THE Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) is nothing if not hardy.
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Ministers accused it of colluding with the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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A Member of Parliament representing the ruling Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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After two weeks of unsuccessful searching, the rescue party began to worry.
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Kem Sokha's party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved on Nov.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which he used to lead, remains banned.
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They were once a heartland for the opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Monovithya Kem, deputy director-general of public affairs of the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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Kem Sokha, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested on Sept.
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His death was announced by the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which he joined in 2012.
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After joining the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, he was elected to Parliament in 2013.
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Kem Sokha&aposs Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved in November by a court ruling.
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Howe, in a lifetime of being stranded, has always been her own rescue party. ♦
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In 1950 Bozon's father was a member of the rescue party for the first crash.
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Kem Sokha, head of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested in September.
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His government has asked the Supreme Court to dissolve the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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This crackdown on dissent has taken place alongside systematic efforts to destroy the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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Tension has risen with members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) jailed in recent months.
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A court in Cambodia ordered the closure of the Cambodian National Rescue Party, the main opposition force.
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In the most recent general election, in 2013, many voted for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy co-founded the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was banned in 2017.
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Son Chhay, a senior member of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), welcomed Hun Sen's declaration.
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Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has been arrested and stands accused of treason.
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The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved last year and its leader jailed for alleged treason.
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"Bone Tomahawk" follows a misfit rescue party that sets out to save hostages from a group of savage cannibals.
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In September the president of the main opposition force, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested for treason.
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A cosmopolitan 66-year-old former banker from a political family, he heads the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Hun Sen's strategy appears to be out of the playbook of bitter rival the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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The registration comes amid a campaign by Hun Sen against his critics, including the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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In November, the main opposition force, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was ordered dissolved by the nation's highest court.
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Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), last month at the government's request.
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Rights groups and members of the opposing Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) said the vote was a "sham" and "undemocratic".
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Mu Sochua, deputy of Sam Rainsy's Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) party, dismissed the release of activists as a ruse.
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"Should the Cambodia National Rescue Party be dissolved, this will force my government to rethink our engagement Cambodia," she said.
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Kem Sokha, 65, is the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved as part of the crackdown.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen has brought multiple criminal and civil claims against Sam Rainsy, the leader of Cambodia's National Rescue Party.
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Hunter, by contrast, has been the guy who even into his 22008s keeps needing dad to send the search—and-rescue party.
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In response, the Cambodia National Rescue Party warned that its supporters would stage a mass protest if Mr. Kem Sokha were arrested.
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Sam Rainsy, a founder of the banned Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), fled four years ago following a conviction for criminal defamation.
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She mourned the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which she said had worked to guarantee basic rights for garment workers.
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It was found the next morning floating in Koge Bay, south of Copenhagen, but began sinking when a private rescue party approached.
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Kem Sokha, leader of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been held without trial for nearly a year, accused of treason.
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The measure came after the government filed a lawsuit this month seeking to dissolve the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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The government has filed a suit to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) after charging its leader, Kem Sokha, with treason.
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Mr Sam Rainsy said he was stepping down to avoid the dissolution of his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the only credible opposition.
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Last September Kem Sokha, who led the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested on trumped-up treason charges and still awaits trial.
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Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party won all 125 seats in the election after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved.
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In November, the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court at the request of Hun Sen's government.
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On Thursday, the police sought to detain Kem Sokha, a top figure in the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which Mr. Sam Rainsy leads.
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INTERNATIONAL An article on Wednesday about the indictment of eight Cambodian opposition leaders misidentified a vice president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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His government is petitioning the courts to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the only opposition group that threatens his grip (see article).
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Ms. Mu Sochua's Cambodia National Rescue Party, which almost won the 2013 national elections, was not on the ballot, having been outlawed last year.
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But a newly formed opposition, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, performed well in the 2013 national parliamentary elections, setting off waves of street protests.
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Cambodia's main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, nearly defeated Mr. Hun Sen's party, the Cambodian People's Party, in a 2013 general election.
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But the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) did remarkably well, increasing the communes it will now control more than tenfold, from 40 to 471.
