Archive for August, 2009
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Contacts: World Bank, Phnom Penh: Bou Saroeun (855) 23-217-301 sbou@worldbank.org Australian Embassy, Phnom Penh: Lachlan Pontifex (855) 12-900-911 lachlan.pontifex@ausaid.gov.au Phnom Penh, August 4, 2009 – Today the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the World Bank signed a US$13 million agreement to support Cambodia’s poorest and most vulnerable people by strengthening food security and social [ READ MORE ]
LICADHO deplores the authorities’ renewed campaign to unlawfully arrest homeless persons, beggars, sex workers and other “undesirables” from the streets of Phnom Penh. In recent days, such arrests have led to women and children being sent to stay in a government social affairs center whose staff include alleged rapists and murderers, and to sex workers [ READ MORE ]
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