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Interior minister addresses social media complaints
A laudatory human rights report compiled by the Cambodian government for the UN accusing protestors of “unlawful or mercenary” behavior has drawn the ire of rights observers in the country who say the true situation has only grown more dire in recent years.
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Should Cambodia Consider Term Limits for Its Prime Ministers?
Cambodia’s constitution adopts the principles of liberal multi-party democracy. Since 1993, every five year Cambodian people go to cast their vote in the general election to elect their leaders. Over the past few decades, the Kingdom has changed significantly. However, if there is one thing that has not changed ever since, it is its prime minister.
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Government praises human rights progress to UN in latest report contested by civil society
A laudatory human rights report compiled by the Cambodian government for the UN accusing protestors of “unlawful or mercenary” behavior has drawn the ire of rights observers in the country who say the true situation has only grown more dire in recent years.
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Interior minister addresses social media complaints
In the first six months of this year, the Ministry of Interior had received 665 complaints and suggestions through minister Sar Kheng’s official Facebook page, 259 of which have been solved.
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Forestry Crimes Up 15 Percent, Official Insists Large-Scale Logging Eliminated
Patrolers found more than 4,200 cases of illegal logging and other forestry crimes in the first half of the year, an increase of 15 percent, as authorities continued to say that large-scale timber trafficking had been eliminated in the country.
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Kingdom addresses Human Rights Council
The Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Cambodia to the UN Office in Geneva delivered a total of 17 statements during the four-week 47th session of the Human Rights Council held from June 21 to July 14 of this year.
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Local journalist charged with incitement over Facebook posts
Battambang Provincial Court charged and detained a local journalist accused of inciting a felony or causing social unrest by writing a Facebook post asking the international community to take action against Prime Minister Hun Sen and to cut off all aid to Cambodia.
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Online journalist charged with the incitement after criticizing Chinese vaccines
An online news journalist in Battambang province was arrested and charged with incitement to commit a felony this week after publicly criticizing the government’s use of Chinese-made vaccines to inoculate the population against COVID-19. The arrest brings the number of journalists arrested in 2021 for their reporting about the government’s response to the pandemic to four.
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Laid off Cintri Workers to Seek Help from Labor Ministry
The union leader of former Cintri (Cambodia) workers is to ask the Labor Ministry to solve the problem of employees who were laid off by the trash collection company but not recruited by new contractors.
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CNRP Lawyer’s Amnesty Request Delayed by Legal Complaint
Former CNRP lawyer and board member Choung Choungy has applied for political rehabilitation — after being banned by the Supreme Court in 2017 — but an Interior Ministry spokesperson said his reentry into politics could be hampered by an unresolved court case.
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Jailed Journalist Slapped With Incitement, Covid-19 Law Charges
A journalist working for Siem Reap Breaking News and arrested on Wednesday was charged with incitement and violations of the Covid-19 Law, the latter punishable by up to three years in prison.
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Cambodian garment workers lost about $109 million in wages during the pandemic lockdowns: report
Cambodian garment workers lost an estimated $109 million in wages during the pandemic lockdowns in April and May, according to calculations by Cambodian trade unions and the Clean Clothes Campaign.
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Disabled People Lose Income as Bag Sales Drop
More than 300 disabled workers have lost income after COVID led to a drop in sales of eco-bags they recycle from sugar sacks at the Khmer Craft Center in Kampong Thom province.
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French court drops case of nearly 100 Bunong families in rubber plantation dispute
Civil rights groups are decrying the erosion of indigenous land rights after a French court dropped a lawsuit from a collective of 97 Bunong minority families from Mondulkiri province in a long-running dispute with Cambodian rubber plantation firm Socfin-KCD.
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Disabled People Lose Income as Bag Sales Drop
More than 300 disabled workers have lost income after COVID led to a drop in sales of eco-bags they recycle from sugar sacks at the Khmer Craft Center in Kampong Thom province.
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‘Minimum conditions’ for elections outlined
A group of 64 NGOs and associations made recommendations in an open letter to the government which they declared were the “minimum conditions” for the coming 2022 commune council elections to be legitimate, based on what they say are the broadly recognised principles of all genuine, free and fair elections.
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Local Officials Deny Selling Public Land Used by Banteay Meanchey Resident
More than 800 residents in Banteay Meanchey accused local officials of selling 120 hectares of flooded forest and state land to private interests, affecting their access to fishing waters and firewood.
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Lack of Union, Equipment Raised After Two Trash Collectors Killed in Crash
Two trash collectors have died and another seriously injured in a traffic incident as workers and family spoke of Phnom Penh’s new waste management companies putting them on unfamiliar shifts, not providing equipment and lacking union representation.
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Reporter Arrested for Incitement in Relation to Facebook Activity
A reporter has been arrested in Battambang over alleged incitement related to his Facebook activity, according to military police.
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Lack of Union, Equipment Raised After Two Trash Collectors Killed in Crash
Two trash collectors have died and another seriously injured in a traffic incident as workers and family spoke of Phnom Penh’s new waste management companies putting them on unfamiliar shifts, not providing equipment and lacking union representation.
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