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Adhoc rights workshops halted


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Unformed police quashed a pair of USAID-funded human rights workshops in Preah Vihear and Ratanakkiri provinces yesterday, in what rights group Adhoc suggested was an act of politically motivated overreach.

But commune, district and provincial authorities yesterday defended their decision to send in police to clamp down on the program, claiming Adhoc had not sought permission through the correct bureaucratic channels.

The workshops – called the Empowering Marginalised Communities program – are funded by USAID to the tune of $1.1 million and implemented by Adhoc.

read more: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/adhoc-rights-workshops-halted

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