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Cambodia's ministry of information on Wednesday revoked the license of a local radio station for selling air time to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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On Monday, 65-year-old Hun Sen threatened that Kem Sokha's Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would be dissolved if it continued to back him.
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He resigned from the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) this month, saying he wanted to save his party in the face of the potential ban.
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The Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in November at the request of the government of long serving Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Tuesday's Facebook post said the 2018 election excluded the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved by the supreme court in 2017.
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"My plan to return to the homeland has been smooth and unchanged...despite threats, intimidation and mistreatment of the National Rescue Party activists," Rainsy said.
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Rainsy announced his surprise decision to step down from the leadership of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on his social media accounts on Saturday.
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The National Rescue Party has been paralyzed as its two top leaders have recently faced court cases that could put them in jail for years.
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The United States cut election funding and said it would take more punitive steps after last week's ban on the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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The latest arrests bring to 26 the number of activists for the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who have been detained this year.
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Hun Sen's government has asked the supreme court to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) after its leader, Kem Sokha, was arrested on Sept.
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"If a soldier goes missing in the field, his or her unit will send out a search and rescue party," Johnson said in a statement.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party, formed in 2012, has garnered widespread popularity with a blend of rights-oriented liberalism, economic populism and anti-Vietnamese nationalism.
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It holds 41 seats in the National Assembly, but only because seats held by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party were redistributed after CNRP was dissolved.
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The attempt to disband the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) comes after its leader, Kem Sokha, was charged with treason following his arrest on Sept.3.
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The ban on the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), decreed by the Supreme Court at the government's request, followed the arrest of its leader for treason.
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Mu Sochua, vice president of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), arrived at Thailand's Suvarnabhumi Airport on Sunday afternoon, Human Rights Watch told Reuters.
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That year, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) — the party Kem Sokha led — won far more votes than expected, in part by generating support through Facebook.
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The Cambodian government pushed to ban the main opposition by asking the Supreme Court to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party ahead of next year's election.
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The increasingly authoritarian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen has shut down more than a dozen radio stations and dissolved the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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ON A wet afternoon several dozen activists keep watch outside the offices in Phnom Penh of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the main opposition group.
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Last October, a court in the northern province of Siem Reap jailed a member of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) under the law.
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All 67 deputies present from the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) supported it and the 31 opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) delegates voted against it.
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Since Ley's killing, the government has arrested opposition leader Kem Sokha for treason and pro-government courts dissolved his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) soon after.
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In November, Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the country's main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, after it was accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
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The opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party was accused of plotting to take power with U.S. help, and its leader, Kem Sokha, was arrested on treason charges.
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The latest arrests bring to 26 the number of activists linked to the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) who have been detained this year.
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Earlier this month, Kem Sokha, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, was arrested on absurd charges of plotting to overthrow Mr. Hun Sen's government.
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In his speech, Mr. Hun Sen warned that the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party could be dissolved if it continued to stand behind Mr. Kem Sokha.
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The 14, who are all members or supporters of Cambodia's now dissolved main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), were released from Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison.
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With some assistance from his partner Officer Rob Phillips, who joined the rescue party shortly after Kidd, Officer Kidd carefully removed the wheel to free the kitten.
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After losing ground to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in June's local elections, it is paranoid that the tide of public opinion is turning against it.
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His Cambodia National Rescue Party was deemed illegal by a government-packed court in November, and more than 100 of its top officials were banned from politics.
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Kem Sokha, the leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, was detained in September and charged with treason, accused of plotting a United States-funded coup.
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The main opposition force, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by court order in what was generally considered a political maneuver by the ruling party.
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Ahead of an election in July, the government arrested the leader of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), the main opposition; closed independent news outlets; and intimidated activists.
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The United States and EU canceled their planned support following a Cambodian court's dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in November at the government's request.
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Kem Sokha, the leader of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was arrested in September for allegedly treasonous remarks in a speech made four years earlier.
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Kem Sokha, the acting leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), said he would work with Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to end disputes.
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The Supreme Court dissolved the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last month at the request of the government, on the grounds it was plotting to seize power.
