CALD NEWS YOU CAN USE Week of 6 – 13 of June 2016

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Philippines Wins Case Vs China

This ruling by an arbitral tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, on the maritime dispute on the West Philippine Sea comes after a 3-year process pursued by Manila but snubbed by Beijing

Read more:
http://www.rappler.com/nation/137202-philippines-china-ruling-case-west-philippine-sea

 

Kem Ley, a prominent Cambodian political activist and government critic, has been shot dead in the capital Phnom Penh.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36757370

After more than three years since the Philippines’ arbitration case against China was filed, the Arbitral Tribunal has reached a historic decision on the decades-old maritime dispute over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).

Read more:
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/140839/inquirerseven-faqs-philippines-vs-china-arbitration-case-maritime-dispute-west-philippine-sea-itlos-unclos

The European Parliament looks more and more like the hunger games these days, with an unprecedented power struggle in the administration for control, and the political level for the next Parliament Presidency.

Read more:
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/german-leadership-warfare-in-the-european-parliament/

In a few short years, Leni Robredo has ascended from relative political obscurity to become the Philippines’ vice-president. But with a hostile president and a slim majority, it could be tough at the top.

Read more:
http://sea-globe.com/19809-2-leni-robredo-portrait/

Announcements:

CALD Youth-IFLRY Climate Change Workshop

“Social Media Campaign and Climate Change Advocacy”
19 – 22 August 2016 | Bali, Indonesia
BURMA
Aung San Suu Kyi to Visit Malaysia in August

July 8 2016
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2016/07/07/a
ung-san-suu-kyi-to-visit-malaysia-in-august/ 
 

 

CAMBODIA
Cambodian Opposition Figure’s Killing Recall Darker Times
July 10 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/11/world/asia/kem-ley-cambodia.html?_r=0
Court Concludes Sokha Investigation
July 7 2016
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26898/court-concludes-sokha-investigation/

HONG KONG
Veterans Make Way for Kids
July 12 2016
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=171426

MONGOLIA
Mongolia’s Opposition Party Won 85 Percent of the Seats in Parliament with Only 45 Percent of the Vote
July 7 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/07/06/in-mongolia-the-opposition-party-won-85-of-the-seats-in-parliament-with-only-45-of-the-vote/

PHILIPPINES
Ex-Pres. Aquino on the ruling issued by the Permanent Court of Arbitration
July 12 2016
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/573466/news/nation/ex-pres-aquino-on-the-ruling-issued-by-the-permanent-court-of-arbitration 

 

SINGAPORE
SDP: Government must give a full account by answering questions on defective trains
July 8 2016
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2016/07/sdp-government-must-give-a-full-account-by-answering-questions-on-defective-trains/
THAILAND
Draft Thai Constitution Threatens to Cement Military Might

July 6 2016
http://sea-globe.com/thai-constitution-referendum/

 

 

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