Tag Archives: Politics of Cambodia

Media Statement: Railway Resettlement Debacle Cover Up: ADB Conceals Critical Expert Report

Railway Resettlement Debacle Cover Up: ADB Conceals Critical Expert Report Media Statement   (Phnom Penh, March 18, 2013) Equitable Cambodia (EC), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and Inclusive Development International (IDI) regret the Asian Development Bank’s refusal to disclose a critical … Continue reading

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NGOs in shock over ‘arbitrary’ suspension

Vincent MacIsaac and Mom Kunthea, Phnom Penh Post, Aug 12 2011 The “arbitrary” suspension of a Phnom Penh NGO that works with the city’s poor offers a preview of what will happen when a new law on associations and NGOs … Continue reading

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Third draft of Cambodia’s associations and NGO law overlooks key concerns

Borithy Lun, The Guardian, Aug 12 2011 A Mith Samlanh education centre run by NGO Friends-International. A law requiring NGOs to register threatens such projects. Photograph: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images Civil society groups in Cambodia finally received a glimpse of the … Continue reading

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Campaign Against NGO Law Intensifies

Richard Finney and Parameswaran Ponnudurai, Radio Free Asia, Aug 12 2011 oncerned by Cambodia’s suspension of a German-funded society advocating for the urban poor, nongovernmental organizations in the country have stepped up a campaign against a proposed law governing their … Continue reading

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Pending Passage of NGO Law, Cambodia Suspends Urban Poor Group

Che de los Reyes, Devex, Aug 12 2011 Cambodia’s suspension of a local non-governmental organization critical of a government project raises concern over an administrative crackdown on groups advocating the rights of the marginalized. The move comes at a time when the … Continue reading

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