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Cambodia: The State Has an Obligation to Protect Human Rights Defenders
Unlike many other countries, Cambodia is bound to international human rights obligations including one towards its citiizens who wish to participate in the promotion of human rights. Thus, under the Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 that ended the conflict in that country, Cambodia undertakes, among other thighs, to support the right of all (its) citizens to undertake activities that would promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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Cambodia: The Government Must End Discrimination Against Opposition Parties and Their Followers
Cambodia has abandoned communist rule to supposedly embrace pluralism and liberal democracy for nearly twenty years. Yet it is still saddled with many communist legacies which have stunted its democratic development. One of such legacies is the staffing of all public institutions from top to bottom, down to the village level, by members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, which was formerly a communist party.
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APWLD Statement for Hon Mu Sochua
Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) is deeply concerned about the acts of intimidation directed toward Hon. Mu Sochua, a National Assembly member of Cambodia. It is reported that she is under threat that her parliamentary immunity may be lifted.
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OHCHR Statement on the Case of Tout Saran
On 20 March 2009, Mr. Tout Saran was convicted by Kampong Thom Provincial Court of the illegal confinement of Ms. Tim Norn. He was sentenced to three years in prison and fined the sum of 2,500 US$. Three others, Men Vannak, Hour Sarath and Thorn Rithy, were convicted in absentia in the same case, receiving prison sentences ranging from three to five years.
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Government must Take Action over Chi Kreng Violence
LICADHO today called upon the Royal Cambodian Government to take urgent action in response to the unjustified violence by authorities against villagers involved in a land dispute in Chi Kreng district of Siem Reap province.
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The Government Should Address Rights Abuses Instead of Attacking NGOs for Reporting Them
In February the US State Department released its 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The report on human rights in Cambodia stated that the governments human rights record remained poor and detailed a long list of human rights abuses including extrajudicial killings by security forces, abuse of detainees, arbitrary arrests, land grabbing and forced evictions, restriction on freedom of express, and corruption.
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Conviction of SRP Commune Chief: Courts Used for Political Purpose
LICADHO condemns the Kampong Thom Provincial Court’s conviction of former Sam Rainsy Party(SRP) commune chief Tuot Saron on a charge of kidnapping and illegal confinement. This prosecution and conviction is baseless and politically-motivated, LICADHO believes.
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Eliminating Opportunists in Land Disputes Requires Effective Local Administration and Proper Public Consultations
The Cambodian government¡¦s drive for the all out development and beautification of urban centres has created one of the most serious problems for its people. This particular problem is widely known as land grabbing. It is characterized by the grabbing of the land belonging to the poor and weak with unjust or no compensation, by the rich and powerful. Over recent years, and very likely in the years to come, land grabbing has and will affect hundreds of thousands of such people.
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The Ministry o Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia has launched e-visa, which enables you to apply for a Cambodia Tourist Visa Online recently
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Impact of Evictions on Women Highlighted on International Women’s Day
Women and children are suffering immensely from Cambodia’s epidemic of evictions, LICADHO said today, International Women’s Day."Sadly, there is nothing special about this day for the many Cambodian women who are struggling to feed their families because they have been evicted from their homes or are living in fear of eviction, ” said LICADHO president Kek Galabru. “It is just another day of hardship and suffering.”
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