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No international legitimacy for Hun Manet regime. Free Kem Sokha, reinstate the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). Website:

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@RainsySam
Rainsy Sam
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The convicted Mother Nature environmentalists have been sent to separate prisons which are far from their families. There is disbelief and incomprehension across the international community at what the regime is trying to achieve. #Cambodia
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A further sign that China's involvement in #Cambodia has a military dimension, which is in breach of the constitution and a danger to regional stability. #SamRainsy
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3 years
The international community needs to enforce complete economic and political isolation againt the brutal and illegitimate #Myanmar military regime. #SamRainsy
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3 years
Good that #Australia suspended cooperation with the #Tatmadaw & will re-direct foreign aid away from #Myanmar military regime - but time to do more. Let's see targeted sanctions vs Min Aung Hlaing & #Burma military companies in MEHL & MEC! #SaveMyanamr
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4 years
In solidarity with protesting Thai democrats. #SamRainsy
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5 years
Boarding at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, Friday November 8. #SamRainsy
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5 years
Nothing has changed in my travel plans. I am preparing to fly to Bangkok from Paris in the coming hours. Reports to the contrary are #FakeNews . #SamRainsy #Cambodia #Thailand
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#SamRainsy meets Garry Kasparov, one of the greats of world chess and a champion for human rights, in Vilnius. #Cambodia @Kasparov63
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@RainsySam
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5 years
I will depart from Paris on Thursday November 7. I will arrive in Bangkok on Friday November 8 to be ready to enter #Cambodia on Saturday November 9. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
BREAKING: #SamRainsy and two other CNRP officials (and elected MPs) are arriving at Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport (Terminal 3) at 17:30 by MH723. #Cambodia #Indonesia #Malaysia
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@RainsySam
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1 year
Happy Khmer New Year to Cambodians and friends of Cambodia everywhere.
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
My request to you to allow me safe passage through your country . . . is based on my responsibility to those supporters who have suffered so much, and to all Cambodians, who deserve a chance at a democratic debate over the future of their society. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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5 years
I have now been unblocked by Indonesia's immigration service. #SamRainsy #Cambodia #Indonesia #Malaysia
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1 year
#SamRainsy in Washington to seek international support for the forces of democracy in #Cambodia .
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
A straight, barefaced lie by Hun Sen who is too scared to face me and too scared to admit the truth that his time has gone. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Only slaves might appreciate the "peace of the cemetery" as proposed by Hun Sen. There can be no real peace without justice, freedom, judicial, physical and mental security for everybody. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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5 years
I have landed at CDG airport in Paris. #SamRainsy
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1 year
Cambodians Will Use Null and Void Votes to Call for Genuine Elections, #SamRainsy writes in The Diplomat
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1 year
A fake election held in the interests of one man only deserves a null and void vote. #Cambodia deserves a real election. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
3 years
ASEAN Needs a New Vision to End the #Myanmar Killings: Joint Press Statement by @fadliyzon @anwaribrahim @kikopangilinan @charleschong @kasitpirom & #SamRainsy
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3 years
Shocking photo shows punishment and humiliation of lockdown violators in Phnom Penh. Many are hungry and have no choice but to go outside to try to get food. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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5 years
13 November 2019 I missed my flight from Kuala Lumpur this afternoon but will catch another flight tomorrow morning for Jakarta. Will arrive at Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 10:10 am by flight MH711. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
2 years
Hun Sen has achieved absolutely nothing in #Myanmar and his mission there has been a catastrophe. The junta is using him and #ASEAN to try to win international legitimacy. They know Hun Sen is weak enough to manipulate. A stronger leader would refuse to play the game. #SamRainsy
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I am currently blocked by Immigration Service at Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport. I can not leave Indonesia. #SamRainsy #Cambodia #Indonesia #Malaysia
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
United States senators, representatives introduce legislation to hold the #Cambodia government accountable for abuses and corruption that undermine democracy and human rights.
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Events in Cambodia are moving very fast because of the Cambodian people’s struggle from inside the country and international pressure from abroad. In particular, the EU has just issued an ultimatum to Hun Sen pressuring him to restore democracy before Dec 12. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
We are receiving huge numbers of photos of spoiled ballots via Telegram. This voter added added a heart with Sam Rainsy written inside.
