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Cambodia’s history shows that a lack of freedoms and equal rights have led to unrest in the past, a pattern that could repeat itself, a leading political analyst said Thursday, adding that Cambodia today is lacking in morals, making it harder for the country to develop. “There is a gap between rights, or equity, stipulated in the constitution and the implementation,” said Lao Monghay, an independent analyst and monthly contributor to “Hello VOA.” “Practical application is impossible, one can’t exercise one’s rights, and there is abuse of power.” “What appears is resistance, and that causes everyone’s destruction,” he said. A similar situation led to the rise of the Khmer Rouge, civil war and ultimately the presence of foreign troops, he said. Continue reading →

[Editor’s note: On Oct. 26, Andrew Cayley, the international prosecutor for the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal, gave a lecture at Rutgers University, in Newark, New Jersey. Cayley, who came to the court in 2009, has been closely involved in the prosecution of two contentious cases at the court, called 003 and 004. Continue reading →

More jobs at home and better skills training could keep Cambodia’s poor from being exploited as migrant workers, a leading opposition lawmaker says. Continue reading →

Migrant workers, largely from Burma, Cambodia and Laos, are still struggling to escape inundated areas of Thailand.   There are no reliable estimates of how many people are stranded in the scores of flooded communities in Bangkok and areas north. Aid workers say that among the millions affected in Thailand, as many as 600,000 migrant workers, largely from Burma, are stranded in worsening conditions. Continue reading →

Rights groups and other officials say the government has not gone far enough in drafting a law on acid attacks, by failing to include provisions for the treatment of victims or to ascribe punishments to those who hire attackers. Acid attacks are a common form of retribution in Cambodia, often ordered by powerful men or women and carried out by hired assailants. Continue reading →

[Editor’s note: Mental trauma remains one of the main issues for Cambodia, a legacy of the Khmer Rouge and the country’s conflicts. Ka Sunbaunat, a psychiatry professor and dean of the faculty of medicine at the University of Health Sciences, in Phnom Penh, spoke to VOA Khmer recently. Continue reading →