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Dispute over Economic Land Concession in Koh Kong’s ChikorLeu Commune in SraeAmbel District
The Civil Society organizations welcome Koh Kong provincial court of first instance who decide to take the case file ofthe dispute over Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) between the residents of 220 families in ChikorLeu commune’s villages of TrapeangKandol, Chhouk and Chikorof Koh Kong’s SraeAmbel district and the Companies, Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. (KKS)and Koh Kong Sugar Plantation Co., Ltd. (KKP) for an oral argument which will take place on July 26, 2012.
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CCHR releases report on the use of new media for the promotion and protection of Human Rights in Cambodia
Today, the Cambodian Center For Human Rights (“CCHR”), a non‐aligned , independent, non organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights – primarily civil and political rights – throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) releases a report entitled “New Media and the Promotion of Human Rights in Cambodia” (“The Report”). The report seeks to explore the extent to which new media, namely mobile phones and the internet, are used in Cambodia, and in particular how they are used to promote and protect human rights.
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Dispute over Economic Land Concession in Koh Kong’s ChikorLeu Commune in SraeAmbel District
The Civil Society organizations welcome Koh Kong provincial court of first instance who decide to take the case file ofthe dispute over Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) between the residents of 220 families in ChikorLeu commune’s villages of TrapeangKandol, Chhouk and Chikorof Koh Kong’s SraeAmbel district and the Companies, Koh Kong Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. (KKS)and Koh Kong Sugar Plantation Co., Ltd. (KKP) for an oral argument which will take place on July 26, 2012.
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Torture in the Name of Treatment
More than 350,000 people identified as drug users are held in compulsory drug "treatment" centers in China and Southeast Asia. Detainees are held without due process for periods of months or years and may be subjected to physical and sexual abuse, torture, and forced labor. International donors and UN agencies have supported and funded drug detention centers, while centers have systematically denied detainees access to evidence-based drug dependency treatment and HIV prevention services. "Torture in the Name of Treatment," summarizes Human Rights Watch’s findings over five years of research in China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Lao PDR.
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Vietnam: Joint NGO Letter to the UN ECOSOC Regarding the Consultative Status of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF)
We, the undersigned group of civil society organizations from around the world, are writing to express our strong support for the special consultative status with the United Nations granted to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and its right to exercise freedom of expression of its nonviolent view regarding the situation in Vietnam.
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Vietnam: Joint NGO Letter to the UN ECOSOC Regarding the Consultative Status of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF)
We, the undersigned group of civil society organizations from around the world, are writing to express our strong support for the special consultative status with the United Nations granted to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and its right to exercise freedom of expression of its nonviolent view regarding the situation in Vietnam.
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Vietnam: Joint NGO Letter to the UN ECOSOC Regarding the Consultative Status of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF)
We, the undersigned group of civil society organizations from around the world, are writing to express our strong support for the special consultative status with the United Nations granted to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and its right to exercise freedom of expression of its nonviolent view regarding the situation in Vietnam.
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Off the Streets
In Cambodia, those tasked with upholding the law are often those who inflict some of the worst abuse. Sex workers in particular know this to be true. Women and girls involved in sex work face beatings, rape, sexual harassment, extortion, arbitrary arrest and detention, forced labor, and other cruel and degrading treatment at the hands of police, public park security guards, government officials, and those working in the centers and offices run by the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation (MOSAVY).
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Violent Response to Workers Protest
The recent violent attempts by the authorities to crack down a workers demonstration, including the beating and arrest of a protestor, is one of many across the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”) that highlights the regular disregard for the right to freedom to peaceful assembly by the authorities.
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A Join Press Release On Serious Threat to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association
Phnom Penh, 17 July 2012- The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) and Neutral and Impartial Committee for free and fair election in Cambodia are deeply saddened and concerned the arrest of Mr. Mam Sonando- owner of Beehive Radio FM 105MHz as a serious threat to freedom of expression and association in Cambodia.
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A Join Press Release On Serious Threat to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association
Phnom Penh, 17 July 2012- The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) and Neutral and Impartial Committee for free and fair election in Cambodia are deeply saddened and concerned the arrest of Mr. Mam Sonando- owner of Beehive Radio FM 105MHz as a serious threat to freedom of expression and association in Cambodia.
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A Join Press Release On Serious Threat to Freedom of Expression and Freedom of Association
Phnom Penh, 17 July 2012- The Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL) and Neutral and Impartial Committee for free and fair election in Cambodia are deeply saddened and concerned the arrest of Mr. Mam Sonando- owner of Beehive Radio FM 105MHz as a serious threat to freedom of expression and association in Cambodia.
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