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Cambodia: UN Should Condemn Rights Onslaught
(Geneva) – United Nations member countries should press the Cambodian government on its failure to keep previous commitments and demand that it fulfill new rights pledges. On January 28, 2014, Cambodia will appear before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva.
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Failing Cambodia human Rights Record to be Reviewed at UN as Crackdown on Protests Continues
A coalition of human rights groups will urge the international community to address the increasingly severe crackdown on free speech in Cambodia tomorrow, at the United Nations in Geneva. The human rights situation in country has deteriorated markedly since 2009, when it last underwent the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the process by which all UN Member States are assessed on a rolling basis by the Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
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Universal Periodic Review: Address Cambodia’s human rights crisis
Ahead of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR) hearing for Cambodia on 28 January 2014, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and Amnesty International call on UN member states to address the country’s current human rights crisis.
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Cambodia: detention of labour activists unjustified
The ICJ criticized the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to deny bail to 23 people who were arrested and detained earlier this month following protests by garment factory workers seeking a higher minimum wage. The detainees’ lawyers told the ICJ that the court denied bail for the first nine detainees, arrested on 2 January 2014, in order to “guarantee their presence for further legal proceedings”, “to preserve public order” and “to prevent instability that results from the commission of crimes”.
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2014
Cambodia became engulfed in a human rights crisis after national assembly elections on July 28, 2013. Final results announced by the National Election Committee (NEC), a body controlled by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), returned the CPP,
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2014 Event of 2013
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of human rights for all.
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Opposition CNRP meeting cancelled due to ruling party intimidation
A meeting of the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (“CNRP”) in Troeuy Sla commune in Kandal province was cancelled yesterday – 21 January 2014 – after several hundreds of Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP”) supporters and riot and military police armed with tear gas canisters, shields and batons were standing at the meeting venue.
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Cambodia: Harassment, arrest, and detention of human rights defenders continue
Phnom Penh, Paris, Geneva, January 22 – FIDH and the OMCT, within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) express their concern over the Cambodian authorities’ ongoing harassment, arbitrary arrest, and detention of human rights defenders.
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CCHR calls for the immediate lift of the ban on assemblies and for a halt to the wave of detention of human rights activists
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls for the immediate lift of the current ban on assemblies and for a halt to the subsequent wave of detention of human rights activists. On 4 January 2014, the Ministry of Interior announced a ban on assemblies, demonstrations, and marches until “public order and security are restored.” Since the announcement human rights activists and peaceful protesters have been systematically temporarily arrested and required to sign letters agreeing to cease demonstrating.
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CCHR Human Rights Defender and Freedom of Expression Alert Update– Phnom Penh, 21 January 2014 Continuous Temporary Arrest of Human Rights Activists and Ban on Demonstrations
Today - 21 January 2014 – eleven human rights activists and peaceful protesters were temporarily arrested by Daun Penh security guards and taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Station. Among the 11 arrested were Rong Chun, President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (‘’CITA’’), Tep Vanny and Yorm Bopha along with seven other Boeng Kak Lake activists, a staff member of Housing Rights Task Force (‘’HRTF’’) and an activist from the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions (‘’CATU’’).
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CCHR calls for the immediate lift of the ban on assemblies and for a halt to the wave of detention of human rights activists
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls for the immediate lift of the current ban on assemblies and for a halt to the subsequent wave of detention of human rights activists. On 4 January 2014, the Ministry of Interior announced a ban on assemblies, demonstrations, and marches until “public order and security are restored.” Since the announcement human rights activists and peaceful protesters have been systematically temporarily arrested and required to sign letters agreeing to cease demonstrating.
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CCHR Releases a Policy Brief on the Garment Industry in Cambodia Outlining the Current State of Human Rights in the Industry and Offering Recommendations for Reform
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) releases today – 19 January 2014 – a Policy Brief on the Garment Industry in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). In light of growing human rights concerns with regards to the garment industry, the Policy Brief collates data gathered by CCHR’s researchers and offers concrete policy and legislative recommendations for reforms to all stakeholders, which would substantially improve the situation.
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