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CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest
CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest.It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Prey Lang protest puts foursome in firing line”) that Sandan district police chief Oung Moly has filed a complaint against two Prey Lang community members, Sim Sean and Roeun Sopheap, and two NGO workers, Chut Wutty of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) and Chhim Savuth of CCHR, alleging a crime of destruction of property against the community members and a crime of incitement against the NGO workers respectively.
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CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest
CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest.It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Prey Lang protest puts foursome in firing line”) that Sandan district police chief Oung Moly has filed a complaint against two Prey Lang community members, Sim Sean and Roeun Sopheap, and two NGO workers, Chut Wutty of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) and Chhim Savuth of CCHR, alleging a crime of destruction of property against the community members and a crime of incitement against the NGO workers respectively.
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CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest
CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest.It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Prey Lang protest puts foursome in firing line”) that Sandan district police chief Oung Moly has filed a complaint against two Prey Lang community members, Sim Sean and Roeun Sopheap, and two NGO workers, Chut Wutty of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) and Chhim Savuth of CCHR, alleging a crime of destruction of property against the community members and a crime of incitement against the NGO workers respectively.
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Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia November 2011
THE EXTRAORDINARY CHAMBERS IN THE COURTS OF CAMBODIA faces an unprecedented crisis of confidence, due to allegations of judicial misconduct. The crisis can only be addressed through an independent inquiry by the UN. This report examines the recent events leading to the current crisis, establishes the legal basis for an inquiry, and offers recommendations for action by the UN, the Royal Government of Cambodia, and donors to the court.
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Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions
On 24 November 2011, at a press conference in Phonm Penh, Amnesty International is launching a report revealing how Cambodian women are at the forefront of a battle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country. Eviction and resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories details, through first-hand testimony, the stories of Hong, Mai, Sophal, Heap and Vanny, women who have faced or continue to resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
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A Bi-Monthly Newsletter of Sithi Project
The Sithi newsletter is a new initiative aimed at disseminating information related to the Sithi Project and increasing awareness and understanding of human rights in Cambodia more generally. Starting November 2011, the newsletter will be produced bi-monthly.
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Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions
On 24 November 2011, at a press conference in Phonm Penh, Amnesty International is launching a report revealing how Cambodian women are at the forefront of a battle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country. Eviction and resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories details, through first-hand testimony, the stories of Hong, Mai, Sophal, Heap and Vanny, women who have faced or continue to resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
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Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions
On 24 November 2011, at a press conference in Phonm Penh, Amnesty International is launching a report revealing how Cambodian women are at the forefront of a battle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country. Eviction and resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories details, through first-hand testimony, the stories of Hong, Mai, Sophal, Heap and Vanny, women who have faced or continue to resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
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Cambodia: Women hit hard by wave of forced evictions
On 24 November 2011, at a press conference in Phonm Penh, Amnesty International is launching a report revealing how Cambodian women are at the forefront of a battle against a wave of forced evictions sweeping the country. Eviction and resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories details, through first-hand testimony, the stories of Hong, Mai, Sophal, Heap and Vanny, women who have faced or continue to resist forced eviction from their homes and land.
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World Report 2011: Cambodia
The Cambodian government increased its repression of freedoms of expression, assembly, and association in 2010, tightening the space for civil society to operate.
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Theary Seng Withdraws Her Civil Party Status, Denounces ECCC as "Irredeemable Political Farce"
On 25 September 2007, immediately after the arrest of Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2, Nuon Chea, for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary Chambers (ECCC), Ms. Theary C. Seng, who was orphaned and imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge, wrote up her own application, went personally into the Office of Co-Investigating Judges, and filed the first civil party application. She became the first civil party in international law. Also unprecedented in international law, she confronted her mass murderers (Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith) in the ECCC courtroom and in her own voice as civil party argued for their continued pre-trial detention. She fought hard and won the right for a civil party to address the Chamber in person.
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Theary Seng Withdraws Her Civil Party Status, Denounces ECCC as "Irredeemable Political Farce"
On 25 September 2007, immediately after the arrest of Khmer Rouge Brother No. 2, Nuon Chea, for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Extraordinary Chambers (ECCC), Ms. Theary C. Seng, who was orphaned and imprisoned by the Khmer Rouge, wrote up her own application, went personally into the Office of Co-Investigating Judges, and filed the first civil party application. She became the first civil party in international law. Also unprecedented in international law, she confronted her mass murderers (Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith) in the ECCC courtroom and in her own voice as civil party argued for their continued pre-trial detention. She fought hard and won the right for a civil party to address the Chamber in person.
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