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‘A number of issues’ remain unresolved ahead of RFA’s potential return

4 Dec 2019 3:31 PM|
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A Radio Free Asia spokesman said the U.S. broadcaster was still working through some unspecified issues despite the Cambodian government saying it would welcome a reopening of the RFA’s Phnom Penh bureau.

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Appeal Court hears sex-trafficking documentary appeal

18 Nov 2019 11:32 AM|
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An incitement verdict related to Moscow-based RT News’ sex-trafficking documentary was reviewed in the Appeal Court on Friday.

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Death of CNRP activist sparks NGO investigations

4 Nov 2019 7:25 PM|
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Rights groups say they are looking into the case of a former opposition CNRP activist who died on Wednesday after falling from a police motorbike while being taken into police custody in Svay Rieng province.

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Missing British tourist’s body found at sea

1 Nov 2019 2:10 PM|
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The body of 21-year-old Amelia Bambridge was found on Thursday afternoon about 100 km from Koh Rong island where she disappeared after a beach party one week ago, officials said.

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Bail request for convicted translator denied

28 Oct 2019 3:20 PM|
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The Supreme Court on Monday denied bail for convicted Russia Today news fixer Rath Rott Mony in an appeal process that began before Rott Mony was sentenced in June to two years in prison for his involvement in a documentary about sex trafficking.

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CNRP politician jailed over Facebook post urging election boycott

24 Oct 2019 4:28 PM|
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The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday sentenced former CNRP politician Kong Mas and three others, including acting party leader Sam Rainsy, to 18 to 20 months in prison for Mas’s Facebook posts last year urging an election boycott.

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RT fixer’s bail appeal heard despite sentencing

22 Oct 2019 4:11 PM|
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The Supreme Court on Monday heard a bail appeal for jailed translator Rath Rott Mony despite the defendant having already been sentenced in June.

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Supreme Court upholds 25-year jail term for Roka’s HIV medic

5 Oct 2019 9:17 AM|
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The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a 25-year jail sentence against an unlicensed medic who was found to have spread HIV to nearly 300 villagers in Roka commune, in Battambang province’s Sangke district, in 2014.

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Supreme Court upholds Poipet commune chief’s imprisonment

3 Oct 2019 1:52 PM|
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a former CNRP commune chief’s five-year jail sentence in relation to a 2015 protest in front of the Poipet Customs Department building in Banteay Meanchey province.