Advocating for better/fairer #foreignaid #humanrights and #governance for vulnerable and indigenous peoples worldwide especially Cambodia & St Helena Island.
Takhmau, Cambodia /Alnwick, UK
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#Cambodia As there is a conspiracy of silence, never any replies from government ministries (Khmer or English), will this one to @Dr_Hunmanet_PM's Facebook work? Only one ministry has replied, telling us to ask the others. @saophalniseiy @prakchanthul #Cambodia @RapporteurUn
Although most in #Cambodia are Buddhists they retain animist beliefs, as seen they give offerings to #Takhmau "Black Grand-Pa roundabout. Did he give them luck in their game? Great image from Jee Leng to go with and opposite mine. facebook.com/jee.leng.990639 xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1152…
Basically it says that Cambodians are rarely ideologists in any form including religious beliefs. In reality they draw from all kinds of influences.- most notable with #indigenous people who happliy adopt, adapt and mix animism, Buddhism and christianity. anorthumbrianabroad.blogspot…
How long before #Kampot's latest attraction becomes a place of worship and to obtain good luck? #Cambodia (📷@KhmerTimes)
I just wonder if people need more salutary warnings in order to observe restrictions. Learn from #Cambodia outbreaknewstoday.substack.c… @OwenWTYounger @ChronicleLive @alnwickgazette
One very good reason why regulation of social media everywhere is needed not just for under 16s but especially for them. A @facebook post circulating now. Children all around the world can see it. @JoshMacAlister @dsnorthnorth @Jess4Lowestoft facebook.com/reel/1407405674…
Usual question at @UN_HRC @UNHumanRights - which human rights does #Cambodia respect? Not all, not political rights, not all civil rights and definitely not freedom of expression. @RapporteurUn
Cambodia Reaffirms Commitment to Human Rights and Calls for Safe Return of Displaced Citizens at UN Human Rights Council akp.gov.kh/post/detail/38341…
Thank you for.... US$2 a month basic pay rise! Inflation is 3.5%, so that's a real cut of at least $5. #Cambodia kiripost.com/stories/garment… @Kiripost xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1963…
Must be scope for this modest rise: even with the #Trump 19% tariffs - #BanglaDesh is on 20% plus it awarded 9% pay rise to its garment workers this year. Looks like @GMAC_Cambodia is taking advantage again? @centralcambodia bangladeshbeyondthelabel.com…
John Lowrie retweeted
CAMBODIA: A new CIVICUS Monitor update highlights the continued criminalisation of activists, journalists, opposition members and individuals for their online expression.
Read more:
monitor.civicus.org/explore/…
📷 Photo credit: Facebook
#Cambodia #CivicSpace #HumanRights
Just one of #Cambodia's educational institutions closely allied to the ruling party. It's easy to find out. xitter.gq/Dr_Hunmanet_PM/status/…
វីដេអូសង្ខេប សម្តេចមហាបវរធិបតី ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី នៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា អញ្ជើញជាអធិបតី “ប្រគល់សញ្ញាបត្រជូនដល់និស្សិតជ័យលាភី ថ្នាក់បរិញ្ញាបត្ររង ថ្នាក់បរិញ្ញាបត្រ ថ្នាក់បរិញ្ញាបត្រជាន់ខ្ពស់ ថ្នាក់បណ្ឌិត និងបណ្ឌិតកិត្តិយស នៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ អាស៊ី អឺរ៉ុប”។
រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ព្រឹកថ្ងៃសុក្រ ទី២ តុលា ២០២៦
#ហ៊ុនម៉ាណែត #Hunmanet #កម្ពុជា #cambodia #សន្តិភាពនៅកម្ពុជា #Peaceincambodia
I'm not allowed to comment, so will. "Good discussion"? We know what is needed for free, fair, credible elections and by when. #Cambodia's partners, those who give money and with leverage, together, must insist on it now. @suecoffey21 #MeachSovannara xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1683…
Fair statement although always good to make the point that the quality of an election and the electoral process is determined not around polling day but in the years in-between and the months in the run-up. #Cambodia xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1529…
@RapporteurUn encapsulates #Cambodia perfectly after his first short visit. Strange that diplomats who live in the country don't express what he and others like us see.
