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Forum Urges Women to Get Involved in Elections
Women from around the country met at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh yesterday to discuss ways to encourage more women to become politically active and participate in the July 28national election.
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Prosecutor Urges Dropping Some Charges in Beehive Radio Case
PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian Court of Appeals on Wednesday concluded a hearing in the case against Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando, but a decision is not expected until later this month. Appeals Court prosecutor Heng Rith urged the court to drop two of four charges: inciting people to bear arms and insurrection and illegal interference in public duties. The remaining charges, fomenting opposition to government officials and opposition to legal authority, should remain, Heng Rith said. And a third charge, for illegal logging, should be added, he told the court Wednesday.
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Striking KR Tribunal Staff Change Terms for Return to Work
Striking national translators and interpreters at the Khmer Rouge war crime yesterday altered the term for their a return work, saying they would end their protest if they are paid salaries for the month of December.
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Residents Say Evicted From Land Was Illegal
About 200 armed police officers and local authorities yesterday forcibly evicted 21 families from their home in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district and destroyed their houses with excavators and bulldozers.
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Court upholds 19 yr sentence for former prosecutor
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The Supreme Court upheld Wednesday the 19 year prison sentence for former Pursat Provincial prosecutor, Tob Chansereyvuth, who was charged with corruption. He was sentenced in May, 2011, by Pursat Provincial Court on charges of kidnapping, illegal detention and bribery. The court sentenced his driver Chhit Vuthy, 40, to 16 years, bodyguard Ros Samnang, 42, to 15 years and brother-in-law, 42, to 18 years in prison. They were ordered to pay four million riels in restitution for their crimes. Tob Chansereyvuth and his two accomplises were arrested in November, 2010, by the Anti-Corruption Unit under cooperation with the local police.
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Cambodian court begins hearing appeal of dissident radio station owner sentenced to 20 years
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - A Cambodian court has begun hearing the appeal of a radio station owner who claims his 20-year prison sentence on insurrection charges was the result of a political vendetta by the government. The lawyer defending 71-year-old Mam Sonando, Sar Sovan, said Tuesday that the Appeals Court hearing was expected to last three days. Mam Sonando's Beehive Radio is one of the country's few radio stations broadcasting criticism of Prime Minister Hun Sen's government. Human rights groups say his conviction was unsupported by evidence and are seeking his release. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted Mam Sonando last October on four insurrection and rebellion counts on the basis of his alleged links to a secessionist movement in eastern Cambodia blamed for a violent conflict over land-grabbing. He denies any involvement.
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Cambodian activist in bid to overturn conviction
Rights groups criticise 'veritable death sentence' against Mam Sonando for speaking out against controversial land grabs A Cambodian journalist has launched an appeal to overturn a 20-year conviction for allegedly masterminding a government insurrection, a sentence rights groups have called a "veritable death sentence" against the ageing activist for speaking out against land grabs.
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Former governor's case to be reviewed
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The Court of Appeals ordered SvayRieng Provincial Court to review the case of former Bavet governor, ChhoukBandith, who fired at protesting workers. The decision was announced Monday after the two-day hearings last week. Among those in attendance were 20 witnesses and the three victims with their two defense lawyers.
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Translators Strike at Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Halting Proceedings
PHNOM PENH - More than two dozen translators and interpreters at the UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal went on strike Monday, making their announcement into the court’s public address system as a hearing was nearly under way. Cambodian staff have not been paid salaries since December, with the court facing serious funding shortages as it undertakes only its second trial since 2006.
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UN Representative calls on KRT to investigate sexualized violence.
A U.N. representative on sexual violence has called on the Khmer Rouge tribunal to include the victims of rape during the POL Pot regime in the ongoing investigations in Case 002.
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Cambodian activist slams 'unjust' jail term at appeal
PHNOM PENH (AFP) -- A prominent critic of Cambodia's government lashed out against his 20-year jail term at an appeal hearing Tuesday, as hundreds of supporters massed outside the court calling for his release. Radio station owner Mam Sonando, who has dual Cambodian-French citizenship, was convicted in October on charges including insurrection and inciting people to take up arms against the state. "The allegations are very unjust," Sonando, who is considered by Amnesty International to be a prisoner of conscience, told a hearing at the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh packed with foreign diplomats and rights activists. "I cannot accept the conviction by the lower court," he added, saying he was a scapegoat for "troublemakers" who wanted him to take the blame for unrest triggered by a land dispute.
