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At Harvard, Room To Write Uncensored 30 May 2012 | 10:22 pm
Although violence against writers and academics in Cambodia has decreased in recent years, many say they still face strong censorship. A literary program at Harvard University, in Massachusetts, provi...
Princess Soma Norodom to pen new Post column 30 May 2012 | 10:22 pm
Barely two years since returning to Cambodia after her family’s 1975 exile to the United States, Princess Soma Norodom has already made a splash in her native Phnom Penh. On any given night, the outg...
Malaysia couple charged with hurting Cambodia maid 30 May 2012 | 10:21 pm
A Malaysian couple have been charged with causing "grievous hurt" to their Cambodian maid, their lawyer said Wednesday, in the latest case of alleged abuse of domestic helpers. A string of such cases...
Boeung Kak women kept away from NGO, reporters [-Travesty of justice by Hun Xen's regime and his henchmen] 30 May 2012 | 08:40 pm
Imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villagers, some crying, motioned to human rights representatives and Post reporters through a chain-link fence at Prey Sar prison. Their efforts to talk to the visitors wer...
Farmers fear deal has strings 30 May 2012 | 08:39 pm
Forty Kampong Chhnang villagers embroiled in a long-running land dispute with KDC International, a company owned by the wife of a senior CPP official, farmed contested land without interference on Mon...
Violent crackdowns decried 30 May 2012 | 08:39 pm
Violent land evictions, unlawful prison sentences, shooting deaths and crackdowns on peaceful protests are all on a list of allegations a human rights group is voicing concerns about this week. The C...
Waitress, rights worker see suits nixed 30 May 2012 | 08:38 pm
Defamation and incitement suits filed, respectively, against a woman suing for sexual harassment and the rights worker who helped her were dropped by the Banteay Meanchey provincial court yesterday. ...
It rains Chinese Yuans and Renminbis on Golden Hill (aka Phnom Penh in Chinese) 30 May 2012 | 05:31 pm
Cambodian and Chinese defense officials agreed to a major military assistance package Monday, days ahead of a meeting of regional defense ministers in Phnom Penh. The $20 million agreement was signed...
Cambodian and Chinese Defense Ministers Ink Military Cooperation Pact 30 May 2012 | 05:31 pm
May 29, 2012 PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) | Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Tea Banh and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie on Monday signed a military cooperation agreement in Phnom ...
Cambodia garment union blames violence on company 30 May 2012 | 05:30 pm
The union official said the company was trying to provoke violence as part of a campaign to smear the union. "This is the company's trick, to be willing to provoke … severe violence and put all mista...