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The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, founded by Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy, was banned in 2017 ahead of elections last year that western countries dismissed as farcical.
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A senior member of the main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, welcomed the airing of what he said were widely known details of the family's wealth.
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Son Chhay, the parliamentary whip for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said he saw Mr. Phay Siphan's warning to the news media as part of that broader effort.
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The United States "did this just to support their puppets, it's not effective", he said, referring to the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party that was dissolved in 2017.
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In Phnom Penh, where the Cambodia National Rescue Party did well in last year's commune-level elections, 11.6 percent of the ballots cast on Sunday were declared invalid.
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The main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the country's Supreme Court at the government's request last year and did not take part in the election.
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James Ricketson, 69, was arrested last June after he was photographed flying a drone above a political rally organised by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Early on September 3rd Kem Sokha (pictured), leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), the country's main opposition, was arrested for treason with the help of 100 police.
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Kem Sokha, 64, has led the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) since his predecessor resigned in February, saying he feared a government plan to shut it down.
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James Ricketson, 69, was arrested last June after he was photographed flying a drone above a political rally organized by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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A Cambodian court dissolved the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party last year, following the arrest of its leader Kem Sokha on treason charges, which he says were politically motivated.
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A court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party last year after it was found guilty of plotting to take power with the help of the United States.
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Authorities launched a sweeping crackdown in the lead up to the vote targeting the opposition National Cambodia Rescue Party (CNRP), non-government organizations, rights groups activists and independent media.
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He was arrested in June 2017 after being photographed flying a drone above a rally organized by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) before communal elections.
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Ultimately, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved by court order and its senior officials were barred from politics, just in time for a major election in July.
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Her victory was part of an "all politics is local" strategy that helped the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) win 1.6 percent of the 22013,646 local seats at stake.
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Hun Sen is expected to easily win the vote after the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party was dissolved in November and dozens of its lawmakers were banned from politics.
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The statement, which was read to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, urged Cambodia's government to reinstate the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and all elected members.
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Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved Sam Rainsy's Cambodian National Rescue Party in 2017, paving the way for Hun Sen's ruling party to win all the seats in an election last year.
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Sam Rainsy's opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court in 2017 and 118 CNRP members were banned from politics ahead of the 2018 general election.
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Weeks after the arrest, the Cambodia National Rescue Party was outlawed by the Supreme Court, with more than 100 of the party's senior members barred from politics for five years.
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Last week the government filed a lawsuit demanding the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), a move that would help Hun Sen extend his rule at the election.
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James Ricketson, 69, was arrested last June after he was photographed flying the drone above the rally organized by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) before communal elections.
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Last year, Cambodia's ruling Cambodia People's Party had the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party dissolved and its leader, Kem Sokha, arrested on treason charges that he says were politically driven.
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The only viable opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court and 118 of its members were banned from politics for five years.
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His Cambodian People's Party won local elections in June, but the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) also did well, increasing expectations of a close contest in the coming general election.
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Kem Sokha, the leader of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was arrested in September for alleged treason and the CNRP was dissolved in November at the government's request.
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A crackdown on the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has led to the arrest of party leader Kem Sokha on treason charges and a government push to have it dissolved completely.
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A month later, the Supreme Court, led by a staunch Hun Sen loyalist, dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party, the prime minister's only viable opposition in elections scheduled for next year.
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Mr. Hun Sen has had no viable opposition since November, when the Cambodia National Rescue Party — which almost won the 2013 election — was dissolved by a court packed with his loyalists.
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Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in November and banned more than 100 of its politicians in a ruling that was widely condemned by the international community.
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Although 20 parties contested the election, the only one with the popularity and organization to mount a credible challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court.
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And as the lands and forests of the east disappeared to loggers and encroaching plantations, he threw his support behind the political opposition of Sam Rainsy and the Cambodian National Rescue Party.
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"The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) calls on all friendly countries of Cambodia and the United Nations to not accept the results of the Senate election," the CNRP said in a statement.
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Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017 and his opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was banned ahead of a 2018 election, in which the party of Hun Sen won all the parliamentary seats.
