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King’s signature brings much criticized NGO law into force
King Norodom Sihamoni signed the NGO law on Wednesday, according to a government official, bringing into effect a piece of legislation that has been internationally rebuked as a serious threat to free speech and association. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kings-signature-brings-much-criticized-ngo-law-into-force-91643/
State-secrets law to be sent to council of ministers soon
A draft law to protect state secrets has been in the works for more than two years and could be submitted to the Council of Minister for review in two months’ time, a senior police official said yesterday. ...
Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-secrets-law-to-be-sent-to-council-of-ministers-soon-77897/
Picking up the pieces
The sight of traffic moving easily and people milling about along Veng Sreng Boulevard in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday was a far cry from two days earlier, when the street was occupied by makeshift roadblocks, bonfires and military personnel carrying automatic rifles. While visible evidence ...
May Titthara, Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/picking-pieces
Calm, mostly, prevails
Although International Human Rights Day ended in the forceful eviction of protesters from outside the US embassy last night, monks and their supporters who spent days marching to the capital met with no opposition in the morning as they defied a ban on marching to ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/calm-mostly-prevails
