Cambodia News: Cambodia National Election Committee

What's driving the crackdown in Cambodia? | East Asia Forum
East Asia Forum
Author: Kongkea Chhoeun, ANU It might be easy to forget given the events of August–September 2017, but Cambodian democracy had until a few years ago ...

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Voter registration slow: NEC
The Phnom Penh Post
The National Election Committee yesterday said voter registration was progressing slower than expected, largely due to migrant workers not registering – an issue that advocates have urged the electoral body to remedy for months. ... of 9.6 million ...

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Assembly OKs Sokha case while Hun Sen doubles down on condemnation of 'treasonous' opposition leader
The Phnom Penh Post
The notice said there was no motion to halt the case during the extraordinary plenary session, which was unsurprising as the session was boycotted by Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers, many of whom instead travelled to Correctional Centre 3 in ...
National Assembly gives go ahead on Sokha treason caseKhmer Times
Why Cambodia is turning its back on the West: Phnom Penh Post columnistThe Straits Times
Why Cambodia is turning its back on the WestThe Nation

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60000 register to vote in one week
Khmer Times
Hang Puthea, spokesman for the National Election Committee, said yesterday that 59,185 people across the country went to register from September 1 to September 10. Voter registration ... Mr Bun Hok added that Cambodia has a population of 15,883,250.

Election Body Gives Overseas Cambodians Two Months to Register to Vote
VOA Khmer
Locals, left, sit for registering their names during a voter registration process of the National Election Committee (NEC) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. NEC started its three-month-long voter registration in the day for the next ...

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Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Opportunity for the US Congress
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
In just the past two months, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has shut down the National Democratic Institute's operations in Cambodia, cracked down on top members of the opposition CNRP party, shut a range of press outlets, and seems prepared to ...

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Sokha arrest won't impact voter registration: NEC
The Phnom Penh Post
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said the recent political developments involving the detention of Cambodia's opposition leader would not affect its efforts to register eligible voters ahead of next year's national elections, though an ...
Cambodia Formally Charges Opposition Chief Kem Sokha With TreasonRadio Free Asia
Cambodia charges opposition leader with treasonReuters
Cambodia: Upcoming Human Rights Council session crucial as coordinated assault on political opposition, media and ...Reliefweb
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Overseas voters told to register at home
Khmer Times
The National Election Committee has appealed to Cambodian people working or studying abroad to come home and register to vote in the 2018 national election. The call came as civil society organisations continued to urge the NEC to set up overseas ...

Migrant Representatives Ask for Vote, Registration in Thailand
The Cambodia Daily
Labor leaders who say they represent thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand on Wednesday submitted three petitions to their embassy in Bangkok pushing for overseas voting and registration ahead of next year's national election. The issue ...

Cambodia Expels US NGO, Suspends Radio Stations Allowing Government Criticism
Radio Free Asia
The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh earlier on Wednesday had rejected the allegations against the NDI in a post on its Facebook page, saying the organization has a valid MoU with the National Election Committee (NEC), Cambodia's top electoral body, and ...
Prime Minister Chastises EU Over Situation Room FundsThe Cambodia Daily
US poll body told: Get outKhmer Times
Hun Sen says Cambodia Daily must pay its $6.3M tax bill or 'pack up'The Phnom Penh Post

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