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Teacher’s association seeks permission for march with petitions
The Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association (CITA) plans to celebrate this year’s Teachers’ Day on October 5 with a public display, with Phnom Penh authorities saying that permission may be granted depending on the circumstances.
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Human rights: Inflation threatens everyone’s right to development
Rising global inflation is expected to hit emerging and developing economies particularly hard this year, adding to a “confluence of crises” that threatens us all, the UN’s acting human rights chief has warned.
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CCHR launches online modules on rights to fair trial
The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) on September 15 launched a series of online modules aiming to increase public awareness on the rights to fair trial and to further provide input on judiciary reforms in the country.
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CPP denies allegation NEC affiliated with ruling party
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has denied an allegation from opposition parties that members and officials of the National Election Committee (NEC) are affiliated with the CPP.
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Ex-CNLP leaders and supporters urged to join KNUP
A senior official for Khmer National United Party has called on more than 30,000 leaders and supporters of the former Cambodia National Love Party (CNLP) to join with his party to prepare for next year’s national election.
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Learn from shortcomings, Hun Manet tells partymen
The future Prime Minister candidate for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) Lieutenant General Hun Manet has instructed his party officials to remedy “shortcomings and loopholes” in order to steer the party to victory in the upcoming National Election.
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Candlelight Party sets out 2023 strategy, won’t join coalition
Members of the main opposition Candlelight Party vowed to push for democracy and fight injustice during a ceremony at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province last week that was heavy with symbolism.
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Opposition commune councilors say political court cases interfere with their daily duties
Dozens of commune councilors and members of the opposition Candlelight Party face ongoing court cases — a situation they say is a form of political retaliation aimed at interfering with their daily work.
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Khem Veasna: The cult leader and the destruction of Cambodian families
Since the establishment of the League for Democracy Party (LDP) in 2006 under the leadership of Khem Veasna, LDP supporters have gained momentum each year due to his literal speech, ideologies, and his style of appeal to certain groups of Cambodians. Recently, Veasna spurred belief in what many would call a “cult”, that brought controversy and upheaval to the social and political spectrum in Cambodia.
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More Government Meetings Held Over Human Trafficking
Top government officials continued high-level meetings over human trafficking on Monday as Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities ordered all building owners to report foreign residents and workers on their premises by September 24.
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Brao, Kreung Communities Receive 4,000 Hectares in Ratanakiri
Around 4,000 hectares of state forests have been transferred to collective ownership by indigenous groups in Ratanakiri, according to government decrees.
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Unionists Met With Violence As Authorities Try to Block Petition Submission
Authorities shoved and struck unionists with walkie-talkies as members of eight unions attempted to submit a petition against union-busting to the Labor Ministry and the Council of Ministers office.
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Cambodian psychiatrist calls award reason ‘to work even harder’
Cambodian psychiatrist Chhim Sotheara, one of four winners of this year’s prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award, was surprised to learn he had won the award and didn’t know he had been nominated to receive it, he told RFA in an interview this week.
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Cambodia Aims to No Longer Be a Least Developed Country within Two Years
Cambodia will have to fulfill three criteria by 2024 as the country had done in 2021 in order to no longer have the Least Developed Country (LDC) status, said Ouch Borith, minister delegate attached to Prime Minister Hun Sen and standing secretary of state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, according to a ministry’s press release on Sept. 9.
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CPP urges opposition to stick to 2015 NEC reform agreement
While standing trial for the 55th time at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, the former president of court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescued Party (CNRP) Kem Sokha cried for justice and claimed he is man of non-violence who stands for national reconciliation.
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Nine villagers who protested against new airport to be tried
The Kandal Provincial Court’s investigating judge Vann Sopanha has decided to send the case of nine people arrested after protesting against a new mega-airport project to trial, according to documents seen by CamboJA.
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Union Leaders Still Aim for Big Minimum Wage Increase
Ahead of minimum wage negotiations on Tuesday, union leaders say they are still aiming for a $21 increase for garment workers, though employers are lobbying for no increase in part due to regional competition.
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Opinion: Reimagining a Wall-Less Classroom for All in Cambodia
A face to face, one-size-fits-all school system in which education is contained within classroom walls keeps learning out of reach for many students across rural underserved areas. Expediting a wall-less classroom system would allow Cambodia to level the playing field and equalize access to quality learning for all.
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Workers Who Left Korea to Escape End of World Begin to Return
Cambodian workers who left their jobs in South Korea in fear of politician Khem Veasna’s prophecy that the world would end in flooding have started to return, hoping to get their old jobs back, a Cambodian association there says.
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Last Love Party Leader Gives In, Will Be ‘Ordinary Farmer’
The last remaining member of the Cambodian National Love Party leadership has decided to abandon his decadelong political career and become a farmer and raise ducks after failing to keep the party going.
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