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Mondulkiri Logging Crackdown to Target ‘Brothers and Sisters,’ Not the Powerful
Mondulkiri’sprovincial spokesman says widespread loss of protected land — amid the creation of a new anti-logging task force on Tuesday — “has nothing to do with powerful people or high-ranking people.”
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Gov’t increases funding for all sub-national administrations
The government has increased funding for all sub-national administrations to more than $1 billion in 2022, with each district and commune administration receiving an average of $570,000 and $127,000 respectively, according to a senior Ministry of Interior official.
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A Young Man on Questions That Alienate and Why Gay Marriage Should Be Law
Since last month, LGBTQ group Rainbow Community Kampuchea has embarked on a campaign, “I Accept,” to push for same-sex marriage. It wants a Constitutional amendment protecting same-sex marriage and ending discrimination against gender and sexual orientation, as also recommended in a periodic review by the U.N.
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Their dispute entering its fourth year, families affected by mega-airport fight to keep hope
Though residents of Kampong Talong village are barricaded from their farmland, the area is still bustling with activity – mostly from dozens of trucks transporting soil and stones to the site of the mega-airport development that promises to transform life in this stretch of rural Kandal province.
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Land Loss, Microfinance Debts Fuel Prey Preah Roka Destruction
Thai Hon darts around a dirt track on a humid afternoon. The 34-year-old ethnic Kuy resident is walking into the southeastern corner of the Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary, some 40 km from the provincial capital.
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Demoted Police Chief Denies Alleged Bribe: ‘I Don’t Dare to Give My View’
Samraong Thom commune police chief Huot Seiha denied he had taken $3,500 from three detained people in exchange for their release, as he was removed from his post and demoted one rank over the allegation but allowed to stay in the force.
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Legacy of Resistance Being Erased With New Law, Say Activist Monks
Bor Bet, a monk who last month fled extradition from Thailand over his criticism of the Cambodian government, says the tradition of rebellion among monks dates back a century.
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60,000 Ha Reclaimed Around Tonle Sap, Activists Call for Similar Action in Prey Lang Forests
Alleging renewed large-scale illegal logging, environmentalists around the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary said authorities should take action to stop deforestation before it was too late, just as officials had reclaimed 60,000 hectares of protected flooded forests around the Tonle Sap lake.
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In Cambodia, union arrests spotlight pressures on civil society
Before plainclothes police forced Chhim Sithar into an unmarked sedan within sight of the casino complex where she had worked last week, the Cambodian union leader had plenty of time to consider alternative courses of action.
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Cambodia’s Female Coder
Having always harbored an interest in tech and innovation, a young and enthusiastic Rith Sovandalin started exploring her passion of ‘’coding” at the age of 13. Despite the social norm and lack of family’s support, Sovandalin managed to overcome these emerging obstacles and is now recognized as a role model for other young girls to look up to.
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Growth in Online News Outlets Sees Calls for More Independent, Quality Media
The Ministry of Information has announced that the number of online news outlets in Cambodia has increased by just over 17 percent between 2020 and 2021, which is considered reflective of the government’s approach to free speech, but journalism groups say that press freedoms in Cambodia have continued to decline.
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Ex-opposition commune chiefs freed from Prey Sar
Two ex-CNRP commune councillors and ex-commune chiefs were released yesterday from Prey Sar prison’s Correctional Center 2 (CC2) after they both served the term of their 18-month-sentence in the prison for inciting the people against the government committed in 2020.
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Jailed, Sick, Still Struggling: A Brother’s Plea to Quit Politics Goes Ignored
Lanh Than never wanted his sister to be involved in politics. He advised her against joining the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party years ago, and then urged her to defect to the ruling party when Prime Minister Hun Sen moved to crush the CNRP.
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CNHP leadership may face charges
The Ministry of Interior has hinted that the founding representatives of unrecognised opposition party Cambodia National Heart Party (CNHP) must face criminal charges, following its loss of a legal battle in the country’s highest court over fraudulent thumbprints.
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One-Year Imprisonment Upheld for Vaccine-Critical Facebook Posts
The Appeal Court on Tuesday upheld one-year jail sentences against two former opposition activists for incitement and insult after they criticized the distribution of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines in Cambodia before they were approved by the WHO.
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Striking casino workers stand against crackdown
Police violently grabbed and arrested the union leader when she attempted to join the demonstration by striking workers in Phnom Penh on 4 January. Video of the altercation, showing Sithar trying to evade shouting plainclothes officers who swarmed and pushed her into a car, was widely shared on social media.
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Ministry warns of forest fire dangers in dry season
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon introduced a number of measures to guide specialised units at the sub-national level and the local community in joining forces to prevent wildfires over this year’s hot summer period.
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CHRC all set to debate rights report with UN expert panel
The Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC) will defend the government’s National Human Rights Report on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights at the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland, in March.
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Takeo Villagers Protest as Local Field Used as Trash Dumpsite
Dozens of villagers blocked a road to stop a trash company from bringing its trucks to a 1-hectare field near the village, which has been overflowing with bags of unprocessed, unburned garbage.
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NagaWorld Workers Tell Labor Ministry Their Arrested Leaders Need to Be at Negotiating Table 3 mi
NagaWorld union members admonished the Labor Ministry during an impromptu press conference on Monday, accusing labor officials for disregarding calls to release jailed union leadership as a precondition to restart negotiations.
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