Kea Sokun, 22, who was released from prison after having served a one year in jail for incitement will continue his career as a rapper in Siem Reap.
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More than 250 indigenous Kuoy families in Preah Vihear province have refused to accept compensation from a gold mining company that has offered them just $500 per hectare of land.
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More than 100 incidents of logging, transport and processing were found by a community patrol over just three days in the Prey Preah Roka Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province, as activists accused authorities of turning a blind eye to timber trafficking.
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The mother of a longan farmer who was imprisoned for criticizing the government’s procurement procedures said her son should not have been arrested or charged with incitement because his comments were a true reflection of the situation.
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Seventeen union representatives from the Wage Negotiation Working Group have agreed to negotiate for a $22.20 increase in salaries for textile, garment and footwear workers for 2022.
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Residents in a land dispute with the new Phnom Penh international Airport development project in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district, blocked National Road 2 and warned that they will do it again if authorities do not resolve their dispute properly and they will march through the area demanding better compensation.
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197 families in Koh Kong province’s Chi khor loeu commune, Sre Ambel district have filed a complaint to the Ministry of Interior to take legal action against the Heng Huy Company which has supposedly encroached on more than 400 hectares of their land.
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A recently defrocked chief monk from a pagoda in Kampong Cham province was restored to his position August 4 after he was cleared of allegations of violating measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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A resident of Banteay Meanchey province has filed a complaint against officials of the provincial branch of the General Directorate of Consumer Protection, Competition and Fraud Repression (CCF) with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) alleging that they had extorted him for 1.4 million riel ($350).
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Several family members of jailed opposition politicians staged a small rally outside the U.S. Embassy on Friday, aiming to bring attention to the country’s political prisoners.
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The Cambodia Human Rights Committee (CHRC) is inviting all embassies in Cambodia, local and international NGOs, Parliamentarians, international stakeholders and Supreme Consultative Council members to give input over the draft law to establish The Human Rights Committee of Cambodia (CHRC) draft law . However, 60 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), trade unions, associations and communities While such an institution is direly needed in the Kingdom, the environment in which it would come to operate raises concern as to its expected effectivity and credibility.”“We urge the (government) to prioritise redressing Cambodia’s human rights situation prior to its establishment to ensure that its creation is motivated by a genuine interest in promoting and protecting human rights rather than by attempts to provide a veneer of credibility to the (government)’s proclaimed commitment to human rights,” it said.
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