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| Context & Connections |
| Phnom Penh Post, 2011-05-11 |
| The Cambodian government and civil society have to work more on bringing gender issues into the mainstream in all aspwects of national policies and provide enough resources for women to be able to compete equally in this free market economy. |
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| ASEAN adrift in Thai-Cambodian conflict |
| Asia Times, 2011-05-07 |
| PHNOM PENH - Two series of clashes between Thailand and Cambodia over disputed temples and territories along their shared border have left 29 soldiers dead this year while as many as 85,000 civilians have been displaced on either side of the border since hostilities resumed on April 22. |
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| A culture of fear and paranoia |
| Phnom Penh Post, 2011-05-05 |
| I write in response to the article by James O’Toole that appeared on April 11, 2011, (“US hits out on rights issues”), highlighting the sharp criticism levelled at the Royal Government of Cambodia by the United States in its 2010 Human Rights Report. |
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| Hun Sen's war calculations |
| Asia Time, 2011-05-03 |
| Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and a Phnom Penh-based political observer, said the contested Preah Vihear temple - a potent symbol, like Angkor Wat, of Cambodia's nationhood - has already been a source of much political capital for Hun Sen. |
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| Thailand-Cambodia clash deflecting domestic woes |
| Irrawaddy, 2011-04-26 |
| While the unresolved border row remains volatile, some analysts speculate that there are domestic political issues involved in the international dispute. Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said that the fighting “appears to be a cynical political ploy on the part of both governments to satisfy nationalist sentiment.” |
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