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Statement by YashGhai
We are forwarding the transcript of the statement of Professor Yash Ghai, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Human Rights in Cambodia presented to the 9th session of the Human Rights Council
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Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, Innocent Prisoners - 1, 700 Days Behind Bars
Today marks the 1,700th day that Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun have spent in prison for a crime they did not commit. Despite overwhelming evidence of their innocence, the two men continue to serve 20-year prison sentences for the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea. They remain in Phnom Penh’s PJ prison, where they have been since their arrests on January 28, 2004.
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Action Needed Over Persecuted Human Rights Defenders
LICADHO calls for Cambodian authorities to take concrete steps to redress the persecution of human rights defenders, including by bringing the killers of trade unionist Hy Vuthy to justice and ensuring that Khmer Kampuchea Krom activist monk Tim Sakhorn is able to return to Cambodia from Vietnam.
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Attacks and Threats Against Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia 2007
The first involved extensive intimidation of Khmer Kampuchea Krom monks in Cambodia who advocate for the rights of their minority, and for an end to persecution of fellow defenders in Vietnam. The harassment in Cambodia has included violent suppression of peaceful demonstrations, the abduction and deportation of a leading dissident monk, and even the possible murder of a monk involved in the protests. The second involved the undermining of the human rights legal profession, in particular as a consequence of the high-profile land dispute in Kong Yu village, Ratanakiri province. After threats directed against human rights lawyers merely for fulfilling their role of representing the powerless, many legal aid lawyers find themselves justifiably afraid to conduct their legitimate activities.
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Improving Lives by Fighting Corruption
Curbing corruption is widely recognized as the key to boosting a nation out of economic and social lethargy into a vibrant, thriving state. After more than two decades of war and constant conflict, corruption in Cambodia has been allowed to metastacize from its bureaucratic core and currently plagues all levels of society. It impacts everyone, whether they are perpetrators victims, and has corroded trust...
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Cambodia: Law Must be Clear About Compoundable and Non-Compoundable Offences
On July 30, 2008 the Supreme Court of Cambodia upheld a lower courts ruling that found Prince Norodom Ranariddh guilty of breach of trust and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. Ranariddh was the president of a political party named FUNCINPEC. FUNCINPEC was a partner of the Cambodian Peoples Party since 1993. In 2006 Mr. Nhiek Bun Chhay, the Secretary General of FUNCIPEC ousted Ranariddh from the party and later filed a criminal lawsuit against him for breach of trust. The allegation was that Ranariddh had sold party’s land in Phnom Penh and had used the sale proceeds, claimed to be US$3.6 millions, to buy land for the new, self-named party, Norodom Ranariddh Party, Ranariddh had formed.
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Public Statement on the Cambodian National Assembly Elections on 27 July 2008
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes reports that voting in the Election of Members of the 4th Mandate of the Cambodian National Assembly, on 27 July 2008, took place in an atmosphere that was for the most part peaceful and free of violence.
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