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Group Considers Complaint Against Sugar Giant
A London-based sugar trade association aiming to promote a more ethnic and sustainable industry will meet early next month to consider a request from Cambodian farmers that it eject U.K-based sugar firm Tate &Lyle from the group unless it give them their land back.
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CAMBODIA: Rights to Justice and Rehabilitation of Tortured Victims
A Joint Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Cambodia (TPO) and the Dignity-Danish Institute Against Torture on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture (Click here for Khmer version) As part of their concerted attempt to combat torture, five civil society organizations have joint to mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with an event at the Imperial Hotel on June 26, 2013. The Right to Justice and Rehabilitation of tortured victims is the theme for this year's campaign.
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Casino Employees Scuffle With Guards at Protest
Two Naga World employees yesterday said that they were injured in a scuffle with security guards at the Phnom Penh casino’s wages. Pich Chanan was among some 400 employees protesting in front of the casino yesterday morning when, she said, the guards began to push them away from the entrance and protesters push back.
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Cambodian Activist Says His Radio Station Risks Closure
Cambodian activist Mam Sonando says his radio station which has been critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s administration may run of out funds and risk closure following new government restrictions and a refusal to allow the station to expand its broadcast range. Mam Sonado said the Ministry of Information is restricting overseas groups from buying airtime at Beehive Radio, an independent and popular broadcasting radio station in Phnom Penh, and had turned down requests to set up relay stations to beam to the provinces.
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Political Parties Vow To Protect Freedom of Expression
Tuesday’s forum was held to help political parties determine their policies ahead of the campaign period and election. This will help voters decide which party is right for them, said Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
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Ruling Party Does Poorly in Evaluation of Campaign Promises
PHNOM PENH - University students and NGO representatives met on Monday to evaluate how well the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has kept its campaign promises from 2008, with a great majority saying they thought the CPP had done very little.
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Bets Keep Flowing as Naga World Employee Protest Continues
Gambling went on as usual at Naga World, Phnom Penh’s only licenses hotel-casino , yesterday , despite an ongoing strike by employees who claim that more than 400 of them have been fired following weeks of protest.
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Former Cambodian Governor Gets 18 Months in Shooting Case
workers and ordered him jailed for 18 months, in a case that rights groups say reflects the country’s pervasive culture of impunity. Lawyers for the three women said former Bavet governor Chhouk Bandith, who was charged with “unintentional violence,” should have been charged with murder. Rights groups called the sentence lenient and prosecutors are considering appealing the decision.
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Cambodian casino sacks, suspends workers in pay row
Hundreds of workers including croupiers, drivers and cleaners at Phnom Pehn's biggest casino have been fired or suspended after striking for higher wages in the latest bout of labour strife to hit the country, a union leader said Monday. More than 400 workers at the NagaWorld hotel and casino have been sacked or suspended from their jobs, according to Sok Narith, vice president of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation.
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Hearing Begins Against Senior Opposition Leader
PHNOM PENH - Phnom Penh Municipal Court has opened a hearing against senior opposition official Kem Sokha, who is being sued by a Khmer Rouge survivor for allegedly denying atrocities committed by the regime. Denials of such crimes were made illegally by a law hastily passed by the ruling party-dominated National Assembly earlier this month.
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U.S. report on human trafficking lack merit
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs have denounced a report made by the United States last Thursday downgrading Cambodia a notch to the Tier 2 Watch List--the scale's second-lowest rank--from Tier 2 for failing to demonstrate evidence of overall increasing efforts to address human trafficking in 2012. The annual report described Cambodia as a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking.
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Comfrel Report Says CPP Promises Too Vague to BE Measured
Of the 48 promises the ruling party CPP made over the course on its past five years in power, five have been achieved , another five have been partially achieved and the remaining 38 were too vague to measure, according to a report released yesterday by the Committee for Free and Faire Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel).
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Hun Sen Calls For CNRP Sign Vandals to Come Forward
Choeung Prey district, Kompong Cham province-Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday demanded that those responsible for destroying Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) signboards in Prey Veng and Svay Reing provinces come forward-for their protection.
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Cambodian ex-governor sentenced over protest shooting
Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, said "justice has not yet (been) provided to the victims" because the jail term is "too lenient" and Bundith is still free.
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Six Cambodians Loggers Killed in on Month
The Ministry of Interior has said six Cambodians were shot dead by Thai forces in the course of a month , in a rare report outlining the impact of the ongoing trade in luxury rosewood ,and authorities ‘efforts to curb it.
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Hun Sen calls for non-violent election campaigns
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday appealed to authorities and the police to help maintain the safety and security of the country and its people to make sure next month's election will be conducted without political violence. He said he will not appear in any election campaign starting from this Thursday to July 26, and this will be the last time he makes a public statement.
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Kem Sokha Summoned Over Tuol Sleng Comments
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned opposition leader Kem Sokha to appear for questioning later this week about claim he allegedly made that Vietnam had fabricated crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge at the Tuol Sleng prison.
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Cambodian casino sacks, suspends workers in pay row
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- Hundreds of workers including croupiers, drivers and cleaners at Phnom Pehn's biggest casino have been fired or suspended after striking for higher wages in the latest bout of labour strife to hit the country, a union leader said Monday. More than 400 workers at the NagaWorld hotel and casino have been sacked or suspended from their jobs, according to Sok Narith, vice president of the Cambodian Tourism and Service Workers Federation.
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Opposition leader asked to appear in the court
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Opposition leader Kem Sokha was summoned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to appear on June 27 regarding a defamation lawsuit filed by Chum Mey, Khmer Rouge Toul Sleng prison survivor, said a party official.
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Reparation Measures for Khmer Rouge Victims Approved
WASHINGTON DC - The Cambodian government has approved collective reparations for victims of the Khmer Rouge who have taken part in atrocity crimes trials at UN-backed tribunal. Reparations will include a national commemoration day, the preservation of crime sites, and the construction of a museum, library and monument, according to a letter obtained by VOA Khmer.
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