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Appeals Court Picks Up Shooting Case Against Former Bavet Governor
PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian Court of Appeals held a hearing Wednesday in a case against a former city governor accused of shooting into a group of demonstrators, injuring three, last year. ChhoukBandith, the former governor of Bavet town, SvayRieng Province, is being charged in the shooting.
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Call for Flexibility in Cambodian Wage Talks
The Cambodian government on Wednesday called on unions and employers to be flexible in their negotiations over an increase in the minimum wage for garment and footwear workers as the two sides remained poles apart following a second straight day of tense talks.
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National staff on strike over salary
PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Staff of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal strike Monday because they haven't been paid since December, officials said. The strike of about 20 translation staff members caused the court to be delayed.
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Women politicians call for increased participation
As many as 14 women politicians from Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, the Philippines and Timor Leste called for bigger and better female political representation and participation in Southeast Asia. The call was made during the regional Women’s Leadership Forum Promoting Women’s Representation in Southeast Asia held in Kuta over the weekend. Hosted by Kemitraan and the Female Legislators of the Republic of Indonesia (KPP-RI), the two-day forum was attended by women’s activists working in political parties and civil society in the region to celebrate the achievements already made in the ongoing efforts to secure gender equality in politics. The forum is part of the regional program “Building Sustainable Partnerships to Promote Women’s Political Representation in Southeast Asia” that is supported by Kemitraan in partnership with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the Indonesian Women’s Coalition (KPI), Persatuan Kesedaran Komuniti Selangor (EMPOWER) of Malaysia, the Women’s Caucus of Timor Leste, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Center for Popular Empowerment (CPE) of the Philippines. The program was launched in April 2011 with the main focus on strengthening female political representation in the region, specifically achieving the minimum target of 30 percent female political representation in Southeast Asia.
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Final wage offer for Garment workers is 75$
The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) informed the government yesterday that their final offer in minimum wage negotiations with the country’s unions is $75 per month, $25 less than the unions had wanted.
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Amnesty International wants Sonando released.
Amnesty International has called for the release of independent radio station owner Mam Sonando ahead of the start of his Appeal Court hearing today against his conviction and jailing in October for 20 years.
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Bundith ordered to stand trial for triple shooting.
The appeal court yesterday reinstated the charge of causing unintentional injury against ChhoukBundith, the former governor of Bavet City, who is accused of shooting three female garment factory workers during a protest outside a sport shoe factory in Bavet City last year.
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As Mam Sonando case goes to appeal, Cambodian rights group releases legal analysis of his sentencing
Cambodian Center for Human Rights 5 March 2013 (CCHR/IFEX) - With Mam Sonando's Court of Appeal hearing scheduled to begin on 5 March 2013, CCHR released a legal analysis of his charging and sentencing in the court of first instance hearing in October 2012. On 1 October 2012 71-year-old journalist and human rights defender Mam Sonando was found guilty of instigating an insurrection in Pro Ma village, Kratie province - the site of a land conflict and forced eviction. Mam Sonando was charged under six articles of the Penal Code 2009 as follows: Articles 456 and 457, which prohibit insurrection and stipulate the attached penalties, respectively; Article 464, which prohibits incitement to take up arms against the state authority; Article 504, which prohibits the obstruction of public officials with aggravating circumstances; Article 609, which prohibits unlawful interference in the discharge of public functions; and Article 28, which establishes criminal liability for the instigation of a felony or misdemeanor under Cambodian law (together, the "Charges"). Despite a stark lack of evidence to link him with the alleged secession in Pro Ma village, Mam Sonando was sentenced to 20 years in prison - a veritable death sentence for a man of his age.
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KR Tribunal stopped by strike over salaries.
Proceeding at the Khmer Rouge war crimes tribunal were halted yesterday when Cambodian staff from the Interpretation ad Translation Unit (ITU) went on strike, saying they would not return to work until they are paid their salaries.
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