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Cambodia’s Hun Sen Orders Arrest of Exiled Activist Over Poetry
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the arrest of a former monk and forestry activist living in exile who shared a disparaging poem about the country’s strongman on social media, RFA has learned.
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Kandal villagers report feeling pressured into accepting land compensation
A number of families affected by the new airport project in Kandal Stung district are still refusing to accept the state’s proposed compensation for their land, instead hoping that the upcoming commune elections will bring them a better solution. Others have decided to take the compensation, causing concerns that an ongoing court case against nine villagers is putting pressure on the community.
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Bosses Face Fines for Forced Overtime
Employers who force employees to do overtime or work more than eight hours a day will be fined under a new article of the Labor Law.
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Ministry of Labour asks factory owners to allow workers paid day off for vaccination
The Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training has requested that factory workers be allowed a paid day off in order to get vaccinated with the 3rd ‘booster’ dose of COVID-19 vaccine
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Gov’t refutes claims of forced evictions
The government spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday refuted claims by the Cambodia Center for Human Rights (CCHR) in their recently published fact sheet saying evictions of Vietnamese living on the Tonle Sap River in Phnom Penh violated their rights even though the government gave them prior notice.
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Opinion: Politicians Must Prioritize Citizens’ Needs over Political Insults
Cambodia will never move forwards if politicians continue to prioritize vengeance over the pursuit of national interests and yet nearly every politician—claiming to hold the needs of the nation and the citizens at the heart of their motivation—seems more motivated by personal vengeance masked as patriotism.
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Eight-year dispute on stall owner status over
Thirty-two vendors from Samaki market in Kampot province and the owner of stalls there have agreed to accept a four-point solution to end a long-running dispute over the ownership of market stalls.
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Prey Lang Activist Handed Two-Year Suspended Sentence
An anti-logging activist was on Tuesday convicted of assault against an alleged timber trader, as rights groups linked the verdict to ongoing harassment and intimidation against environmentalists in the country.
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Police searching for man who publicly insulted Prime Minister
The Ministry of Interior’s spokesman General Khieu Sopheak told Khmer Times yesterday that the police are working to track down a man known as Voeun Veasna, who wrote a comment full of violent threats on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page.
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Victims Press for Compensation, Imprisonment Over Million-Dollar Rural Scam
Almost $1 million in compensation remains to be paid out and a perpetrator has yet to see jail time over a Kampong Cham scam that ensnared 180 families, the Supreme Court heard on Monday.
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NSSF demands people show proof of vaccination before receiving social security card
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) announced on Sunday that it will not provide social security cards to anyone who does not show proof of COVID-19 vaccination after the Phnom Penh administration put in place measures requiring people to show their vaccination cards upon entering and exiting public and private institutions in the capital.
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CHRC says NGOs call to release prisoners will affect public order
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) considers that the calls of some NGOs to release prisoners is without legal basis, and will affect security and public order. This comes after several NGOs, including the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (Licadho), called for the relevant ministries and institutions to address the issue of overcrowding in prisons by speeding up the process of releasing detainees, to avoid a Covid-19 epidemic in prisons.
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Newspaper’s Error Snowballs Into Constitutional Amendment on Dual-Citizen Leaders
Cambodia’s one-party government is pushing ahead with a constitutional amendments to ban individuals with dual citizenship from holding top positions in government, purportedly to avoid foreign interference and as a sign of devotion to the nation. At least four opposition officials have been charged with plotting over the saga.
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Cambodian PM orders search for 'violent' Facebook poster
Cambodian leader Hun Sen has ordered authorities to find the owner of a Facebook account, believed to be in Thailand, who posted a poem with “violent” words on the prime minister’s page and news feed regarding his grandson.
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Cambodian UN mission: Kingdom gets 'recognition' for human rights, Covid jab drive
The Cambodian Permanent Mission to the UN Office in Geneva said a total of 22 foreign delegations spoke in favour of the Kingdom’s efforts, progress and achievements in promoting and protecting human rights, while nine others voiced critical comments on civic and political space in the country.
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UN Rights Chief: Repression in Cambodia Is Stifling Fundamental Freedoms
U.N. monitors probing Cambodia’s human rights situation say increasing government repression against political opponents and civic activists is stifling people's fundamental freedoms.
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Berlin Becomes a Magnet for LGBT+ Poles Fleeing Homophobia at Home
When conservative politicians started making anti-LGBT+ speeches on the campaign trail, Piotr Kalwaryjski, a gay man from western Poland, decided it was time to pack up and leave.
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Council of Ministers endorses draft constitutional amendment barring those holding dual citizenships from top leadership posts
The draft amendment came at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen, who on Wednesday called for the constitution to require leaders to hold only Cambodian citizenship after the Guardian ran an article incorrectly saying Hun Sen was one of thousands of non-Europeans who received a Cypriot passport. The newspaper later ran a correction noting that it was only members of his inner circle who were discovered to hold the passport, according to information from the “Pandora Papers” data leak.
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Praying for Land Sales at Holy Kampot Caves
In August, the caves at Kampong Trach have just reopened to visitors, and a bus unloads dozens of tourists in mid-morning. A flock of children gather around, offering guides of the caves that tunnel through the rock faces.
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The capacity for internet control has increased dramatically” - Interview with the Asia Centre
Cambodia’s descent into de facto one-party rule since 2017 has been marked by a shrinking civic space. According to a recent report by the Asia Centre, this has included a sharp reduction in online freedom of expression and increased surveillance of the country’s rapidly growing number of internet users.
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