The Council of Ministers issued a letter this morning to lift the travel ban on former opposition president Sam Rainsy, eight months after the government formally banned airlines from flying him into the country.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-

rainsy-travel-ban-lifted?utm_content=buffere08b8&utm_medium=social&

utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffe

In a keynote speech at a Forum on Democratic Governance organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Bangkok, Chair of LI’s Human Rights Committee Markus Loening has spoken of the importance of civil society in a vibrant democracy.
http://www.liberal-international.org/
site/LI_HRC_Chair_Markus_Loening
_addresses_democratic_governance_
forum_in_Bangkok.html

Announcements:

CALD Women’s Caucus Conference

Theme: Women Empowering Women: Experiences Across Asia
10-14 August 2017
Taipei, Taiwan

BURMA

State Counsellor visits NLD’s patron at YGH
June 15 201
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/10045  

CAMBODIA
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Mocks Former Opposition Party Leader as ‘Coward’
June 15 2017
http://www.rfa.org/
english/news/cambodia
/cambodias-prime-minister-mocks
-former-opposition-party-leader-as-
coward-06152017163602.html

Cambodia Annuls Sam Rainsy Travel Ban
June 14 2017
http://www.rfa.org/english
/news/cambodia/ban-06142017171821.html

PHILIPPINES
9,000 undocumented evacuees yet to receive relief goods
June 18 2017
http://www.philstar.com/
headlines/2017/06/18/1711142/
9000-undocumented-evacuees-yet-receive-relief-goods

SINGAPORE
SDP: Allegations by PM Lee’s siblings raise concerns regarding present administration of Singapore
June 16 2017
https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2017/06/16/sdp-allegations-by-pm-lees-siblings-raise-concerns-regarding-present-administration-of-singapore/     

LIBERAL INTERNATIONAL
Promoting Tolerance Program inspires advancement of democracy and civil society
June 16 2017
http://www.liberal-international.org/
site/Promoting_Tolerance_
Program_inspires_advancement_of_
democracy_and_civil_society.html