• “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    The Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) and the Workers Information Center (WIC) are appalled at the response from international retail giants, Walmart and H&M, who refuse to accept any responsibility for the almost US$200,000 in lost wages and indemnity owed to former employees Kingsland Garment (Cambodia) Ltd.

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  • Jounalist Daniel Laine Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

    Jounalist Daniel Laine Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

    Phnom Penh, 30 January 2013 — The Phnom Penh Municipal Court confirmed yesterday the verdict pronounced against French reporter Daniel Lainé in 2010 and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for sex trafficking. However, it is widely believed that Mr. Lainé, who is currently in France, has been targeted for his investigative work into sex tourism and sex trafficking in Cambodia. The trial, which took place on 10 January and which the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) monitored, only served to demonstrate the absence of credible evidence against Mr. Lainé. He may have been a victim of judicial persecution for informing the public about sex trafficking and painting a “bad” image of Cambodia.

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  • “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    The Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) and the Workers Information Center (WIC) are appalled at the response from international retail giants, Walmart and H&M, who refuse to accept any responsibility for the almost US$200,000 in lost wages and indemnity owed to former employees Kingsland Garment (Cambodia) Ltd.

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  • Jounalist Daniel Laine Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

    Jounalist Daniel Laine Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison

    Phnom Penh, 30 January 2013 — The Phnom Penh Municipal Court confirmed yesterday the verdict pronounced against French reporter Daniel Lainé in 2010 and sentenced him to seven years imprisonment for sex trafficking. However, it is widely believed that Mr. Lainé, who is currently in France, has been targeted for his investigative work into sex tourism and sex trafficking in Cambodia. The trial, which took place on 10 January and which the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) monitored, only served to demonstrate the absence of credible evidence against Mr. Lainé. He may have been a victim of judicial persecution for informing the public about sex trafficking and painting a “bad” image of Cambodia.

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  • Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    URGENT ACTION CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONVICTED Two Cambodian women human rights defenders were convicted on baseless charges in separate trials on 26/27 December 2012. Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years in prison. Tim Sakmony from Borei Keila received a six-month sentence, partially suspended, and has been released.

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  • Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    URGENT ACTION CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONVICTED Two Cambodian women human rights defenders were convicted on baseless charges in separate trials on 26/27 December 2012. Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years in prison. Tim Sakmony from Borei Keila received a six-month sentence, partially suspended, and has been released.

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  • “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    “Corporate Social Deniability” – Walmart and H&M Refuse to Take Responsibility for Kingsland Workers

    The Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) and the Workers Information Center (WIC) are appalled at the response from international retail giants, Walmart and H&M, who refuse to accept any responsibility for the almost US$200,000 in lost wages and indemnity owed to former employees Kingsland Garment (Cambodia) Ltd.

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  • Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    Cambodian Human Rights Defenders Convicted

    URGENT ACTION CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CONVICTED Two Cambodian women human rights defenders were convicted on baseless charges in separate trials on 26/27 December 2012. Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years in prison. Tim Sakmony from Borei Keila received a six-month sentence, partially suspended, and has been released.

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  • 70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    Seventy per cent of countries leave the door open to waste and security threats as they lack the tools to prevent corruption in the defence sector, according to the first ever index measuring how governments prevent and counter corruption in defence, released by Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme. Those with poor controls include two-thirds of the largest arms importers and half of the biggest arms exporters in the world.

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  • 70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    Seventy per cent of countries leave the door open to waste and security threats as they lack the tools to prevent corruption in the defence sector, according to the first ever index measuring how governments prevent and counter corruption in defence, released by Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme. Those with poor controls include two-thirds of the largest arms importers and half of the biggest arms exporters in the world.

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  • CCHR and CASC Welcome the Verdict of the First Trial Under the Acid Law

    CCHR and CASC Welcome the Verdict of the First Trial Under the Acid Law

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) and the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (“CASC”) welcome the verdict in the country’s first trial using the Law on the Regulation of Concentrate Acid (the “Acid Law”). Be Soeun, who had been charged with intentional violence under Article 20 of the Acid Law, was convicted on 28 January 2013 by the Phnom Penh Municipal to five years in prison – the maximum sentence under Article 20 – and fined $2,500 USD (10,000,000 Riel) for attacking his ex-wife with acid.

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  • 70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    70% of Governments Fail to Protect Against Corruption in the Defence Sector

    Seventy per cent of countries leave the door open to waste and security threats as they lack the tools to prevent corruption in the defence sector, according to the first ever index measuring how governments prevent and counter corruption in defence, released by Transparency International UK’s Defence and Security Programme. Those with poor controls include two-thirds of the largest arms importers and half of the biggest arms exporters in the world.

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