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The Appellate Court of Cambodia
The Appeal Court is a centralized appeal court, located in Phnom Penh, empowered to hear all appeals on questions of law and/or fact in criminal and civil judgments handed down in all first instance courts throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). Any steps to introduce regional Appeal Courts will increase the accessibility of appeal proceedings to all Cambodians who may wish to appeal civil or criminal judgments but who face obstacles of geographical isolation and insufficient means to travel to Phnom Penh – and would therefore represent a positive step in terms of access to justice in Cambodia
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Release of Boeung Kak lake activists overshadowed by failure to achieve justice and further violence against peaceful demonstrators
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) welcomes the release today of thirteen women activists from Boeung Kak Lake but condemns the Appeal Court for its failure to overturn the guilty verdicts entered against these women by the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance and the use of force by authorities against demonstrators who had come out in support of the thirteen.
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Release of Boeung Kak lake activists overshadowed by failure to achieve justice and further violence against peaceful demonstrators
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) welcomes the release today of thirteen women activists from Boeung Kak Lake but condemns the Appeal Court for its failure to overturn the guilty verdicts entered against these women by the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance and the use of force by authorities against demonstrators who had come out in support of the thirteen.
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Release of Boeung Kak lake activists overshadowed by failure to achieve justice and further violence against peaceful demonstrators
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) welcomes the release today of thirteen women activists from Boeung Kak Lake but condemns the Appeal Court for its failure to overturn the guilty verdicts entered against these women by the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance and the use of force by authorities against demonstrators who had come out in support of the thirteen.
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Release of 13 Boueng Kak representatives tainted by police violence
Phnom Penh, June 27, 2012 - We, the above organizations, welcome the release today of the 13 jailed Boeung Kak (BK) representatives but strongly condemn police violence against BK residents trying to reach the appeal court and regret that the convictions against the 13 were upheld despite the government’s failure, again, to present any evidence of the alleged crimes.
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Release of 13 Boueng Kak representatives tainted by police violence
Phnom Penh, June 27, 2012 - We, the above organizations, welcome the release today of the 13 jailed Boeung Kak (BK) representatives but strongly condemn police violence against BK residents trying to reach the appeal court and regret that the convictions against the 13 were upheld despite the government’s failure, again, to present any evidence of the alleged crimes.
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Release of 13 Boueng Kak representatives tainted by police violence
Phnom Penh, June 27, 2012 - We, the above organizations, welcome the release today of the 13 jailed Boeung Kak (BK) representatives but strongly condemn police violence against BK residents trying to reach the appeal court and regret that the convictions against the 13 were upheld despite the government’s failure, again, to present any evidence of the alleged crimes.
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Release of 13 Boueng Kak representatives tainted by police violence
Phnom Penh, June 27, 2012 - We, the above organizations, welcome the release today of the 13 jailed Boeung Kak (BK) representatives but strongly condemn police violence against BK residents trying to reach the appeal court and regret that the convictions against the 13 were upheld despite the government’s failure, again, to present any evidence of the alleged crimes.
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Release of Boeung Kak lake activists overshadowed by failure to achieve justice and further violence against peaceful demonstrators
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) welcomes the release today of thirteen women activists from Boeung Kak Lake but condemns the Appeal Court for its failure to overturn the guilty verdicts entered against these women by the Phnom Penh Capital Court of First Instance and the use of force by authorities against demonstrators who had come out in support of the thirteen.
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Shining a Light on Torture
In his testimony to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal nearly two years ago today, celebrated artist Vann Nath described the scene which provoked him to craft a painting that now hangs at S-21. The scene shows a man being suspended from a wooden frame ‘where children used to play’, his hands tied behind his back. Another image shows a man being plunged head-first into a large jar of water. The victim, whom Vann Nath described only as ‘an artist’, met his fate along with thousands of others after confessing under torture. Immortalized through art, his image remains a constant reminder of the anonymity of so many victims of torture, worldwide, whose suffering remains largely unknown and undocumented.
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International Days in Support of Victims of Torture
Seven leading civil society organizations will mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with an event at the Sunway Hotel on June 26. Rehabilitation is the theme for this year’s 26 June campaign.
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International Days in Support of Victims of Torture
Seven leading civil society organizations will mark the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture with an event at the Sunway Hotel on June 26. Rehabilitation is the theme for this year’s 26 June campaign.
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