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Opponents of Hun Sen accuse him of arresting Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha and cracking down on independent media and other critics ahead of a general election next year.
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Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won all seats in a general election in July after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017 at the government's request.
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Although 20 parties are contesting the polls, the only one with the popularity and organization to mount a credible challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court.
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Mr Hun Sen fears a repeat of the election of 2013, in which the CPP won only a narrow victory over the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), amid an atmosphere of general discontent.
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"Kem Sokha, president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), has been accused of involving foreigners in secret plans against the Kingdom of Cambodia" the Phnom Penh Municipal Court said in a statement.
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Human Rights Watch deputy director for Asia, Phil Robertson, said the two detainees are members of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) that has been outlawed by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's government.
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Kem Sokha was arrested in 2017 and his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was banned in the run-up to an election last year that was condemned by Western countries as a farce.
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Hun Sen is almost certain to win the election after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court last year at the request of Hun Sen's party.
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"It's not fresh news, it's not even fake news, it's bad news - bad news for the future of Cambodia," said Mu Sochua, a deputy of Kem Sokha in his Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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"A victory without a contest is a hollow one," Sam Rainsy, the exiled co-founder of the Cambodia National Rescue Party — the now-dissolved main opposition party — said in a statement on Sunday.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party had been the main challenger to Mr. Hun Sen, but it was shuttered by the Supreme Court in 2017, effectively turning the country into a one-party state.
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Cambodia has one of the world's longest-serving leaders, Prime Minister Hun Sen, whose Cambodian People's Party received a strong challenge from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party in local elections in June.
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If convicted, the opposition leader, Kem Sokha, could be jailed for up to 30 years and his Cambodia National Rescue Party could be dissolved, under the terms of a law amended this year.
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"29 July 2018 marked the death of democracy in Cambodia, a dark new day in recent history," Mu Sochua, Vice President of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), told a news conference in Jakarta.
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The amendment effectively bans former opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who lives in exile in France to avoid arrest in a number of convictions, from campaigning from abroad for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Um Sam An, a member of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested on Sunday in the province of Siem Reap after arriving from overseas, a party colleague and fellow lawmaker said.
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The only credible opposition, Sam Rainsy&aposs Cambodia National Rescue Party, was dissolved by court order last year, a move that was widely seen as politically motivated and initiated by Hun Sen&aposs government.
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He is widely expected to win the election after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last year, leaving no significant competitor for Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP).
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When the gunmen shot dead his mother and two brothers, the uninjured 13-year-old Devin Langford hid six surviving siblings nearby and walked for 14 miles (23 km) to find a rescue party.
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After the Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last week at the government's request, the European Union raised a potential threat to the tariff free access it grants most Cambodian exports.
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Morm Kamal, one of the Cambodia National Rescue Party members barred from politics, said he had driven several hours to be there, though he had little hope that the party's leader would be freed.
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News outlets aligned with the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen published the names on Tuesday of several other senior Rescue Party officials accused of conspiring in a plot backed by the United States.
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The leaders of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, or C.N.R.P., have been jailed or driven into exile, and lower-ranking members were harassed into joining Mr. Hun Sen's party or getting out of politics.
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The United Nations and Western countries have described the election as flawed after the Supreme Court last year dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) over accusations of plotting to topple the government.
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They have condemned the arrest of Prime Minister Hun Sen's main rival, Kem Sokha, the dissolution of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and a crackdown on civil rights groups and independent media.
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The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was banned in November after the arrest of its leader Kem Sokha on treason charges, which he says are political motivated ahead of a national elections in July.
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Rainsy, former finance minister and the founder of the now-banned opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), has lived in exile in France since fleeing Cambodia four years ago following a conviction for criminal defamation.
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Kem Sokha became leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in March after the resignation of Sam Rainsy, who said he was quitting because he feared a government attempt to ban the party.
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Last month, authorities arrested Kem Sokha, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and charged him with treason and espionage over an alleged plot to take power with help from the United States.
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Warrants were issued for Sam Rainsy, a founder of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which has been dissolved; two of the party's vice presidents, Mu Sochua and Eng Chhai Eang; and five other party members.
