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With Floods Come a Crime Wave, Officials Say
Police and human rights groups say violent crime has spiked in the period since severe flooding began in August, as criminals take advantage of a distracted security force. Continue reading
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National Police Receive Anti-Trafficking Training
Around 60 policemen from around the country took part in a training workshop on Thursday to help them combat illegal human trafficking. The two-day training came as Cambodia approved a measure to tighten controls on Cambodian migrant laborers. Cambodia is facing dual problems of human trafficking and an increase in the number of laborers who legally seek work abroad, some of whom have reported serious abuses as a result Continue reading
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Draft Prison Law Unclear, Rights Groups Say
Cambodian rights groups say they are worried that a new draft law is not clear enough in its efforts to reform the prison system, which is plagued with mismanagement and overcrowding. The Ministry of Interior drafted the law to improve how the system works, including education of prisoners and their rehabilitation and reintegration into society. The draft law, which was approved by the Council of Ministers for parliamentary debate on Friday, contains 85 articles meant to reform the prison system, but it does not touch on military prisons Continue reading
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Civic Groups Warned to ‘Readjust’ Their Work
A coalition of non-governmental organizations says it received a warning from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to “readjust” some of their work, following a controversy over land rights along a railway line development. The NGO Forum said Monday it is preparing a response letter to the ministry, after it wrote a letter to the Asian Development Bank in 2010 warning of dangerous construction on a line slated for rehabilitation. The latest row between the NGO sector and the government comes amid increased warnings that the government is moving to curb the influence of the country’s burgeoning civil society. Continue reading
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Rights Group Calls for Action on ‘Flawed’ NGO Law
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights on Thursday called on donors, lawmakers and other power brokers to step up pressure on the government, which hopes to pass a law to regulate non-governmental agencies but is widely seen as a blow to their ability to operate. The 58-article law was sent to the Council of Ministers for approval last week, after which it will pass to the National Assembly for debate and passage. Numerous NGOs have said the draft law ignored their key recommendations, leaving it as a tool to repress groups that dissent from the views of the government and administration of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party Continue reading
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‘Worrisome’ NGO Law Moves to Council for Approval
Non-governmental agencies continued to express concern over a proposed law to regulate the sector on Tuesday, as the draft moved closer toward approval for debate. The government says it needs the NGO law to better manage the thousands of organizations operating in the country, but critics say it will hamper their work and make it harder for smaller associations to form. The Ministry of Interior’s final draft of the law was sent Friday to the Council of Ministers, which must approve it before it goes to the National Assembly for debate Continue reading
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