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Rainsy Sam
10 months
#Cambodia , a least developed country, has money for billboards in New York congratulating the son who was given a job by his father. #SamRainsy
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I resign as CNRP leader for the sake of the party. In all circumstances I cherish and uphold the CNRP’s ideals in my heart. #SamRainsy
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5 years
“It is important for the future of our bilateral relationship that you put Cambodia back on the path of democratic governance,” US President Donald Trump wrote to Hun Sen. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
A null and void vote is the only fair response to a null and void election in #Cambodia on 23 July. It's also a way to collectively call for real elections with real opposition. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
2 years
Many thanks to Joe Biden for raising the issue of Theary Seng and Cambodia's political prisoners with Hun Sen. #SamRainsy #Cambodia @POTUS
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1 year
Hun Sen has never won a genuine democratic election. He has no mandate, and neither will the successor regime of his son. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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5 years
Letter from US President Donald Trump to Hun Sen on the importance of the re-evaluating "certain decisions" which have put Cambodia's future "at great risk." #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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5 years
Restoring democracy in Cambodia also means guaranteeing Cambodia's independence and neutrality. #SamRainsy opposes Chinese colonialism and the establishment of Chinese military bases on Cambodia's soil. via @YouTube
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5 years
2/3 For Hun Sen's first positive gesture -- attributable to increasing internal and external pressure -- to be meaningful, the ludicrous "treason" charge levied against Kem Sokha must be dropped, thus eliminating all restrictions on his freedom. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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"We expect Kem Sokha to be fully released and his political rights reinstated so that he can play a full part in political life. We also expect the Cambodian authorities to reinstate the political rights of all opposition members banned from political life".
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Gunnar Wiegand
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Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest developments in Cambodia - European External Action Service
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1 year
Here's the range of possible choices open to #Cambodia voters who want a genuine election. #SamRainsy
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1 year
1/2 Through the elections on July 23 which he manipulated for his own benefit, Hun Sen sought above all to solve the problem of his succession. He wanted to transfer power to Hun Manet on a silver platter, but the illegitimate electoral exercise has made this impossible.
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Because #Cambodia deserves a real election. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
RESPONSES TO THE TWO QUESTIONS RECENTLY MOST ASKED TO SAM RAINSY 1-WHY DID YOU NOT RETURN TO CAMBODIA AS ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2019? 2- DID YOU REALLY PLAN TO STAGE A COUP D'ETAT? Please read full statement below. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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1 year
Hun Sen blows with the wind - even his allies realise that they can't trust his family regime. #SamRainsy #Cambodia #Thailand
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We call on the signatories to the 1991 Paris Peace Accords, and UN system institutions, to take steps to encourage the Cambodian authorities to meet their treaty obligations and respect international human rights conventions. #SamRainsy
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1/2 Yu Chantheany, aged 25, is a victim of political persecution in #Cambodia . She is now in Thailand with refugee status granted by the UNHCR. She was a TV presenter on #SamRainsy 's Facebook page.
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2/2 Latest information is that this handicapped political prisoner, Phun Yut of Siem Reap province, who the authorities have accused of rebellion and treason, has still not been released despite the EU request to Hun Sen to immediately release all political prisoners. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Today November 7 at 7 pm (19:00) Cambodia time Sam Rainsy will address the Cambodian people live through his Facebook page.
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
You won't find any opinion polls in the run up to #Cambodia 's "election" - because the government knows they would show majority support for the opposition. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
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There's no way a French Cambodian such as myself can vote for a Macronist candidate after the abject failures of @EmmanuelMacron to address human rights abuses under Hun Sen. A strong opposition is needed under any system to prevent dictatorship. #SamRainsy #Cambodia @elysee
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Rainsy Sam
7 years
My daughter Sandana Rachel graduates at Harvard. CNRP-led govt to provide educational opportunity with scholarships, bank loans. #SamRainsy
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1/3 The release of Kem Sokha from house arrest -- with still many restrictions on his freedom -- is a small step in the right direction toward a resolution of Cambodia's worsening political crisis. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Hun Sen's desire to make his son Hun Manet next PM reflects his fear of losing impunity. His plan will fail because Cambodia is a country, not a piece of private property. No-one outside the Hun family wants this for #Cambodia . #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Next up for Magnitsky sanctions: #Cambodia #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
8 months
The Hun dictatorship in #Cambodia is using fake AI images to suggest a sense of contentment under Hun Manet. The image on the right never happened anywhere except on a computer screen. On the left is a real image from this year's water festival.
