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After Rubber Firm Deal, Bunong Fear Broken Promises, Uncertain Land Tenure
Indigenous villages signed deals with European firm Socfin in hopes of securing communal land titles within Socfin’s rubber concessions. But after ceding most of their claims, the Bunong fear company…
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Hundreds Join “Grassroots People’s Assembly” Ahead of Asean Summit
Some 900 activists, informal workers and others gathered in Phnom Penh on Thursday in a public forum that organizers said was intended to send a message to Cambodian and Asean…
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Cambodia to Send Deminers to Train Ukrainians in Mine Clearance
Cambodia plans to send deminers to Ukraine “very soon” to train Ukrainians to clear mines, demining officials said Wednesday following a phone call between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Ukrainian…
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Pressured Candlelight Party Commune Councilors Sign Rainsy Condemnation
Approximately 200 of Candlelight Party’s 2,000 commune councilors signed a petition condemning opposition leader Sam Rainsy, but only under coercion from local authorities, said Candlelight vice president Thach Setha.
Supreme Court Returns Ex-RFA Journalists’ IDs as Charges Linger
The Supreme Court this week returned the confiscated identification documents of two former Radio Free Asia journalists who were arrested five years ago on espionage charges that remain pending.
Long-Awaited Information Access Law Awaits Council of Ministers Approval
After years of officials’ pledging to finish a law regulating public access to government records, the Information Minister on Thursday said the draft law had reached a review stage at…
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Local Officials Press Candlelight Councilors to Censure Rainsy
The opposition Candlelight Party said authorities have coerced the party’s commune councilors to censure opposition figure Sam Rainsy, after Prime Minister Hun Sen told Candlelight members to condemn Rainsy or…
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Hun Sen Warns Candlelight to Cut Ties With Rainsy or Be Dissolved
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned the opposition Candlelight Party that it would face dissolution over ties to former CNRP president Sam Rainsy, who founded the party that was…
