http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/afp-midwives-on-motorbikes-spread-sex-sense-in-cambodia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/afp-midwives-on-motorbikes-spread-sex-sense-in-cambodia/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:46:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105194 AFP: Sitting in the shade of a large tree and surrounded by a group of women, Cambodian midwife Ly Siyan holds up a colourful poster displaying a range of contraception options. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/01/afp-midwives-on-motorbikes-spread-sex-sense-in-cambodia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/cambodia-takes-dispute-with-thailand-to-un-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/cambodia-takes-dispute-with-thailand-to-un-court/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:10:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102605 Forbes: Cambodia has asked the United Nations' highest court to order Thailand to withdraw troops and halt military activity around a temple at the center of a decades-old border dispute that has flared into deadly military clashes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/03/cambodia-takes-dispute-with-thailand-to-un-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:27:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98856 Telegraph: "Cambodia has banned foreign men over the age of 50 marrying local women in an effort to combat sham marriages and human trafficking." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/28/canadian-man-gets-11-years-for-sex-tourism-charges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/28/canadian-man-gets-11-years-for-sex-tourism-charges/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:27:51 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=66851 Boston.com (AP): "The B.C. Superior Court in Vancouver, British Columbia, sentenced Kenneth Klassen on Wednesday to 10 years for 14 counts of sex tourism and one year for one count of importing pornography." | B.C. Supreme Court recent judgments ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/07/28/canadian-man-gets-11-years-for-sex-tourism-charges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/cambodia-citywide-crackdown-targets-pornography-at-bubble-tea-shops/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/cambodia-citywide-crackdown-targets-pornography-at-bubble-tea-shops/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:12:31 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=57486 The Phnom Penh Post: "Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema has ordered city authorities to inspect bubble tea shops suspected of doubling as pornography theatres and drug dens, and Daun Penh district officials said they were also enforcing a crackdown on restaurants and bars that play loud music after midnight." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/07/cambodia-citywide-crackdown-targets-pornography-at-bubble-tea-shops/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/cambodian-bans-women-from-marrying-south-koreans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/cambodian-bans-women-from-marrying-south-koreans/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:15:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/2010/03/19/cambodian-bans-women-from-marrying-south-koreans/ AP: "Cambodia has temporarily barred its citizens from marrying South Korean men after two dozen women were sold into marriage by matchmakers - the second time the government has imposed such a ban." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/03/19/cambodian-bans-women-from-marrying-south-koreans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/18/abc-inside-investigation-tracking-suspected-american-pedophiles-in-camobodia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/18/abc-inside-investigation-tracking-suspected-american-pedophiles-in-camobodia/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:10:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=36359 ABC investigators Dan Harris, Almin Karamhmedovic, and Aude Soichet: "Cambodia has long been a top destination for pedophiles from the United States and all over the world, according to law enforcement officials and humanitarian groups . . . We were some of the first journalists the Cambodian government had ever allowed inside Preysar prison -- the largest in Cambodia. We talk to other alleged American sex offenders who've been busted by APLE and other organizations." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/18/abc-inside-investigation-tracking-suspected-american-pedophiles-in-camobodia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/01/men-arrested-in-cambodia-are-the-first-prosecuted-under-trafficking-initiative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/01/men-arrested-in-cambodia-are-the-first-prosecuted-under-trafficking-initiative/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:39:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34931 Washington Post: "Three Americans accused of traveling to Cambodia to have sex with children are expected to be charged in federal court here, officials said Monday, marking the first prosecutions under a new international initiative intended to combat child-sex tourism." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/09/01/men-arrested-in-cambodia-are-the-first-prosecuted-under-trafficking-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/medical-abortion-drugs-set-for-cambodian-registration/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/medical-abortion-drugs-set-for-cambodian-registration/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:08:52 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32028 The Phnom Penh Post: "In a bid to make safe abortions more accessible, the Department of Drugs and Food is set to register the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol, said John Naponick, who works with the government as director of the Reduction in Maternal Mortality Project." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/medical-abortion-drugs-set-for-cambodian-registration/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:42:40 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26145 reports in the Mercury News: "A half-million young women are trafficked each year around the world, according to the U.S. State Department. In Vietnam, the government recently reported that last year there were 6,684 victims of trafficking, with 2,579 returned to their homes. It also said there were 21,038 people reported missing who could have been sold into prostitution." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/05/globalizations-ugly-side-sex-slavery/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/cambodia-sees-higher-sex-trafficking-during-crisis/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/cambodia-sees-higher-sex-trafficking-during-crisis/#comments Wed, 06 May 2009 18:30:58 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=23420 Reuters: "Cambodia expects an increase in prostitution and human trafficking as the unemployment rate climbs during the economic downturn, the country's secretary of state said on Wednesday." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/05/06/cambodia-sees-higher-sex-trafficking-during-crisis/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/06/cambodia-creates-new-body-to-regulate-foreign-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/06/cambodia-creates-new-body-to-regulate-foreign-marriage/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:29:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=11823 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/06/cambodia-creates-new-body-to-regulate-foreign-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/26/oxnard-man-faces-210-year-sentence-for-sexually-abusing-cambodian-girls/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/26/oxnard-man-faces-210-year-sentence-for-sexually-abusing-cambodian-girls/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:50:33 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=7890 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/09/26/oxnard-man-faces-210-year-sentence-for-sexually-abusing-cambodian-girls/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/12/cambodia-tackles-human-trafficking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/12/cambodia-tackles-human-trafficking/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=5000 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/12/cambodia-tackles-human-trafficking/feed/ 0