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“The Issues of Human Trafficking and Cambodian Migrant Workers During the 1st Semester”
The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) held a press conference this morning at its central office in Phnom Penh to address the issues of human trafficking and Cambodian migrant workers during the first semester.
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Continued Violence Intensifies the Need for Resolution to Ongoing Land Conflicts in Phnom Penh
In the wake of another two days of protests by members of the Boeung Kak community in Phnom Penh, who are demanding just resolution to a long-standing land conflict affecting their community before the national election on 28 July, we the undersigned non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wish to condemn the use of disproportionate force against protesters by the municipal police and other security forces.
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ILO Director-General Calls for Urgent Action on Youth Unemployment
“There are two hundred million unemployed today and the crisis, as we have been reminded, is particularly acute among young people and that is particularly disturbing. Those without employment or education and training in your region are nearing 20 per cent of young people.”
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Joint National Political Platform Debate on “Special Measures to Solve Women’s and Children’s Issues in Cambodia”
On Wednesday 3 July 2013, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (“COMFREL”), Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), Women for Prosperity (“WfP”), Committee to Promote Women in Politics (“CPWP”), PYD, UN WOMEN and Women for All Network, will be jointly hosting a national political platform debate on “Special Measures to Solve Women’s and Children’s Issues in Cambodia” at the Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh.
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We All Need Voices and Choices: Civil Society Urges Government to Keep Media Free
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the government’s decision to rescind shocking measures issued last week to censor Cambodia’s local news media in the final weeks before the July 28 National Assembly elections, and condemn the decision ever to implement such measures.
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