ទំពរ៍បានមកជួបលោកលោកស្រីសាជាថី្មនូវរាល់ដំណឺងផេ្សងៗដូមរង់ចាំអានជាបន្តបន្ទាបកុំបីខានឡើយពីពោ្រះយើងកាពឹតមកដោ្ះសា្រយបញា្ហបច្ចុប្បន្នអោយជ្រះស្រឡះKampong Thom wetland picked as the latest Ramsar Site
Southeast Asian countries should not be singled out for failing to take a unified stance on the escalating US-China rivalry – other regional blocs such as the European Union are grappling with mixed allegiances, too.
That’s what Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told the Bloomberg New Economy Forum on Tuesday evening, just days before a summit of the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) that will include its key global partners including the US and China.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, US Vice-President Mike Pence and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the world leaders who will attend the meeting, which begins on Monday.
Asean has long been mocked for lacking a united front and some of its members have a reputation for putting their ties with major powers ahead of their obligations to partners in the bloc.
In particular, Cambodia and Laos have often been accused of doing Beijing’s bidding.
Publication date 08 November 2018 | 06:52 ICTThe Stung Sen wetland has become the Kingdom’s latest Ramsar Site, said the Ministry of Environment.
The seasonally-flooded 9,293ha freshwater swamp, located along the southeastern edge of the Tonle Sap great lake in Kampong Thom province, was declared Cambodia’s fifth Ramsar Site on Friday under a prime ministerial sub-decree.
A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of global importance under the Ramsar Convention – an international treaty governing the conservation of wetland areas.
Minister of Environment Dr Say Samal said the recognition will draw attention to Stung Sen’s international importance. “It will also be a bridge for Cambodia to nominate more wetlands as Ramsar Sites in the future,” he said.
Masaru Horikami, the director of the Japanese Environment Ministry’s Wildlife Division, lauded the recognition as “a result of cooperative and continuous efforts among various stakeholders”.
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RFA 2018-11-08
Cambodia should quickly and transparently try opposition leader Kem Sokha, who is currently detained at his home on charges of “treason,” or drop the case against him, a United Nations expert said Thursday at the end of her sixth visit to the Southeast Asian nation.
Kem Sokha, the president of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is being held under house arrest after being released from prison on Sept. 10, 2018, a year after he was detained for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government—charges widely seen as politically motivated.
The release of the 65-year-old opposition leader from pre-trial detention carries the conditions that he must stay within a block radius of his home, cannot meet with CNRP officials or foreigners, and cannot speak at or host any rallies or political activities.
He still faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of treason.
In a statement issued at the end of her 11-day fact-finding mission, Rhona Smith, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, said she remained concerned that Kem Sokha is detained under “judicial supervision with his rights and freedoms curtailed” more than 14 months after his arrest, noting that she had been denied access to him and other detainees during her visit.
UN Expert Says Drop Charges Against Cambodia Opposition Leader, Barring Speedy Trial
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| The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, speaks during a press conference in Phnom Penh, Nov. 8, 2018. AFP |
RFA 2018-11-08
Cambodia should quickly and transparently try opposition leader Kem Sokha, who is currently detained at his home on charges of “treason,” or drop the case against him, a United Nations expert said Thursday at the end of her sixth visit to the Southeast Asian nation.
Kem Sokha, the president of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is being held under house arrest after being released from prison on Sept. 10, 2018, a year after he was detained for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government—charges widely seen as politically motivated.
The release of the 65-year-old opposition leader from pre-trial detention carries the conditions that he must stay within a block radius of his home, cannot meet with CNRP officials or foreigners, and cannot speak at or host any rallies or political activities.
He still faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted of treason.
In a statement issued at the end of her 11-day fact-finding mission, Rhona Smith, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, said she remained concerned that Kem Sokha is detained under “judicial supervision with his rights and freedoms curtailed” more than 14 months after his arrest, noting that she had been denied access to him and other detainees during her visit.