Illustrates perfectly where current #UK policies go wrong, denoting priority for a country's elite, an inner-group well-known about since a landmark @GlobalWitness report and recent scams, to be very suspect. @commonsforeign xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1311…
To be read and inwardly digested by those in #UK keen to do a trade deal with #Cambodia's elite - the same kleptocracy inner-circle per @Global_Witness. A few unexplained wealth orders would not go amiss. xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1306…
And definitely no time for ordinary folks' mundane problems! xitter.gq/ukincambodia/status/21…
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Salutary reading as we know complicit authorities and indifferent conservation NGOs just don't do the right thing. One thing? Is forest-cover defined, taking out modern mono-plantations (rubber etc) it masks much of actual losses. @geraldrflynn @mongabay xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/2085…
@SarahChampionMP @CommonsIDC @BritishAid not exactly at its best. Is it not odd to ask for three budget proposals 3% increase, 3% decrease, and a mixed variation or a fourth, zero-based one with inflation at 8.2%? Austerity and hardship for Saints!
Plus a glimpse of food prices on #StHelena despite local wages far below minimum pay in #UK. You can get a tin of [child-food staple] baked beans for under 30p - @Tesco £0.28 @AldiUK £0.27. @SarahChampionMP @CommonsIDC @TravelStHelena @Matte_Cox dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
@kirstyjmcneill We hope this comes across your desk. @UKLabour wouldn't want to allow #ChildPoverty #PensionerPoverty to rise sharply even if @FCDOGovUK and @hmtreasury do. Worse is @StHelenaGovt deters instead of encouraging self-help community activity. facebook.com/groups/43926196…
Not if they're on the invitation list or perceptively connected to some who are. xitter.gq/jdanielsims/status/206…
I anxiously await my invitation to this Orwellian convening.
phnompenhpost.com/national/s…
Interesting if media like @BBC @abcnews give it any credence and if they delve beyond the chosen words and presentations. Not just elite remaining undisturbed but fundamentals of a "working perfectly" system. @pakhead @jdanielsims @sstrangio @dougdingwall thediplomat.com/2026/09/camb…
".... chronic procrastination and task paralysis are not normal."
I can think of one potential major customer if unwilling to recognise it has a problem let alone the will to address it. xitter.gq/GetTheFabulous/status/… xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1961…
True and the problem as always is made worse by @ukhomeoffice by making simple requests like extensions so difficiult and complicated as it did during Covid when no international travel existed. Micro-management, delays. @covidinquiryuk
John Lowrie retweeted
“We are seeing a global explosion of what I would call election denialism.”
The newly published Global State of Democracy 2026 finds that in the United States most declining factors have now reached their lowest levels in 50 years.
International IDEA Secretary-General Kevin Casas-Zamora spoke to @AFP about the wider impact of the US decline, including how attacks on the credibility of elections can reverberate far beyond its borders.
#GSoD2026 #DemocraticResilience
Watch the AFP interview 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=Mc-x_z07…
No conflicts of interest of course. xitter.gq/LowrieJohn/status/1842… (@CICPCambodia: "H.E. Dr. KAO Kim Hourn
Minister Delegate Attached to Prime Minister, Former Executive Director of CICP, Member Board of Directors, CICP".)
“… #CivilSociety monitored…” - No, far worse than that. Legitimate NGOs, unions, media and think tanks are being infiltrated and false ones are being created with appearances of plausibility, loyal purely to ruling party,
You've got to give credit here. Is it the end of the centuries "Old Boys Club"? Or is they've appointed an Old Girl to give that impression? xitter.gq/DomWUK/status/20983226…