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Sokha, head of the outlawed opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), had been held in solitary confinement since arrest in September last year, following a sweeping government crackdown on opposition groups and media.
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The 69-year-old was arrested in Cambodia in June 2017 after flying a drone over a rally organized by the Cambodia National Rescue Party, an opposition group that was later dissolved by the government.
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The vote has been called a democratic sham amid the absence of the country's main opposition faction, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was dissolved by the Supreme Court on government orders late last year.
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Cambodian authorities have questioned, summoned or detained more than 140 members of the former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in an escalating suppression of dissent, two U.N. human rights experts said on Wednesday.
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Sam Rainsy, one of the co-founders of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, is in self-imposed exile to avoid serving a prison term on a defamation conviction that is widely seen as politically inspired.
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Striking workers and the now dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) had marched against Prime Minister Hun Sen's government to demand a re-run of a July 2013 election that the opposition said was rigged.
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One pilot and a Russian marine sent as part of a rescue party were killed in the encounter, which marked the first time a NATO country had shot down a Russian plane in half a century.
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The new opposition movement was announced at the weekend by Hun Sen's veteran foe Sam Rainsy following the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last year and the arrest of its leader, Kem Sokha.
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"If the government's position to dissolve the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party succeeds, next year's election will be a joke," Phil Robertson, deputy director for Asia at New York-based group Human Rights Watch, told Reuters.
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The 69-year-old filmmaker was arrested in Cambodia in June 2017 after flying a drone over a rally organized by the Cambodia National Rescue Party, an opposition group that was later dissolved by the government.
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Kem Sokha, head of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) is accused of trying to overthrow the government with help from the United States and of espionage - charges he denies and says are politically motivated.
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Since the beatings outside parliament last year, tension has risen amid acrimonious exchanges between Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which are eyeing a general election in 2018.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party is expected to easily win the general election on July 29 as the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last November at the government's request.
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"If the government's position to dissolve the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party succeeds, next year's election will be a joke," Phil Robertson, deputy director for Asia at New York-based group Human Rights Watch, told Reuters.
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Kem Sokha, a leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was sentenced to five months in jail in September after failing to appear in court in connection with a case against two of his party colleagues.
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Critics say the election was a backward step for democracy in Cambodia following the dissolution last year of the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and the jailing of its leader, Kem Sokha, on treason charges.
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Hun Sen, a former Khmer Rouge commander who has ruled for more than 30 years, said on Monday that the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would be dissolved if it continues to back detained leader Kem Sokha.
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The Cambodian National Rescue Party, the opposition grouping that was dissolved last year, said it welcomed the U.S. action, calling it justified because Bun Hieng was, it charged, one of the country&aposs biggest human rights abusers.
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The Supreme Court last November dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), at the request of the government of Hun Sen, which said it had been plotting to take power with the help of the United States.
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In recent months his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has gone after critics including members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was banned by a court last year, civil rights groups and independent media.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the country's highest court last month at the request of the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen after the arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha for alleged treason.
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One of them is Mu Sochua, the vice-president of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, who was held on Wednesday night at a Kuala Lumpur airport ahead of her planned return home to lead anti-government demonstrations.
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Ms. Mu Sochua is the deputy leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, which was dissolved in 2017 after its leader was jailed and accused of conspiring with the United States to overthrow Mr. Hun Sen.
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Hun Sen and his allies have waged a campaign against critics, including members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in what opponents say is a bid to prolong his leadership after 33 years in office.
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The latest lawsuit against Sam Rainsy, in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, accuses him of defamation over claims made in France that the prime minister bribed an activist to break up the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party.
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The action comes just weeks after the government formally charged Kem Sokha, the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, with treason, accusing him of plotting to overthrow government leaders with the backing of the United States.
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Seventeen people have been arrested since late January for sharing information about the coronavirus in Cambodia, including four members or supporters of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), New York-based Human Rights Watch said.
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Seventeen people have been arrested since late January for sharing information about the coronavirus in Cambodia, including four members or supporters of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), New York-based Human Rights Watch said.
