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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Cambodia Daily: ADB Can’t Confirm Authenticity of Letter
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ADB still puzzled by controversial letter
Vincent MacIsaac, Phnom Penh Post, Sep. 23 2011 The Asian Development Bank has still not been able to “definitively confirm” the authenticity of a letter claiming that consultants working for it urged the government to crack down on NGOs critical … Continue reading
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Radio Australia: ADB denies requesting action against Cambodian NGOs
The Asian Development Bank says it’s found no evidence that one of its consultants asked the Cambodian authorities to take action against non-government organisations critical of resettlement conditions under an ADB-funded rail project. Presenter: Robert Carmichael Speaker: Nora Lindstrom, from … Continue reading
PP Post: NGO ban questioned
Vincent MacIsaac, Phnom Penh Post, Sep. 21 2011
VOA: NGOs Will Continue Advocacy Along Railway: ADB
Manilene Ek, Voice of America, Sep. 21 2011 A senior Asian Development Bank official said Wednesday that NGOs will continue working with villagers being relocated by a massive railway project, following the leak of a government letter seeking to shut … Continue reading
PP Post: STT blasts its suspension
Vincent MacIsaac, Phnom Penh Post, Sep. 20, 2011 Land-Rights NGO Sahmakum Teang Tnaut yesterday called on authorities to “promptly and unconditionally” allow it to return to its work monitoring the rehabilitation of the country’s railways, following a report it said … Continue reading
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STT issues media statement, says it has been vindicated by recent revelations
Sahmakum Teang Tnaut has issued a media statement following media reports regarding a letter from the Minister of Economics and Finance to the Prime Minister to “nullify” the organisation. Click here for the full statement: STT public statement. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sahmakum … Continue reading
Cambodian NGOs under the gun
Sebastian Strangio, Sep. 19, 2011, Asia Times Online PHNOM PENH -These are tough times for Cambodia’s embattled non-governmental organizations (NGOs). As the government gears up to pass controversial legislation regulating the country’s estimated 2,000 civil society groups, it has drawn … Continue reading
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DPA: Asian Development Bank denies requesting action against NGOs
Sep. 19, 2011, Deutsche Presse-Agentur Phnom Penh – The Asian Development Bank on Monday dismissed accusations that one of its consultants asked Phnom Penh to act against groups monitoring one of its infrastructure development projects. An internal investigation found ‘no … Continue reading
