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Amid Chorus Of Criticism, Australia Stands By Refugee Plan
On the eve of the singing of a controversial agreement between Phnom Penh and Canberra that will see Cambodia resettle refugees Australia is currently holding offshore, Australia Immigration Minister Scott Morrison yesterday defended the deal against mounting international criticism
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Cambodians Protest Australia Resettlement Deal
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Australia and Cambodia signed an agreement Friday for asylum-seekers who are refused residency in Australia to instead be resettled in the impoverished Southeast Asian country criticized for its deteriorating human rights record. Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng signed the memorandum of understanding to resettle an unspecified number of refugees currently held at an Australian-run detention camp on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru. Most of the detainees arrived by boat from the Middle East and South Asia.
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Protestors Want Charges Against Ex-monks Dropped
Nearly 100 monks, nuns and laypeople protested at a pagoda in Siem Reap City on Wednesday against the arrest of two former monks last week over their depraved behavior, urging authorities to drop the charges so the pair can face justice under Buddhist doctrine,
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National Assembly Spokesman Defends Controversial New Rules
National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun yesterday defended a controversial government circular made public last week that gives the body’s president, Heng Samrin, the executive right to decide who gets to enter parliamentary complex and bars private citizens from joining assembly commission meetings.
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Thailand says zero loggers harmed
Thai government figures obtained by the post this week state that no Cambodian nationals have been harmed this year while illegally felling luxury timber across the border, contesting numerous accounts of both shooting and fatalities from Cambodian officials and loggers.
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Brands Distance Themselves From Price Pledge
A number of the most influential brands in the country’s garment industry- including U.S. clothing giants Gap and Levi’s – distanced themselves this week from a pledge by eight of their competitors to Pay more for garment sourced from Cambodia.
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Thais to inspect boat labor
Seeking to repair the bruised reputation of its notoriously abusive and migrant worker-dependent seafood industry, Thailand announced on Monday a plan to inspect conditions of the fishing sector beginning next month.
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Cambodians protest government's deal to resettle asylum seekers rejected by Australia
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Australia and Cambodia signed an agreement Friday for asylum-seekers who are refused residency in Australia to instead be resettled in the impoverished Southeast Asian country criticized for its deteriorating human rights record. Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng signed the memorandum of understanding to resettle an unspecified number of refugees currently held at an Australian-run detention camp on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru. Most of the detainees arrived by boat from the Middle East and South Asia.
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Prey Veng Workers Protest for Pchum Ben Advance
About 1,000 workers protested outside the Chinese-owned Komchay Mear Trading factory in Prey Veng province on Saturday morning after managers refused to give them a government-mandated salary advance for the Pchum Ben holiday, official and unionist said yesterday.
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Global Brands Pledge to Pay More for Garments
Global fashion brands have waded into the fray over setting a new minimum wage for cambodia’s 600,000 garment workers, committing for the first time to pay higher price for stock so workers can receive “a fair living wage”.
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At UN, Subedi Calls for Independence of State Institution
In his last appearance at the Human Rights Council in Geneva in his capacity as the U.N’s human rights envoy to Cambodia, Surya Subedi yesterday made a final plea to the government to embrace “independent institutions” in order to realize real reform.
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Prison Guard Charged Over Attempt to Extort CEO
A guard at the kandal Provincial Prison who allegedly colluded with an inmate in an attempt to extort $50,000 from the CEO of the Singapore-based development firm HLH Group was charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday, officials said.
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Obama Honors Slain Cambodian Activist, Praise Rights Worker
.S president Barak Obama on Tuesday paid tribute to slain Cambodia environmental activist Chut Wutty and praised the ongoing work of human rights advocate Chak Sopheap during a speech in which he promised greater U.S support for rights crusaders whose lives are endangered by their work
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Illegal Logging on the Rise Again in Ratanakiri
Official and villagers in Ratanakiri province say illegal logging in once again on the rise inside the Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary and completely unregulated by Environment Ministry officials in charge of the normally protected zone.
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Dam Activists Promise postholiday Protest
A group of environmental activists who were detained briefly in Koh Kong province last week for blocking a government convoy attempting to reach the site of a controversial dam project says it will begin protesting this week against the venture in front of the Ministry of Mine and Energy and the Phnom Penh offices of the companied involved.
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Controversial Assembly Rules Put to the Test
In the first of new, wide-reaching rule that give National Assembly President Heng Samrin the power to decide who is allowed to enter the assembly ground, a prominent government critic was allowed to meet with the parliamentary anti-corruption commission on Friday.
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Prey Veng Workers Protest for Pchum Ben Advance
About 1,000 workers protested outside the Chinese-owned Komchay Mear Trading factory in Prey Veng province on Saturday morning after managers refused to give them a government-mandated salary advance for the Pchum Ben holiday, official and unionist said yesterday.
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Australia, Cambodia to Sign Refugee Deal Friday
Cambodia will sign a long-awaited agreement with Australia on Friday to resettle some of the refugee Australia is currently holding offshore, a deal that has drawn heavy rebuke from U.N., rights group and opposition lawmakers in both country.
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Obama Honors Two Cambodian Rights Workers
President Barack Obama in a speech Tuesday honored two Cambodian rights workers. One was Chut Wutty, an activist who was shot to death by security guards in 2012 while leading journalists through the forest of Koh Kong province, where illegal logging is rife. The other was Chok Sopheap, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, a prominent activist
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Union Leader Re-elected Despite Deputy’s Protest
Vorn Pao was re-elected president yesterday of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association, a labor group comprised mostly of tuk-tuk drivers and motor-dops, in an uncontested ballot from the race over allegation of irregularities.
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