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Loun Savath has become a common figure at land protests, vexing Cambodia’s Buddhist leadership.
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Ten parties are competing for commune council positions across the country for June 3 polls.
The 13 women were found guilty of illegally taking land and resisting public officers.
Guide by Geneva-based NGO Interpeace summarizes decades of best practices.
City officials could not be reached for comment, but rights workers said they expect the 13 detainees will appear in court Wednesday.
Two demonstrations—one of factory workers and one of displaced city residents—were held on Monday.
Security forces have left a village in Kratie that was the site of the shooting death of a teenage girl by government forces last week.
The delegation also met with UN officials in New York last week and were scheduled to talk with the US State Department Friday.
The ultimate goal is to have libraries in all of Cambodia’s 26 prisons by 2014, serving more than 15,000 prisoners nationwide.
More youth are engaging in environmental protection, especially in forest communities where illegal logging is rampant.
Those arrested were Khat Sovann, 54, Pum Vannak, 53, Pon Soeurn, 34, and an unnamed fourth suspect.
Rights workers estimated between 400 and 1,000 villagers in Broma village, Chlong district, were set to be evicted.
At least 10 parties have registered for elections, which will be held across 1,633 communes next month.
Family members say Chan Samnang died because of exposure to poor living conditions at a relocation site outside the city.
An attorney for the three women, called the summons “a good opportunity” that would allow the women to “tell the true story."
The Khmer Krom and other groups say their rights and freedoms are restricted by the current Vietnamese government.
Villagers say they have been pushed off nearly 1,500 hectares of land to make way for the senator’s sugar cane crops.
The country had nearly 450,000 Internet users at the end of 2011, according to the Internet World Stats website.
The study interviewed 1,522 people in Phnom Penh and the provinces of Kampong Speu, Prey Veng and Takeo.
Joel Brinkley, a professor of journalism, spoke to VOA Khmer recently about his book and possible solutions to Cambodia’s “curse.”
An estimated 2.3 million hectares were given over as concessions to private companies in recent years, Adhoc recently reported.
