"We repeat our call on states to continue offering protection to Myanmar nationals fleeing for safety. This also includes ending the practice of indefinite detention of asylum seekers and refugees from Myanmar," said Gillian Triggs, UNHCR's assistant high commissioner for protection.
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Stepping up the rhetoric against his long-term foe, Hun Sen told reporters on Thursday he would "eliminate the extremist ideology of three-generation traitor" Rainsy to preserve the country's peace.
A document from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court -- seen by AFP -- said Rainsy had been "sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to hand over a part of national territory to a foreign entity" in 2013. The court also stripped him of all political rights, it added.
During a hearing Wednesday, Kem Sokha told judges he wanted the proceedings to finish soon as he was suffering back and shoulder pain from long spells sitting in the dock. "I don't want to suffer any longer... I want it to finish very soon and to receive justice," he told the court.
Radio personality Percival Mabasa, who went by the name 'Percy Lapid' in his program, was shot dead in a Manila suburb on October 3 as he drove to his studio
Local police chief Am Thou told AFP that three individuals had been detained for questioning over the incident. "They may have to face legal action. We are looking into what charges they may face," he said.
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One year on, the country has yet to form a new government, leaving caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi in charge but unable to have parliament pass a new state budget
He was ousted from power at polls in 2018 by Mahathir's opposition alliance amid anger over the scandal. But Najib's long-ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) returned to office in August last year and is now seeking a fresh mandate after dissolving parliament Monday.
Rainsy welcomed the court's decision "with great emotion", his lawyers, Mathias Chichportich and Jessica Finelle, said in a statement Monday. "The French judiciary strongly recognises the legitimacy of his action and gives its backing to his freedom of expression," they said.
Since the coup and as of last month, 1,017,000 people have been internally displaced, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday.
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Analysts say Beijing's aim is regional supremacy and control over all activity in the waters -- and it is using its might to bully smaller rivals into submission.
This means junta chief Min Aung Hlaing would not be allowed to attend, just as his top diplomat was barred from foreign ministers' gatherings in Phnom Penh in February and August.
In a fresh report, the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) found that research and development spending and other investments that drive innovative activities continued to boom last year despite the still-raging pandemic.
More than 300,000 people in Vietnam hunkered down in shelters overnight after experts predicted the storm would be one of the biggest to ever hit the country.
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