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Data sought for drafting rural development policy
Mon, 15 February 2021
The Ministry of Rural Development has instructed local authorities to gather and analyse data and report statistics pertaining to the demarcation of rural areas in preparation for drafting the 2021-2030 national rural development policy.
The ministry held a workshop in Stung Treng province on February 8 to examine the progress and quality of the ongoing work and reports of conditions in rural areas.
Workshop participants included delegates from the ministry, heads of provincial rural development departments, deputy and district governors and commune chiefs from five provinces. They also consulted over objectives and indicators relevant to the draft policy.
By AFP - Agence France Presse January 14, 2021 Print Article
Members of the opposition and activists leave a prison van in front of the Phnom Penh court TANG CHHIN Sothy Text size
A closed-door mass trial of 150 Cambodian opposition figures resumed in Phnom Penh Thursday, in what critics labelled a politically motivated sham.
The case is linked to attempts by exiled opposition figurehead Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia in 2019 from France, where he has lived since 2015 to avoid jail for convictions that he says are bogus.
Many of the defendants stand accused of sharing messages on social media platforms supporting Rainsy s attempt to enter the kingdom.
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Family members of detained opposition activists, environmental campaigners, and musicians met with the U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia Wednesday to discuss weekly crackdowns by authorities on protesters, with rights groups welcoming Washington’s show of concern.
The relatives who met with Ambassador W. Patrick Murphy included members of the so-called “Friday Wives” group of women who have held weekly protests demanding the release of their husbands, who are activists with the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
Others included the nephew of jailed union leader Rong Chhun, father of Kea Sokun a rapper recently convicted of incitement and the wife of environmental campaigner Thon Ratha.