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Angelina Jolie To Unveil Khmer Rouge Film In Cambodia

David Folami — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 11:34:54 +0000

Angelina Jolie will unveil her new film on the horrors of the Khmer Rouge era on Saturday at the ancient Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia, a country the star shares a deep affinity with through her adopted son Maddox. Cambodia’s king and survivors of the communist regime will be among some 1,500 people invited [...]

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#Crime: Cambodia jails three foreigners rom Australia, France and Nigeria for smuggling heroin

Ade Adewale — Wed, 28 May 2014 18:49:25 +0000

A Cambodian court sentenced three foreigners from Australia, France and Nigeria to between 23 and 27 years in prison on Wednesday for attempted heroin smuggling. Australian woman Yoshe Ann Taylor, 41, and French woman Charlene Savarino, 19, were arrested…

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Cambodia's Draft Law Turns Free Speech into Cybercrime

EFFSource — Wed, 28 May 2014 05:20:42 +0000

Historically, Cambodia has been fairly lax in enacting legislation that stifles freedom of expression online—unlike its neighbors of Vietnam and Thailand— but with more Cambodian citizens gaining access to the Internet, the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has attempted to control dissenting views and “immoral actions” online through the drafting of a cybercrime law. A leaked [...]

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Cambodia: UN expert concerned over curbs affecting human rights, democratic processes

UN News — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 06:35:48 +0000

7 April 2014 – The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, expressed concern today that the country’s National Assembly held its second session last week without the opposition representatives taking up their seat, and urged the legislature to upkeep the key principles of any law-making process: transparency, accountability and [...]

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