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Indigenous rights ‘denied’

Despite Cambodia’s indigenous peoples being legally recognised and protected under the country’s Forestry and Land Laws, limited implementation combined with a lack of coordination have resulted in many indigenous communities being denied their land and legal rights, according to a report released this month by ...

Ethan Harfenist
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/indigenous-rights-denied

CNRP will not protest at Meach Sovannara trial

The opposition CNRP will neither protest at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday nor send any senior officials there to oppose the scheduled hearing of 11 of its members who stand charged with “insurrection,” opposition spokesman Yem Ponhearith said Thursday. ...

Kuch Naren and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-will-not-protest-at-meach-sovannara-trial-80829/

Internet subscribers rose 30 pct last year

The number of internet subscribers in Cambodia increased significantly last year, reaching a total of 5.02 million by December 2014, up 30 per cent from the end of 2013. In 2014 there were 1.16 million new internet subscribers, joining the 3.86 million existing subscribers at the ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/internet-subscribers-rose-30-pct-last-year

At unveiling of s-21 Stupa, ambassador calls on youth

At a ceremony to inaugurate a new stupa at Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum on Thursday, German Ambassador Joachim Baron von Marschall urged young Cambodians to be less reluctant to speak openly about the Khmer Rouge era, noting that it was Germany’s youth in ...

Aun Pheap and Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-unveiling-of-s-21-stupa-ambassador-calls-on-youth-80841/

Hun Sen muses odds on teacher prize win

Cambodian teacher Neang Phalla stood no chance of winning the Global Teacher Prize when she flew to Dubai earlier this month, Prime Minister Hun Sen reasoned yesterday, as the fact former US President Bill Clinton attended the ceremony signalled the award was going to an ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hun-sen-muses-odds-teacher-prize-win

Cambodia near bottom in gov't openness index

Cambodia ranks near the bottom of 102 countries surveyed in a new index of government openness, scoring dead last in mechanisms through which complaints can be lodged against government officials and 98th in sanctions for officials’ misconduct. Overall, the Kingdom placed 98th in the World Justice ...

Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodia-near-bottom-govt-openness-index

Four children injured by UXO blast near school

Four children were injured, two of them seriously, after playing with unexploded ordnance (UXO) near their school in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kreng district on Tuesday, police said Thursday. ...

Saing Soenthrith and Alex Consiglio
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-children-injured-by-uxo-blast-near-school-80835/

Defrocked monks questioned at court

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday questioned three defrocked monks over charges of “joining a criminal association,” an NGO worker said. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/defrocked-monks-questioned-at-court-80837/

Freedom Park insurrection trial to start today

The trial of 11 opposition officials and activists, who face up to 30 years in prison on charges related to a July protest that turned violent, is finally due to get under way today, amid widespread censure from human rights groups and campaigners. In a strongly ...

Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/freedom-park-insurrection-trial-start-today

Malnutrition still endemic: UN

Over 40 per cent of Cambodian children under 5 years old suffer from stunted development due to poor nutrition, a rate that has not changed since 2010, according to data revealed yesterday by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). While Cambodia has put substantial work ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/malnutrition-still-endemic-un

Doroshenko’s lawyer seeks bail; son vows legal action

A lawyer for Russian businessman Nikolai Doroshenko on Thursday requested bail for the 54-year-old, a day after he was arrested in Sihanoukville and imprisoned on fraud charges related to one of several disputes with fugitive developer Sergei Polonsky. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/doroshenkos-lawyer-seeks-bail-son-vows-legal-action-80831/

Cambodia supports Australia refugee deal on 'humanitarian grounds'

A spokesman for the Cambodian Secretary of State says Cambodia supported the Abbott government’s $40 million refugee resettlement agreement on “humanitarian” grounds and to strengthen ties with Australia. ...

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
http://bit.ly/1CbXf1o

Capital shortage main obstacle for Cambodia in connectivity development: official

A lack of capital is the main obstacle for Cambodia to expedite connectivity development and the Southeast Asian country hopes that the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund will fill the shortage, a spokesman said. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1HSN1UT

Cambodia supports Australia refugee deal on 'humanitarian grounds'

A spokesman for the Cambodian Secretary of State says Cambodia supported the Abbott government’s $40 million refugee resettlement agreement on “humanitarian” grounds and to strengthen ties with Australia. ...

Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
http://bit.ly/1CbXf1o

Vietnam's stamp design used among ASEAN nations

The stamp and postmark designed by Vietnamese artists will be produced as a joint issue stamp within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Aug. 8, 2015 to celebrate the association’s 48th founding anniversary and the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community by Dec. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1bAWN41

Poor governance at root of Cambodia’s education problems, expert says

Poor governance and uneven distribution of wealth to rural communities are both behind Cambodia’s poor record of girls’ education, an expert says. Despite the country’s high economic growth rate in recent years, few opportunities are available in rural areas, which leads to girls dropping out of ...

Men Kimseng
http://bit.ly/1OCjX9t

Cambodian land grabs threaten traditional communities

Seoung Sarat survived several bloody Cambodian regimes and civil wars. But only when his country was at peace was he shot and lost a leg. The indigenous Tompuon man, now living in a borrowed home in the forest of Ratanakiri province, says he lost his right ...

Say Mony
http://bit.ly/1CszeV2

Assembly panel to accept NEC nominations beginning Friday

The National Assembly’s standing committee will meet on Friday to open nominations for members of the new National Election Committee (NEC) and then vote on its nine members on April 13, a spokesman said Wednesday. ...

Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-panel-to-accept-nec-nominations-beginning-friday-80747/

Khun Sear land dispute to be settled: lawyer

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court again delayed the trial of a woman whose family is locked in a land dispute with tycoon Khun Sear on Wednesday, this time at the request of her lawyer, who is advising the family to give up their five-year battle ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/khun-sear-land-dispute-to-be-settled-lawyer-80753/

Ukrainian politician off wanted list

A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ...

Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/

Ghost workers remain major issue, ACU says

Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit has reported issuing repeated letters to government institutions demanding they stamp out the corrupt phenomenon of “ghost workers,” though after months of similar demands, little headway appears to have been made. ...

May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ghost-workers-remain-major-issue-acu-says

District police chief stands trial on graft charges

The trial of disgraced former Meanchey district police chief Hy Narin, who was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in October and charged with embezzlement, extortion and unlawful exploitation, began at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/disgraced-district-police-chief-stands-trial-on-graft-charges-80734/

Hun Sen knocks Obama visit

Prime Minister Hun Sen took aim at Michelle Obama yesterday, accusing the US first lady of making false promises, while suggesting her visit last weekend was more about hopeful rhetoric rather than implementing concrete improvements in the country’s education sector. ...

Tat Oudom and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/hun-sen-knocks-obama-visit

Ukrainian politician off wanted list

A Ukrainian member of parliament sought by Cambodian authorities over allegations of child-rape was removed from Interpol’s most-wanted list on Tuesday night because, according to Cambodia’s Interpol office, “the case involves politics in Ukraine and Russia.” ...

Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-struck-from-wanted-list-80730/

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