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
The EU has called on Cambodia to protect labor and human rights associated with land titling, press freedom, political participation, trade unions for teachers and informal workers, and other areas, to keep its duty-free trade access. #Cambodia #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
11 months
#SamRainsy will be speaking on the BBC's HardTalk progamme on Thursday August 17. #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
An empty charade of an election takes place on Sunday. Cambodians thirst for democracy and have turned out in huge numbers in every election since 1993 when there has been any kind of choice. They deserve a real election. #SamRainsy
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6 years
News of Kem Sokha release arrives as #SamRainsy speaking in Canada. #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
A Minister representing the French government confirmed that France would support any decision by the European Union to suspend the trade privilege system known as EBA if the Hun Sen regime refuses to restore democracy. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
#Cambodia : French Senator raises the question of EU preliminary report on EBA via @YouTube #Cambodge #SamRainsy
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We appeal to the UN Human Rights Council and the international community to ensure that the return of CNRP leaders to #Cambodia on November 9 becomes an opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
A spoiled ballot is a call for a real election in #Cambodia with real opposition. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
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Rainsy Sam
4 years
Please sign, retweet and share the petition to end impunity for state-backed killings in #Cambodia . Our target is 15,000 signatures. #SamRainsy
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"Cambodia My native land A sad homeland that has been twisted and torn I swear to free you from the grip of your predators and torturers." #SamRainsy arrives at Phnom Penh airport in July 2013.
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@RainsySam
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6 years
Hun Sen's daughter has desposited $42 million at HSBC bank in New York. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
3 years
As a dictator steeped in decades of violence, Hun Sen has no concept of collective decision making. Myanmar, Cambodia and ASEAN as a whole are paying the price. #SamRainsy #Cambodia #Myanmar
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Rainsy Sam
6 years
GREAT news !!!! EU may consider specific targeted measures in #Cambodia . I am very hopeful that, from now, the situation in Cambodia will reverse course. The Cambodian people finally start to see the light of democracy, freedom and justice. #SamRainsy
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1 year
The international community reneged on its promise in the Paris Peace Agreements. Hun Sen should be a pariah - but governments kept working with him. Now he's free to hand over power to his son. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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1 year
Spoiling the ballot is not contrary to any law and is a legitimate act by a protesting voter. Hun Sen’s government has destroyed the election process by blocking the opposition from running. The real crime consists in the destruction of democracy itself. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Britain has promised to introduce a Magnitksy law after #Brexit to punish human rights violations. Hun Sen must be top of the list. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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6 years
I am always open to meeting with Hun Sen's government in order to find a peaceful solution to this unprecedented crisis, a solution that would be acceptable to both sides, with international guarantees. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Happy New Year to all Cambodians and friends of Cambodia. Free all the political prisoners now. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Kem Sokha's show trial will start on January 15. Only his acquittal and the dropping of the spurious charge against him - with the logical consequence of the rehabilitation of the CNRP - can open the way to a real restoration of democracy in Cambodia. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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7 years
I will return to #Cambodia in 2018. Hun Sen is not eternal. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
Sam Rainsy has arrived in the US. #Cambodia #FreeKemSokha
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1 year
A delegation of Muslim Cambodians welcome #SamRainsy this evening at Kuala Lumpur airport, #Malaysia .
