Hun Xen's barking mouthpiece in Washington DC statement: Excuses, excuses, and more excuses

Hem Heng (R, first row) and his wife (L) (Photo: Viseth, Cambodian-Buddhist.org)Wednesday, 09 September 2009Statement of the Royal Embassy of Cambodiato the United States of America(Regarding the Freedom of Expression in Cambodia)The Royal Embassy...

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Cambodians testify in US

Photo by: Heng ChivoanChildren from the Group 34 community, one of several affected by an increasingly bitter fight over land rights.The Phnom Penh PostFriday, 11 September 2009 15:03 James O'toole and Meas SokcheaWitnesses attack government's human...

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Work cut out for them

Photo by: Heng ChivoanThe Phnom Penh PostFriday, 11 September 2009 15:03 May Titthara and Kim YouthanaRoughly 100 science students demonstrated Thursday in front of the University of Health Science, complaining that the institution had unfairly blocked...

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Evictions hit Cambodia's poor, group says

Villagers in northwest Cambodia set court documents on fire in protest over a land dispute.By Miranda LeitsingerCNN(CNN) -- Villagers march more than 300 kilometers from northwest Cambodia to ask the prime minister to save their homes from developers....

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Preah Vihear temple hostilities over : Thai and Khmer army chiefs

http://www.nationmultimedia.comBy Rasmei Kampuchea/Asia News Network, Deutsche Presse AgenturPhnom Penh - Cambodian and Thai armed forces chiefs said 13 months of sometimes-fatal hostilities around the ancient Preah Vihear temple are at an end.Military...

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Losing Ground - A report published by the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC)

Click here to download the report (PDF)Poem posted by the protesters:We, the villagers, sit in despair because we lost our lands and waters.The Ly Yong Phat Company is the cursed thief, it robbed all our lands and waters.With a good leadership, the people...

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Source: LICADHO : Land Evictions in Cambodia

Group 78 EvictionJuly 17, 2009 - The small community know as Group 78 located in the riverside area of Phnom Penh have live on their land since 1983. Over the years, Group 78 families were served with a number of eviction notices by local authorities...

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Former Rebel Leader ‘Won’t Go’ to Tribunal

By Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerOriginal report from Washington10 September 2009With further indictments at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal moving forward for five leaders of the regime, a likely suspect, Im Chaem, told VOA Khmer she will not go to the...

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Land Crisis in Cambodia: Evictees' Testimonies

LICADHOSeptember 9, 2009 - In the past 5 years LICADHO has documented cases of land grabbing that have affected more than a quarter of a million Cambodians. The rampant land grabbing has seriously undermined the development of Cambodia, depriving entire...

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Pair of reports on land rights face cynicism

A man stands on the railway tracks near Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh last week. Plans to rebuild the lines have left residents in Tuol Kork and Daun Penh next in line for eviction. (Photo by: Sovan Philong)Thursday, 10 September 2009Robbie Corey-Boulet...

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Official announcement for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission hearing on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Cambodia

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC)Hearing Announcement:Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Cambodia1-3 p.m.Thursday, September 102200 Rayburn HOBOn July 29, The Washington Post reported “a heightened crackdown on journalists and opposition activists…has...

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Flooding in Kampot province

People are traveling by boat in Kampot city (All photos: Neay Keub, Koh Santepheap)Rain still pouring while the city is floodedThe Samaky market in Kampot cityFlooded market stallsAccess to Kampong Bay bridge is flooded, traffic is stranded on the b...

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Did Hun Sen avoid visiting the evictees in Tuol Sambo on purpose?

Srey Leak, 10, a member of one of many evicted families, stands in her house in Toul Sambo, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh September 7, 2009, while her parents work as garbage collectors near the capital. Cambodia said on Monday it had pulled out of...

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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen visit to flood-affected Kampot province

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen rides a motorbike during his visit to flood-affected Kamport province, Cambodia, September 8, 2009. Two men were killed when trying to flee flooding in the province caused by torrential rain which affected almost 5,000...

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Hun Sen: Cambodia Stopped the Partnership in Land Titling with the World Bank First – Tuesday, 8.9.2009

Posted on 8 September 2009The Mirror, Vol. 13, No. 629http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com/“The partnership in the Land Management and Administration Project [LMAP] between the World Bank and the Royal Government of Cambodia has been completely terminated...

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8 killed, 3 missing in flash floods in Turkey

People work to clean their property after flash floods left them swamped out with debris piled high, in Selimpasa, a suburb of Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. Flash floods were triggered by torrential rains in the region have caused deaths,...

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Acid Attack Victim To Appeal Suspects’ Release

Ya Soknim, a victim of an acid attackBy Men Kimseng, VOA KhmerWashington08 September 2009The family of an acid attack victim has vowed to fight on in court, despite living in fear and hiding since a recent court decision to release the alleged perpetrators.Ya...

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A Move to Register Sex Offenders Globally

An US national accused of having sex with minors is taken into custody in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.TANG CHHIN SOTHY / AFP / GettyTIME/CNNhttp://www.time.comBy Deena Guzder Monday, Sep. 07, 2009While the world's attention was focused on Phillip Garrido, who...

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