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Critics say the election was a backward step for democracy in Cambodia following the dissolution last year of the main opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and the jailing of its leader, Kem Sokha, on treason charges.
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The visa suspension is the latest action taken against Hun Sen's government by a Western country following the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Hun Sen's main rival, by the Supreme Court last year.
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Lance Naik Hanumanthappa was found buried under snow at temperatures of nearly minus 45 degrees celsius by an Indian army rescue party, who were using sniffer dogs and special radar to track bodies in the difficult terrain.
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Human rights groups and the United Nations said the decision to shutter the Cambodia National Rescue Party, or C.N.R.P., would render the country essentially a one-party state, ending its post-Khmer Rouge experiment with pluralistic democracy.
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The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was banned at the government's request last week, deepening Hun Sen's fight with Western donors who accuse him of demolishing democracy in the country he has ruled for over 32 years.
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The election has been criticized by the United Nations and Western countries as fundamentally flawed after the Supreme Court last year dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) over accusations of plotting to topple the government.
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Speaking to hundreds of supporters after the party vote, Kem Sokha said the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) would improve public services by replacing commune chiefs from the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) at polls on June 4.
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A court found Ban Samphy, 70, a member of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), guilty on Thursday after he shared a Facebook post about King Norodom Sihamoni in May, his daughter, Ang Vongpheak, 45, said.
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The U.S. funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) pro-democracy group was expelled last month and accused of conspiring to help bring down Hun Sen - a charge rejected by the NDI and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Political tension has been growing in the Southeast Asia nation, where Prime Minister Hun Sen is fighting to keep his 30-year-old grip on power and the Cambodia National Rescue Party(CNRP) could stand in his way.
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Critics have said the vote was a sham after the only viable opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court and 118 members were banned from politics for five years.
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Western countries and the United Nations have expressed concern the vote might not be free or fair after a court last year dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.
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Hun Sen, who has ruled this Southeast Asian nation for over 30 years, has had virtually no opposition since November when the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court at his government's request.
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The resignation of the leader, Sam Rainsy, came after the government began a series of moves that would allow it to dissolve the Cambodia National Rescue Party he led, in advance of crucial local elections set for June.
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The detention comes ahead of a July general election that Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) looks set to win after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court last year.
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Hun Sen&aposs Cambodian People&aposs Party is expected to win easily after a court last year dissolved its only credible opponent, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, on charges that it conspired with the U.S. to overthrow the government.
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The party that was expected to mount a strong challenge, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was dissolved last year by court order on a complaint that it conspired to overthrow the government, a decision widely seen as politically motivated.
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The Supreme Court outlawed the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last week at the request of authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen's government in a move that prompted the United States to cut election funding and threaten more punitive steps.
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At least 48 opposition activists have been arrested this year and accused of plotting to overthrow the government before the planned return from self-exile of Sam Rainsy, founder of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on Saturday.
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It acted after the arrest of Kem Sokha and the banning of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party ahead of elections last year that were swept by Hun Sen's party and were dismissed by western countries as a farce.
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Ranariddh's royalist Funcinpec party won no parliamentary seats in 2013 elections, but would be allocated most of those held by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) if it is dissolved after the arrest of leader Kem Sokha last month.
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"The United States is concerned about Cambodian government's continued political repression of former Cambodia National Rescue Party members, including the recent arrests of several former CNRP activists," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Twitter.
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Mr. Kem Sokha took over as the leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party earlier this year, after his longtime predecessor, Sam Rainsy, who is living in exile, resigned from the post after being pursued in several criminal cases.
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The Cambodia National Rescue Party is relatively new, having been formed in 2012, but it stunned the government by nearly winning parliamentary elections a year later, with support from a generation of youths seeking greater political and social freedom.
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Made paranoid by growing popular support for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has left no stone unturned in its quest to stifle its critics and to quash threats to its hold on power.
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Some Western nations and the United Nations have voiced concerns that the July vote might not be free or fair after the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was banned by the country's Supreme Court at the government's request last year.
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In 2017, Cambodia's Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and banned 118 party members at the request of the government after accusations the party was plotting to take power with the help of the United States.
