A group of 19 non-governmental organizations and associations have urged the Kingdom’s legislative and executive bodies to expedite the passage of a draft law on freedom of information, which the group said had been delayed for years.
Members of Battambang province’s forest community and relevant authorities on Tuesday claimed that over 100ha of forest land in Samlot Protected Area have been illegally cleared by wealthy citizens and armed forces in order to place it under their ownership.
Unionists in Cambodia have warned that officials’ attempts to downplay the importance of trade ties with the European Union are not taking seriously the impact that the impending withdrawal of preferential trading arrangements will have on workers while pro- government union leaders have expressed their regret over Sam Rainsy asking the EU to withdraw the Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential agreement from Cambodia as it is the workers who will be severely affected.
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Long Kimheang, the wife of alleged filmmaker Rath Rott Mony, and 10 other family members gathered for the fifth time in front of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Phnom Penh, reiterating calls for his release.https://bit.ly/2Ne7LRn;