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
There is only one reason why Candlelight is banned. Hun Sen is scared that he will be defeated if he allows it to stand. He knew that the CNRP would win if allowed to run in 2018. Nothing has changed since in terms of the desire of Cambodians for democratic change. #SamRainsy
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Hun Sen has not been prosecuted in France for his part in the grenade attack in Phnom Penh in March 1997 which left 16 dead because he has immunity as head of government. That immunity ends as soon as he stands down: he can be brought before a French court at any time. #SamRainsy
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"There is no humanity without freedom," #SamRainsy tells global democrats at the World Liberty Congress in Vilnius. #Cambodia @WLCongress
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4 years
1/2 The EU's decision on EBA is a blessing in disguise as it represents a powerful call for reform. To avoid relying on EBA, Cambodia needs to improve its industry’s competitiveness abroad and productivity at home. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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2 years
#SamRainsy : I will be present in Cambodia to respond to the latest convocation from the Phnom Penh court, which has summoned me to appear before the judge on September 15, 2022, if Prime Minister Hun Sen logically agrees to lift the three following bans imposed by the government:
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11 months
No legitimacy for #Cambodia 's family dictatorship. #SamRainsy
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7 years
#Democracy still has a future in #Cambodia . Please visit my website and support us if you can. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Hun Sen is trapped in Kem Sokha's trial in that he cannot move forward (no serious evidence) and cannot go back either (dropping the charges against Kem Sokha would mean he would have to reinstate the CNRP and to organise new elections, which he would lose). #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
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Sam Rainsy's challenge to Hun Sen: As leader of the CNRP until 2017, I offer to take the place of Kem Sokha as the accused in the "treason" case. All the claims made against Kem Sokha concern the period before 2017. #SamRainsy #Cambodia via @YouTube
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EU Close to Suspending Cambodia’s Trade Preferences, says @EUbulletin #Cambodia #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
I salute the courage and dignity of Kem Sokha who has resisted Hun Sen’s pressure to force him to admit his “crimes” (with the prospect of a royal “pardon”) and abandon the opposition democracy movement, the CNRP, the Candlelight Party and myself. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
"Peace" under the Hun Sen regime is no different from "peace" under the Pol Pot regime. It's a fake peace which only results in silence as a result of terror and fear. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
Only slaves might appreciate the "peace of the cemetery" as proposed by Hun Sen. There can be no real peace without justice, freedom, judicial, physical and mental security for everybody. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
1 year
#Myanmar junta is copying Hun Sen in #Cambodia where the peaceful opposition CNRP has been banned since 2017. Hun Sen knows the CNRP would win a real election. Lack of international repercussions for his actions encouraged the junta in Myanmar. @elysee @EmmanuelMacron
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Mark Farmaner
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The military dissolving political parties including the NLD goes further than they ever dared before. They will never compromise. There will be no negotiated solution. The only hope for the future of Myanmar is the complete removal of the Myanmar military.
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6 years
#SamRainsy addresses deputies at EU Parliament in Strasbourg before adoption of historic resolution on #Cambodia today. (Français) #Cambodge
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Rainsy Sam
7 years
វីរភាព របស់លោកប្រធាន ត្រូវបាន មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន ជាតិ អន្តជាតិ ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ មន្រ្តីរាជការ គ្រប់ស្រទាប់វណ្ណៈ ទទួលស្គាល់ថាលោកជាអ្នកប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ #SamRainsy #cnrpwin2018
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My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost their loved ones in Cambodia's latest fatal construction disaster in Kep province. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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My best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Prime Minister Mr. Hun Sen. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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Rainsy Sam
5 years
It is obvious now that international pressure is effective because Hun Sen is afraid and cannot afford to reject the EU’s rightful demands including a dropping of all charges levied against Kem Sokha and all CNRP activists. #SamRainsy
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Rainsy Sam
3 years
In some countries a coup may happen from time to time. But in #Cambodia Hun Sen stages a coup every day to ensure the continuous suppression of the people's constitutional rights and freedoms and to retain the dictator's absolute power. #SamRainsy
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This Sunday, November 3, hundreds of Cambodian workers living in Japan gathered at Hiroshima (in the Southwest of Japan, 670 km from Tokyo) and took part in a march to protest against the dictatorial Hun Sen regime and to support #SamRainsy 's return to Cambodia on November 9.
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Rainsy Sam
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