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The promotions come ahead of a July general election that many say Hun Sen looks set to win easily after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court last November at his government's request.
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Rights groups and members of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have urged foreign backers, including Japan, to halt funding for Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC)following a Supreme Court decision to dissolve the CNRP at the government's request.
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Hun Sen&aposs critics, led by the now-disbanded main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, say Cambodia is suffering from years of land grabs, illegal logging, cronyism, corruption and a culture of impunity fostered by a politicized justice system.
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That election&aposs results put the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party within striking distance of power, winning 55 seats in the National Assembly against the CPP&aposs 68, and 44 percent of the popular vote to the CPP&aposs 48 percent.
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The evidence the government has presented is a video of Kem Sokha from 2013 in which he tells supporters of his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) that he has had American support and advice for his political strategy to win power.
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The 11 members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)were jailed for terms ranging from seven to 20 years in 2014, after they forcibly tried to reopen the country's only designated protest venue, "Freedom Park", in July that year.
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's Supreme Court on Thursday began its final session to decide whether to dissolve the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), thus ensuring victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party in next year's general election.
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Rainsy had originally said he planned to cross to Cambodia from Thailand on Saturday with other leaders of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), but he was refused permission to board a Thai Airways plane from Paris on Thursday.
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His arrest in June 2017, after he flew the drone above a rally by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), came amid a wider crackdown on freedom of expression by the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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The country's leading opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), was effectively barred from running in Sunday's vote after a court ruled late last year that top members of the party were conspiring with foreigners to stage a revolution.
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Critics have called Cambodia a one-party state since the Supreme Court dissolved opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017, paving the way for Hun Sen's ruling party to win all the seats in parliament in an election last year.
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The United States stopped election support for Cambodia and the European Union threatened trade preferences after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party was dissolved at the request of the government of authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Nov. 16.
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At least 30 opposition activists have been arrested this year and accused of plotting to overthrow the government before the planned return from self-exile of Sam Rainsy, founder of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on Nov. 9.
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LOS ANGELES — After going silent for almost two years, producers working to salvage "The Other Side of the Wind," the unfinished final opus of Orson Welles, re-emerged on Tuesday with a major development: Netflix is joining their rescue party.
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About 100 supporters of the politician, Kem Sokha, have gathered at the headquarters of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) as tension runs high in the capital after police visited the building last week in a bid to arrest him.
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Kem Ley was known for criticizing both sides of Cambodia's polarized political landscape, which is dominated by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), but the lion's share of his reproval was aimed at the former.
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Although 20 parties contested the election, the only one with the popularity and organization to mount a real challenge, the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was dissolved last year by the Supreme Court in a ruling generally seen as political in nature.
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Fueled by the rise of a younger generation of voters who are more educated and better informed than their parents, as well as increasing frustration with widespread corruption and sclerotic government institutions, the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party nearly won the 2013 election.
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Hun Sen's ruling party won all 125 parliamentary seats in a July election the United Nations and Western countries have described as flawed after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved over accusations of plotting to topple the government.
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The country is nominally democratic, but Mr. Hun Sen, the longest-ruling leader in Asia, has recently shuttered dissenting news outlets, jailed dozens of critics and dissolved the main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, or C.N.R.P. — apparently with Beijing's blessing.
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A government-aligned news outlet reported that the Cambodian People's Party, led by Prime Minister Hun Sen, had won 1,163 of the local administrations, while the Cambodia National Rescue Party gained control of 482, or around 30 percent, up from 3 percent.
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Cambodia heads to the polls on July 29 for an election criticized by the United Nations and Western countries as fundamentally flawed after the dissolution of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) and imprisonment of its leader, Kem Sokha, last year.
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The exercise comes ahead of a July general election that Prime Minister Hun Sen, with backing from China, looks set to win easily after the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court last November at his government's request.
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U.S. envoy Murphy said it was a "source of joy" to meet Sokha, 66, who was arrested on treason charges in 2017 shortly before his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved by the Supreme Court in the run-up to last year's general election.
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The United States announced on Friday it was ending funding for the election, and promised more "concrete steps", after the Supreme Court dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at the request of the government, on the grounds it was plotting to seize power.
