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Cambodia: Judicial Independence is the Key to Reducing Defamation Lawsuits Against Critics and Upholding Freedom of Expression
Prime Minister Hun Sen is utilising much of the country’s electronic media to assert his leadership of the country and send out messages to his people through his public speeches at different functions. Now and again in such speeches he rebukes his critics and makes disparaging remarks and even or threats against them. At times, such threats have been accompanied by legal action.
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Cambodia Drop Charge
Cambodia’s ruling party should cease its threats, harassment, and spurious legal action against opposition members of parliament and lawyers defending free expression, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A Briefing note on Freedom of Expression, Defamation and Disinformation
Since April this year, not less than eight separate criminal defamation and disinformantion complaints have been lodged with the Courts by some of Cambodia’s highest public authorities against Government critics. One of them was lodged, not by an allegedly aggrieved individual, but in a generic manner on behalf of "the Government". These cases are currently under investigation by Phnom Penh Municipal Court Deputy Prosecutor, Mr. Sok Roeun. One of them was adjudicated on 8 June 2009.
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Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Opposition MP and Her Lawyer
(New York) - Cambodia’s ruling party should cease its threats, harassment, and spurious legal action against opposition members of parliament and lawyers defending free expression, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Arrest and Detention of Human Rights Lawyer Mr. Le Cong Dinh
Le Cong Dinh is a prominent human rights lawyer and the former vice-president of the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association. He has recently spoken out against the extraction of bauxite in the Central Highlands, and has also called for political reform in Vietnam.
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The Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Mr. Surya Subedi, a National of Nepal
The purpose of the visit is for the Special Rapporteur to familiarize himself with the situation in Cambodia and establish fruitful and constructive dialogue with the Royal Government and civil society on the promotion and protection of human rights in Cambodia.
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Cambodia: Phnom Penh Municipality’s Impossible Requirement for Holding Forum Violates Freedom of Assembly
Over the recent months, a human rights NGO, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), has been making arrangements to hold a public forum for concerned officials and residents of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh to discuss the issue of the eviction of these residents without just compensation.
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Concert to Raise Awareness of Child Domestic Workers’ Rights
Organized by human rights organization LICADHO and World Vision Cambodia(WVC), the concert aims to highlight the rights of child domestic workers to education, health-care, and protection from physical, psychological, and sexual abuse and exploitation. The 12 June event coincides with the World Day against Child Labor, the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention Number 182 which requires signatory countries to take action to end the worst forms of child labor.
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