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Transparency International Press Conference_2011 Corruption Perception Index

Transparency International (TI) is globally launching/releasing the 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) on December 1, 2011. The CPI ranks countries/territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be.

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Criminal Charges Against Activists Won’t Solve Boeung Kak Lake Crisis

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, deeply regret the Phnom Penh authorities’ decision to bring criminal charges against four Boeung Kak Lake residents following their participation in a protest on Nov. 28.

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Cambodian Maids in Malaysia: Victims Of Human Trafficking

There are currently some 30,000 Cambodian domestic workers employed

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Thai doctor allowed to treat ailing Veera in Cambodian jail

Cambodia has granted permission for a Thai doctor to visit activist Veera Somkhamkid in Pray Sar prison on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in order to treat the detainee for a chronic illness, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichuk-chaikul said yesterday.

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Make or break time for Mekong river as Xayaburi dam decision looms

Siem Reap, Cambodia – Environment and water resource ministers from Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam meeting in Siem Reap next week hold the fate of the Mekong river in their hands as they look set to reach a decision on a go or no-go for the controversial Xayaburi dam in northern Laos.

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Boeung Kak Lake residents gather to demand for release

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) claimed today (29 November 2011) that the Boeung Kak Lake residents are going to gather again

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Four lake activists arrested as community blocks a main road in Phnom Penh

Four female community members from Boeng Kak Lake were arrested today after community members, mostly women, attempted to block Preah Monivong Boulevard

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Cambodia celebrates its partnerships in mine action at the Phnom Penh Royal Railway Station

Phnom Penh, 28 November 2011. The exhibition entitled “Landmine in Cambodia: 20 years of Achievements,” organized at the Phnom Penh Royal Railway Station from 28th November to 2nd December, will showcase Cambodia’s collective experience in mine action over

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CMAC Twenty years of achievement 1992-2011

Phnom Penh, 28 November 2011_ The Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) has been clearing landmines and explosive remnants of war since it was first formed in 1992.

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Landmines Thwart Development Progress, says UNDP Administrator

The existence of anti-personnel mines in developing countries can thwart development progress, said the UN’s development chief Helen Clark yesterday in Phnom Penh at opening of the international conference on landmines.

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