That the ruling party has reaches down to the very to the local level a lot of the communal authorities local authorities belong to the ruling party and they wield a lot of power over the people theyre the ones who sign your Marriage Certificates theyre the ones who decide who gets government money and if they tell you that you have to go vote and then you know that means something for the people and the people theyre not theyre afraid to speak out if you go around and you ask people no one wants to speak openly because theyre afraid of repercussions if they say they support the opposition so taking all that together i think its fair to say that with these elections cambodia has moved one major step further or closer to becoming autocratic country. Take capital phnom penh thank you for that. An earthquake has hit the Indonesian Island of lombok Officials Say it killed fourteen people and injured forty more the six point four magnitude quake struck
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During the will of the people in a series of referendums last year more than 2 thirds of voters said marriage should only be defined as a union between a man and a woman but thats far from the minds of these rights activists celebrating what is a landmark day. All right joining me now is kyle nighties an elegy rights researcher for Human Rights Watch in new york mean this has to be seen as a Great Success for taiwans elegy community what was your reaction when you heard the news well its incredibly gratifying to see that the many years of advocacy on the ground in taiwan have paid off but i think over and above the victory in the outcome of same sex marriage recognition before the law is that this is an example of a Government Standing up against popular sentiment in some cases this is an example of a government saying we protect our minorities and respect them and recognize them as
equal before the law even when that might be on top kill or i think thats one of the Takeaway Messages f
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