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CCHR publishes the Map of Garment Factory in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) publishes today – 30 June 2013 – a map of garment factories operating in Cambodia and their supply chains (the “Garment Factory Map”). The Garment Factory Map provides detailed profiles for each factory, including the factory’s location, the nationality of the owner, the types of products manufactured, the number of employees and, where available, the specific brands supplied.
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The Ministry of Information Ban All the Radio Stations From Broadcasting Foreign Radio Program During Election Campaign Period
The Ministry of Information issued two letters to all the media agencies in Cambodia to ban all the foreign residents live in Cambodia from doing or participating in the election campaign in the support of any political parties, ban all the radio stations in the country to stop broadcasting international radio program in Khmer during the whole month of election campaign and stop all the broadcasting any international radio programs of the surveys, results of the surveys related to the election process and stop all the broadcasting on the election campaigns.
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Improving Grassroots’ Participation and Freedom of Expression Through “Citizen Journalism”
Cambodia is still suffering from the effects of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s and the ensuing years of civil strife. The legacy of these historical factors is manifold, but two major effects are the prevalence of a voiceless and fragmented civil society, unable or unwilling to speak up about basic rights, and the continuation of repressive or corrupt state systems. This is particularly noticeable in the constraints placed upon freedom of expression and media plurality in Cambodia.
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Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly Must Robustly Condemn Bans on “Homosexual Propaganda”
Thursday 27 June 2013, Strasbourg: We the undersigned organisations strongly urge the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to condemn so-called “homosexual propaganda” bans as incompatible with the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and the prohibition of discrimination. The Assembly should vote in favour of today’s resolution and recommendation on tackling discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Results from Three Regional Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assemblies Ahead of the Election Campaign
For Immediate Release: The Cambodian Grassroots People’s Assemblies have come to a close with tentative results following the three events held throughout June across the Kingdom of Cambodia ahead of the national election.
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The National Election Committee Should Be More Responsible to Ensure The Free and Fair Election
On 27th June, the day of the launch of the official electoral campaign to elect a Cambodian representative at the National Assembly, CCIM is broadcasting two investigative reports showing that the Election Committee in charge of organising the elections, should be more responsible to ensure the free and fair election.
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There Is No Justice, No-one Is Safe
Again former the Bavet Governor, Chhouk Bandith failed to appear in court to face charges forthe brutal shooting of three Cambodian garment workers in February 2012. Last week, Bandithwas tried in absentia on 12-14 June, 2013. During the three day hearing nineteen witnesses were called, eighteen of those were police officers.
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