 2018, and the developer and the Cambodian government ignored their ethical responsibilities to facilitate its completion, Human Rights Watch said in a report this week.
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Journalists harassed on the job as authorities clear homes for development at Boeng Tompun
Two journalists were stopped and harassed by Phnom Penh police and security agents on Friday while covering a land dispute between authorities and residents along Boeng Tompun lake.
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Poipet’s Border Casino Workers Are Out of Work, Out of Options
Poipet city’s casino industry, on the border with Thailand, has been hit hard by the pandemic. All casinos there were shuttered in late April as they became Covid-19 hotspots, and it’s been more than three months of scraping by for many of the thousands of casino workers who found themselves out of work.
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Cambodian migrant workers struggle to survive in locked-down Thailand
Since June 28, construction has been halted as Hong and 68 other Cambodian workers have been placed under lockdown as part of Bangkok’s sweeping push to halt the spread of Covid-19.
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District Officials Harass Journalists Covering Protest: Union
The Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA) condemned the Meanchey district authority on Friday for confiscating an identity card and pictures and videos from two reporters.
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Svay Rieng provincial authorities place canal land dispute protestors in COVID-19 quarantine
Vann Sophat, business coordinator and human rights officer at Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told CamboJA there are many cases where people have gathered to protest over land and have been restricted by regulations of the Ministry of Health.
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New CNRP-Linked Opposition Party Gathers 4,000 Thumbprints for Registration
A new opposition party by ex-CNRP officials has taken another step toward becoming formally registered with the Interior Ministry after submitting 4,000 supporters’ thumbprints, as it eyes alliances with other minor parties ahead of next year’s commune elections.
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Villagers Pressured to Take 900 Riel Per Sq M in Compensation: Representative
Village officials pressured some Svay Rieng residents to accept less than $0.25 per square meter to give up their land for a state reservoir, two community representatives allege, though a village chief denies there was any coercion.
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Government Cancels Siem Reap Port Project Held By Immigration Official
Prime Minister Hun Sen has canceled a tourism port development concession in Siem Reap province purportedly over a $1 million tax issue, a tax bill contested by the concessionaire who also works for the government.
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Ex-District Police Chief Under Investigation for Allegedly Clearing 87 Hectares
A former district police chief in Koh Kong province is under investigation for allegedly bulldozing 87 hectares of forest around the Dang Peng multiuse protected area.
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NGOs Launch Advocacy Campaign for Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Local NGOs on Aug. 10 launched a campaign calling for the release of Cambodian activists and human rights defenders who have been jailed and, in some cases, convicted for speaking out on environmental issues.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 499 New Cases of COVID19; 882 Recovered; 17 Died
Cambodia reported 499 new cases of COVID19, 17 patients died, while 882 patients recovered on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 10 August 2021.
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Evicted Residents Label Government “Dictatorship” after Homes Destroyed
A land dispute stretching back to at least 2018 reached a conclusion on Aug. 4, 2021 when authorities demolished the remaining homes of Boeung Chhouk A in Russey Keo District, Phnom Penh.
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