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Cambodia’s eight-month political deadlock shows hints of ending

Talks between Cambodia’s ruling party and the opposition to resolve the impasse over last year’s election have been deadlocked for months. The two sides disagree on a number of issues, most significantly reform of the National Election Committee (NEC). But signs of a thaw have ...

Robert ​Carmichael
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodias-eight-month-political-deadlock-shows-hints-of-ending/1884765.html

Experts discuss legitimacy of Government without Opposition

Diplomats, legal experts and political analysts all met in a forum in Phnom Penh Tuesday to discuss the implications of last year’s election and the ongoing political deadlock. Some diplomats, like Dinesh Patnaik, India’s ambassador to Cambodia, questioned the legitimacy of a government the opposition refuses ...

Kong Sothanarith, Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/experts-discuss-legitimacy-of-government-without-opposition-/1883843.html

Defense Minister warns against attempts to ‘topple’ government

Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh on Tuesday offered grave warnings to anyone who “tries to topple the current government.” The minister appeared to be addressing the opposition, which has said it will call for mass demonstrations if election reform is not enacted by the ruling Cambodian ...

Heng Reaksmey,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/defense-minister-warns-against-attempts-to-topple-government/1873692.html

Courage needed to fight corruption, advocate says

Cambodians need to be more courageous in challenging endemic corruption, a development expert says. Preap Kol, head of Transparency International Cambodia, told “Hello VOA” last week that the more people challenge corruption, the more likely it is they will free themselves from it. Cambodia remains one ...

Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/courage-needed-to-fight-corruption-advocate-says/1873715.html

Security sector working group to make policy recommendations

Members of the government, military and civil society met on Monday to form a working group to undertake security reform and reporting. The working group will have 26 members from a wide spectrum of government and nongovernment agencies to produce policy recommendations to Cambodia’s leaders. The formation ...

Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/security-sector-working-group-to-make-policy-recommendations/1872979.html

ILO reports improved factories from December to February

A small set of Cambodian factories being monitored by the International Labor Organization have showed some signs of improvement, according to a recent report. The ILO’s Better Factories initiative monitors 51 facilities. In a new report, the ILO says 30 of those factories showed signs of ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/ilo-reports-improved-factories-from-december-to-february/1873027.html

Election Body Reform Elusive as Negotiators Seek Agreement

Negotiators for Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties say they have reached agreements on key points of election reform, moving past a potential breakdown in talks last week. But they did not agree on an overhaul of the National Election Committee, widely seen as biased toward ...

Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-body-reform-elusive-as-negotiators-seek-agreement/1873014.html

Opposition renews push for a parliamentary approved election body

Cambodia’s opposition has written a formal request to the country’s ruling party, requesting an agreement to reform the national election body before political negotiations resume on Monday. The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party wants a two-thirds majority vote on members of the National Election Committee, which ...

Heng Reaksmey and Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-renews-push-for-a-parliamentary-approved-election-body/1870531.html

Opposition declares negotiations at ‘standstill’

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Tuesday that political negotiations with the ruling party have hit an impasse. The ruling Cambodian People’s Party “refuses to discuss any changes to the composition of the electoral commission,” he wrote in an open letter to the diplomatic community. The National Election ...

Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-declares-negotiations-at-standstill/1868912.html

Professionalism best mechanism to protect journalists, expert says

Journalists need to be more professional in their reporting, which is the best way to protect themselves, a media educator says. “Like any other profession, journalism can be risky, but if journalists follow their professional codes of conduct and ethics and work with responsibility, there should ...

Say Mony
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/professionalism-best-mechanism-to-protect-journalists-expert-says/1868921.html

As political impasse continues, some donors hold on to funding

An increasing number of NGOs in Cambodia are facing the prospect of budget cuts, with money from foreign donors decreasing as a political deadlock continues. Cambodia’s robust civil society relies on donor countries, but some have postponed funding while the country’s two rival political parties remain ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/as-political-impasse-continues-some-donors-hold-on-to-funding/1864701.html

Judicial reform drafts to move forward in March

Three judicial reform draft laws will be submitted to the Council of Ministers last this month, justice officials said Wednesday. The draft laws deal with the functions of the courts and the conduct of judges and prosecutors, as well as an oversight body called the Supreme ...

Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/judicial-reform-drafts-to-move-forward-in-march/1864692.html

Democracy, rights NGOs face tough conditions, report finds

NGOs working in democracy, human rights and transparency all say they face a lack of cooperation from Cambodian authorities, especially in the provinces, a new report finds. The Cooperation Committee for Cambodia conducted research on Cambodia’s overall climate for civil society organizations, finding that those dealing ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/democracy-rights-ngo-face-tough-conditions-report-finds/1865609.html

US University Prepares for Forum on Cambodian ‘Crossroads’

Ohio University is poised to hold its sixth annual Khmer Studies Forum, beginning later this month. Topics for discussion at the three-day conference include Cambodia’s current political climate, the Khmer Rouge tribunal, and the country’s art, media and culture.​ The forum will be held at the ...

Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-university-prepares-for-forum-on-cambodia-crossroads/1864080.html

Political Negotiations Open With Agreement on Election Finance

Cambodia’s ruling and opposition parties on Monday agreed to create a law governing the regulation of financing for political parties, as they opened negotiations to end the longstanding political deadlock and in hopes of reforming the election process. A joint statement by the ruling Cambodian People’s ...

Heng Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/political-negotiations-open-with-agreemetn-on-election-finance/1863236.html

City working to keep experimental bus route running

An experiment in public busing sponsored by the Japanese government ends tomorrow, but Phnom Penh officials say they want the service to continue. The service will be handed over to the city and a Chinese company, so that 10 bus lines will keep running, but officials ...

Suy Heimkhemra
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/city-working-to-keep-experimental-bus-route-running/1863224.html

Complaints against rubber company to be assessed, World Bank Office says

The World Bank’s ombudsman office says it will assess a complaint from indigenous groups in Ratanakkiri province that a bank-supported company has damaged the forest and surrounding communities. Seventeen different groups joined in the complaint, claiming the Hoang Anh Gia Lai rubber company, which receives ...

Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/complaints-against-rubber-company-to-be-assessed-world-bank-office-says/1860009.html

Not only Vietnamese threatened by racism, rights worker says

The beating death of a Vietnamese-Cambodian earlier this month was the first incident in several years that some are calling a hate crime. Leaders of the Vietnamese community in Cambodia, as well as the Vietnamese Embassy, say they want the Cambodian authorities to pay more attention ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/not-only-vietnamese-threatened-by-racism-rights-worker-says/1858791.html

Cambodia to host Open Source Tech Conference

Phnom Penh will host one of Asia’s biggest technology conferences later this month. FossAsia, a conference on open source and free software, will be held in the capital Feb. 28 to March 2—a free event open to students, developers and entrepreneurs. Technologies discussed at the conference will ...

Khoun Theara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/cambodia-to-host-open-source-tech-conference/1858192.html

Rights Group Launches Petition for Release of 21 Demonstrators

The Asian Human Rights Commission has launched an online petition to pressure the Cambodian government to release 21 union activists and workers charged in connection with labor protests last month. Twenty-three workers were arrested in a violent crackdown by government police and security forces early January, ...

Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rights-group-launches-petition-for-release-of-21-demonstrators/1853054.html

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