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Cambodia updates the UN at Geneva on its progress and accomplishments in Human Rights
The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its 50th Session on 08 July 2022 after having hosted a total of 23 interactive dialogues with special rapporteurs and 08 panel discussions as well as having adopted 23 resolutions on thematic and country-specific issues.
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Opposition Parties Want NEC Overhaul, CPP Not Interested
Four political parties want an overhaul of the NEC composition, pushing for more independent members on the election body, which has skewed sharply toward the ruling CPP since the dissolution of the CNRP in 2017.
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Unions Say Hun Sen Should End NagaWorld Dispute
Unions and NGOs have asked the Prime Minister Hun Sen to intervene in the prolonged NagaWorld strike action, which has reached a stalemate with small protests occurring weekly and the Labor Ministry saying the case was out of its hands.
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Breaking the cycle of domestic violence
Phim Sreyda – a pseudonym given by the author – has never experienced happiness or positive feelings in her family. The two happiest parts of her homelife are when her father is absent and when she leaves to go to school.
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CPP, CP present platforms to conquer the people’s hearts
In the latest session of Cross Talk-Political Dialogue broadcast yesterday afternoon, Khmer Times presented representatives of two biggest political parties talking about their parties’ manifestos for the June 5 Commune Election, in which 1,652 commune seats are being contested. Sok Eysan, spokesman of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), was sitting in the same room with Son Chhay, vice-president of Candlelight Party, to talk about how they are going to win the hearts of the people.
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First nine days of Commune Election campaign runs smoothly
The National Election Committee (NEC) has confirmed that the first nine days of the two-week campaign for the 5th mandate Commune/Sangkat Council Election had been conducted with security, safety, good order and without neither violence nor intimidation
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For Funcinpec Candidate, Election Campaign Proves Women Can Lead
Orm Youreth recalls her past, around two decades ago, when she would have to ride a bicycle to the market in the middle of the night while she was pregnant just to buy flowers and fish to sell and support herself and her husband.
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Candlelight’s Kung Raiya Fined 5 Million Riel
The Kampong Cham provincial election committee fined Candlelight Party commune-chief candidate Kung Raiya around $1,250 for insulting the competition, but he was cleared over distributing money to colleagues, an NEC spokesman said.
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Monk Says He Was Evicted From Pagoda for Opposition Support
A monk in Siem Reap province alleges he was ordered to leave his pagoda Saturday night because he showed support for the opposition Candlelight Party.
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Sugar-Plantation Residents, Worn Down by Dispute, Feel Hopeless About Vote
Thon Sot boarded his koyun and took the usual route to his farmland in Preah Vihear’s Brame commune in February. The 58-year-old farmer drove along Road 64, which heads towards Stung Treng, took a right just before the abandoned Rui Feng sugarcane factory and arrived at his farmland.
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NEC: 160,000 applications for election observer status
The National Election Committee (NEC) has received about 160,000 applications – including more than 70,000 from organisations, over 70 from associations, more than 80,000 from 17 political parties, and special guests from three institutions – to observe the June 5 commune council elections.
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NEC receives 33 complaints in election campaign
The National Election Committee (NEC) announced at a conference on Friday that since the start of campaigning for the Commune Election until May 26, the NEC has received 33 complaints, most of which concerned the use of insulting and derogatory words.
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PM Hun Sen Calls for the Restoration of the Tonle Sap Lake Ecosystem
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the relevant ministries and authorities to work together to restore the Tonle Sap Lake ecosystem and to ensure fish species conservation.
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Elections nullify father-son transition criticisms: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen on May 27 indicated that he would only accept criticism of his aspirations to have his eldest son succeed him should Lieutenant General Hun Manet assume power directly without an election.
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Negotiations Go Nowhere as NagaWorld Holdouts Down to 181
Another round of negotiations between NagaCorp and its casino union in Phnom Penh came and went Friday with no progress, as the Labor Ministry announced the number of holdouts who have yet to accept termination packages is down to 181.
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US Senate calls on all signatories to strengthen PPA commitments
The US Senate has called on Cambodia and all signatories of the Paris Peace Agreement to reaffirm their commitment to strengthen peace, prosperity, rights and the freedoms enjoyed by the Cambodian people 30 years after the signing of the accord.
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Gov’t ‘needs to ensure well-being of Cambodians working abroad’
A senior official of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) has said that Cambodia needs to address three issues to ensure the well-being of Cambodians working abroad.
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NEC receives 18 complaints as parties campaign for votes
The National Election Committee (NEC) recorded 18 complaints regarding the election campaigns across the country with most of them coming from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) against the opposition.
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European Nations Snub Commune Elections
The government will give all factory workers two days off to participate in the June 5 commune council elections. Factory owners will be required to pay wages and other benefits as normal.
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Oxfam and Laudes Foundation launch initiative to promote inclusive social protection for apparel employees in Cambodia
Oxfam in Cambodia, with support from Laudes Foundation, has partnered with four well-established NGOs and trade unions to jointly implement an initiative called, Inclusive National Social Protection Initiatives that Respond to the Needs of Apparel Industry Employees (INSPIRE).
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