Items tagged with cambodia
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The war on drugs is a war on human rights [15.05.2020] | One of the most appalling aspects of the war on drugs is that it can legitimise not just human rights abuses, but a complete rejection of human right ... |
Cambodian official says human rights 'need to be put aside' in drug war [13.05.2020] | A Cambodian official defended an anti-drug campaign that has been decried as rife with abuses, saying human rights “need to be put aside” to fight dr ... |
Human Rights and drug policy [01.01.2020] | The Transnational Institute (TNI) has always believed in the need to find global answers to global problems, been a strong defender of multilateralis ... |
The War on Drugs in Southeast Asia [29.01.2018] | While the world’s attention has been focused on the carnage of the Philippine Drug War, which has resulted in an estimated 13,000 deaths from anti-na ... |
Asia’s violent anti-drug crackdowns are hurting people, not the drug trade [09.11.2017] | With regional and international heads of state gathering in Manila for the 31st Asean Summit, it seems appropriate to examine whether there are more ... |
Why are abuse claims in Cambodia’s war on drugs being ignored? [17.05.2017] | On New Year’s Day, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen launched a six-month crackdown on the drug scourge that he said had become an increasing grievanc ... |
In Duterte’s footsteps, Hun Sen launches a drug war [09.02.2017] | Cambodia’s newly launched war on drugs is in full swing, with nearly 3,000 people arrested in the campaign’s first month of crime-busting. Authoritie ... |
Asia is still just saying no to drugs [14.01.2017] | Harsh penalties for drug offences are common across Asia. The sorts of alternatives now favoured in the West, such as diverting addicts to effective ... |
The high life [30.05.2015] | Cambodia has a complicated relationship with cannabis – which is believed to have been cultivated and used for medicinal, culinary and recreational p ... |
Partners in Crime [20.06.2012] | Millions of dollars in international aid for drug enforcement is spent in countries with extremely poor human rights records and with little or no ac ... |
Trees for Ecstasy [04.02.2009] | Many people believe that ecstasy is merely a synthetic drug that is manufactured solely with chemicals, so-called precursors. However, the main raw m ... |
The ATS Boom in Southeast Asia [15.01.2009] | In the 1990s, Southeast Asia experienced a boom in the production and consumption of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS), in particular methamphetamine ... |
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