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On Monday, Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh presented the letters, laid out on a red cloth with yellow fringe, to Mr. Panetta. In return, Mr. Panetta presented the diary, wrapped in a FedEx envelope, to Gen. Thanh.
China, Cambodia, Wikileaks and the Uighurs
When asked to choose between two dozen Uighur asylum-seekers and a Chinese government that claimed they were “criminals”, Cambodian authorities sided with China — and Western diplomats were powerless to stop them. What leaked diplomatic cables show about the controversial 2009 deportations.
This means that every group of individuals who gather together with a differing level of frequency and perform the broadest variety of imaginable activities, from trekking and football fans, to chess and silk weaving groups, will be acting in violation of the law.
A proposed law governing NGOs in Cambodia will impose severe restrictions on civil society groups and tighten control over public discourse, critics in this South-east Asian country say.
Now, at least one major donor is publicly linking government restrictions on civil liberties to valuable aid funds.
It’s not an insignificant gesture in a country still highly reliant on donor money. But will it convince Cambodian authorities?
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A house caught in the process of recycling. San Dun, China, 2011. Alex Muntean
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A woman holds her newborn baby in a nursery at the Juba teaching hospital. Very few births in South Sudan, which has the highest maternal mortality...
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Cool close up of totem pole from the Gitxsan Nation. #iphonephotography #native #nativeart #nativehistory #bc #totempole
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At long last - Manila, capital of the Philippines, delicately shining in the night.
