Bank exits rubber firm: NGO
Global Witness, a United Kingdom-based NGO, has alleged that Deutsche Bank has dropped the majority of its holdings in a Vietnamese company that operates rubber plantations in Cambodia, amid accusations the firm is involved in land grabbing and illegal logging. In a statement released today, Global ss='cambodia-color'>...
Shane Worrell
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bank-exits-rubber-firm-ngo
Legal Body Calls for Bar Association to Ensure Independence
The Bar Association of Cambodia should consider stricter standards on admission to the bar, make lawyers take regular mandatory training and set up a new disciplinary committee in order to ensure that Cambodia’s legal professionals are independent, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said. The ss='cambodia-color'>...
Simon Lewis and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/legal-body-calls-for-bar-association-to-ensure-independence-40802/
Report Finds Disaster Committee Severely Lacking
The government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) fails to meet regularly and is void of an annual budget to cover its operations while most of its staff members are totally unaware of their job description, according to a report released in March and funded ss='cambodia-color'>...
Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/report-finds-disaster-committee-severely-lacking-43998/
Cambodia: Drug Centers Detain, Abuse ‘Undesirables’, Says HRW
Cambodian authorities unlawfully detain hundreds of drug users and others deemed “undesirable” in centers where they face torture, sexual violence, and forced labor, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called for the immediate closure of the country’s eight detention ss='cambodia-color'>...
Eurasia Review News Staff
http://www.eurasiareview.com/09122013-cambodia-drug-centers-detain-abuse-undesirables-says-hrw/
Rainsy calls Assembly meeting ‘communist’
Opposition leader sam Rainsy, along with the rest of his party, condemned the opening of the National Assembly yesterday, saying in a speech delivered in siem Reap that the action violated the constitution and had reverted the country to “communist” rule. Even as rumours swirled about ss='cambodia-color'>...
May Titthara, Meas Sokchea and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-calls-assembly-meeting-%E2%80%98communist%E2%80%99
UN Rights Envoy Subedi Says Electoral Reform Inadequate
Nearly all of the recommendations regarding electoral reform made by U.N. human rights envoy to Cambodia surya subedi were not put into place ahead of last month’s national election. In his latest report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, released last week, Mr. subedi ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/un-rights-envoy-subedi-says-electoral-reform-inadequate-40195/
Cambodia to feel an energy crunch, but growth to remain stable: report
Energy demand in SoutheaSt ASia iS expected to increaSe by more than 80 per cent by 2035, fuelling Some $240 billion in oil Spending, a new report from the International Atomic Energy ASSociation (IAEA) ShowS. In itS “SoutheaSt ASia Energy Outlook” publiShed yeSterday, the PariS-baSed IAEA SS='cambodia-color'>...
Anne Renzenbrink
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-feel-energy-crunch-growth-remain-stable-report
Lack of Legal Aid in Cambodia Puts Children, Poor at Risk
A national legal aid system is imperative and must be established to offset a widening gap between those who can afford justice and those who cannot, the representative for the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia said on Friday. In ss='cambodia-color'>...
Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lack-of-legal-aid-in-cambodia-puts-children-poor-at-risk-48219/
(English) New Cambodian Land Disputes Despite Moratorium on Key Concessions
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Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/disputes-01302014194318.html
របាយការណ៍រដ្ឋាភិបាលបន្ទោសថា CNRP និងសហជីពបំផ្លាញទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ
គណៈកម្មការមួយរបស់រដ្ឋាភិបាលទទួលបន្ទុកវាយតម្លៃការខូចខាតបង្កឡើ ss='cambodia-color'>...
គុជ ណារ៉ែន
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/12556/
(English) Cambodian court again delays trial of 23 jailed protesters
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/trial-05062014144900.html
(English) Sar Kheng Accuses CNRP of Launching ‘Constitutional Coup’
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sar-kheng-accuses-cnrp-of-launching-constitutional-coup-51186/
រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងបរិស្ថានចុះទៅមើលក្រុមហ៊ុន UDG នៅខេត្តកោះកុង តែមិនបានទៅជួបអ្នកភូមិ
យោងតាមបុគ្គលិកអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សម្នាក់និងមន្ត្រីខេត្តម្នាក់បានឲ្យដឹងថា លោក សាយ សំអាល់ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងបរិស្ថានមិនបានទៅជួបក្រុមអ្នកភូមិដែលជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធក្នុងវិវាទដីធ្លីដ៏យូរមកហើយជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនអភិវឌ្ឍន៍សហជីព(UDG) ss='cambodia-color'>...
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/11187/
(English) ‘Burst’ of land disputes sees dozens of Cambodians charged: rights group
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Radio Free Asia News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-05082014175124.html
(English) Cambodian transgender activist Sou Sotheavy wins 2014 David Kato Vision & Voice Award
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LGBT Weekly News Staff
http://lgbtweekly.com/2014/02/12/cambodian-transgender-activist-sou-sotheavy-wins-2014-david-kato-vision-voice-award/
តម្លៃកៅស៊ូកម្ពុជាធ្លាក់ចុះខ្លាំងដោយសារឥទ្ធិពលពីផែនការនាំចេញកៅស៊ូរបស់ប្រទេសថៃ
អគ្គលេខាធិការនៃសមាគមសម្រាប់ការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កៅស៊ូរបស់កម្ពុជាបានមានប្រសាសន៍កាលពីម្សិលមិញថា តម្លៃ ss='cambodia-color'>...
កង សុធា និង George Styllis
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/14491/
(English) Fight to save B’bang heritage finds new allies
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Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fight-to-save-bbang-heritage-finds-new-allies-59105/
Pricey petrol punishes poor
Petrol prices have jumped by 150 riel (Us$0.03) a litre, much to the dismay of Cambodia’s poor, as NGOs appealed to the government to take action. Rong Chhun, president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions (CCU), issued a letter dated August 16 appealing to Prime Minister Hun ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012082058157/Business/pricey-petrol-punishes-poor.html
កម្ពុជាក្លាយជាអ្នកផ្គត់ផ្គង់គ្រាប់ស្វាយចន្ទីឆៅដ៏ធំបំផុតសម្រាប់ប្រទេសវៀតណាម
យោងតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសរបស់អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋានគយវៀតណាមកាលពីថ្ងៃសៅរ៍បានអោយដឹងថាកម្ពុជាបានទម្លាក់ប្រទេសកូតឌីវ័រនៅទ្វីបអាហ្រ្វិកពីអ្នកផ្គត់ផ្គង់គ្រាប់ស្វាយចន្ទីឆៅធំជាងគេរបស់វៀតណាម។ ss='cambodia-color'>...
Jigme PaldenPazo
https://tinyurl.com/mryuj2td
‘Downgrade’ of railway homes
Compensation for Phnom Penh villagers set to be displaced by railway reconstruction may be insufficient due to a “systematic downgrade” of the value of their homes by the government, a report released yesterday said. The report, issued by the NGO sahmakum Teang Tnaut, said the ss='cambodia-color'>...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011070550186/National-news/downgrade-of-railway-homes.html