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Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for 33 years, is widely expected to win after the Supreme Court dissolved Rainsy's main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) last year and imprisoned its chief for alleged treason, leaving no significant competitor for his Cambodian People's Party.
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In 2016, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in the Cambodian capital had found Um Sam An, of the now dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), guilty of incitement to cause discrimination and instability when he repeatedly posted "fake" border maps on the social media site.
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In 2013, despite even more intimidation and electoral manipulation than in previous years, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which is the main opposition party, managed to take 22 seats from the CPP in the National Assembly, giving them a total of 55 out of 123 positions.
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The dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) has been condemned by the opposition, rights groups and some Western countries as the most serious blow to democracy since an international peace deal and U.N.-run elections in the early 1990s ended decades of war and genocide.
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The key factor virtually ensuring a walkover by Hun Sen&aposs party is the elimination of any credible opposition, accomplished last November when the Supreme Court declared the Cambodian National Rescue Party complicit in trying to overthrow the government in a plot encouraged by the United States.
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The United States announced it was ending funding for the election, and promised more "concrete steps", after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday at the request of the government on the grounds it was plotting to seize power.
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Kem Sokha's Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) had planned to hold a ceremony at a memorial in the capital, Phnom Penh, to mark an attack in which at least 16 people were killed at a rally on March 30, 1997 organized by former opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
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The United States announced it was ending funding for the election, and promised more "concrete steps", after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) on Thursday at the request of the government, on the grounds it was plotting to seize power.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has said it won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs at Sunday's election, held without the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was dissolved by a court, and had its leader, Kem Sokha, jailed on treason charges.
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Kem Sokha became leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) this month after the resignation of Sam Rainsy, who said he wanted to save the party in the face of a legal change to allow authorities to dissolve any party whose leader has been convicted of an offense.
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"Hun Sen himself realizes that he is losing ground, that the popular support the opposition enjoys is growing," Rainsy said during a break from a meeting with nearly 60 key members of his Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), most of whom had flown into the Philippines' capital overnight.
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Former Cambodia National Rescue Party president Sam Rainsy in 2015 A team of lawyers filed a petition against Facebook on Thursday on behalf of a former Cambodian opposition leader in an attempt to prove that the country's prime minister is using the social media platform to commit human rights abuses.
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Kem Sokha, the head of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), was arrested a week ago and charged with treason for allegedly plotting to win power with the support of the United States, escalating a crackdown on critics of Prime Minister Hun Sen and independent media ahead of a general election next year.
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In its ruling, the court banned more than 100 members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) from politics for five years for conspiring with foreigners to stage a revolution, effectively paving the way for longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's governing Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to run unopposed in next year's national elections.
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It was referring to a Supreme Court ban on political activity by 118 members of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which the court dissolved last year at the request of the government, over an accusation the party was plotting to take power with the help of the United States.
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It was referring to a Supreme Court ban on political activity by 118 members of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which the court dissolved last year at the request of the government after accusations that the party was plotting to take power with the help of the United States.
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Last year, he jailed his main political opponent, Kem Sokha, on dubious charges of "treason," and banned another 118 politicians, on charges they were plotting to overthrow his government with the help of the U.S. Cambodia's highest court helped further consolidate his power when it dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in 2017.
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Opposition leader Sam Rainsy of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), who has been in self-imposed exile in France since 2008 to avoid arrest on an old defamation conviction, called Kem Ley's murder an act of "state terrorism" in a Facebook post on the day of the killing, leading PM Sen to sue Rainsy for defamation.
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Police in the central province of Kampong Thom arrested Kheang Navy, a primary school principal, over comments he made that were allegedly critical of King Norodom Sihamoni, his father, late King Norodom Sihanouk and his half-brother Prince Norodom Ranariddh over their alleged role in the dissolution of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
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Also on Wednesday, after Sam Rainsy, a co-founder of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, tweeted a picture of his plane ticket from Paris to Bangkok, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of Thailand made it clear that Mr. Sam Rainsy would not be able to follow his plan to land in Thailand and make his way from there to neighboring Cambodia.
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