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Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha (L) is escorted by police at his home in Phnom Penh.Sokha was released from jail early on September 10, 2018, a year after he was detained on treason charges, as the country's strongman ruler loosens his grip on opponents after sweeping one-sided elections. / AFP PHOTO / STR
Posted inAT Finance

Key points for the restoration of democracy in Cambodia

by Sam Rainsy January 14, 2019

The current government of Cambodia is illegitimate after the fake July 2018 election that led the country back to a one-party system as existed before the 1991 Paris Accords. The illegitimacy of the election was decried by the United Nations, the European Union, the US, Japan and Australia. These institutions and countries refused to send […]

US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, meets Vietnam's Defense Minister, General Ngo Xuan Lich in Ho Chi Minh city on Oct 17. Photo: AFP / Kham / pool
Posted inAT Finance, China, France, Middle East, Vietnam, World

Mattis visits Agent Orange cleanup site at Bien Hoa

by Asia Times staff and AFP October 17, 2018February 18, 2020
A protest against the incarceration of Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam is held in front of the United Nations building in New York. Photo: Shamima Khan
Posted inBangladesh, South Asia, World

Protests to free photographer Shahidul Alam grow before Bangladesh elections

by Faisal Mahmud October 4, 2018February 18, 2020

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