•  STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    Phnom Penh, 13 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) urges the Court of Appeal to grant a bail request made by the lawyer of Mam Sonando at a hearing scheduled for Friday 14 December 2012. Mam Sonando – the owner of independent Beehive Radio and head of the Democrats Association – was arrested in July and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on 1 October 2012, on charges that were widely perceived to be politically motivated.

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  •  STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    Phnom Penh, 13 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) urges the Court of Appeal to grant a bail request made by the lawyer of Mam Sonando at a hearing scheduled for Friday 14 December 2012. Mam Sonando – the owner of independent Beehive Radio and head of the Democrats Association – was arrested in July and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on 1 October 2012, on charges that were widely perceived to be politically motivated.

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  • CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    Cambodia’s longstanding ally, China, is to press ahead with legislation aimed at preventing controversial and abusive land seizures in a bid to quell growing social unrest, reported The Cambodia Daily (‘China Tackles Land Grabs, a Key Source of Rural Anger’, p.22 The Cambodia Daily, 7 December 2012).

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  • New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    December 13, 2012 - The government has issued a new circular (Khmer copy available here) ordering the closure of all Internet cafes within a 500 meter radius of schools and educational institutions – an order that, if implemented, would amount to a near-complete ban on such businesses in central Phnom Penh.

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  • New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    December 13, 2012 - The government has issued a new circular (Khmer copy available here) ordering the closure of all Internet cafes within a 500 meter radius of schools and educational institutions – an order that, if implemented, would amount to a near-complete ban on such businesses in central Phnom Penh.

    Read More
  • CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    Cambodia’s longstanding ally, China, is to press ahead with legislation aimed at preventing controversial and abusive land seizures in a bid to quell growing social unrest, reported The Cambodia Daily (‘China Tackles Land Grabs, a Key Source of Rural Anger’, p.22 The Cambodia Daily, 7 December 2012).

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  • CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    Cambodia’s longstanding ally, China, is to press ahead with legislation aimed at preventing controversial and abusive land seizures in a bid to quell growing social unrest, reported The Cambodia Daily (‘China Tackles Land Grabs, a Key Source of Rural Anger’, p.22 The Cambodia Daily, 7 December 2012).

    Read More
  •  STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    Phnom Penh, 13 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) urges the Court of Appeal to grant a bail request made by the lawyer of Mam Sonando at a hearing scheduled for Friday 14 December 2012. Mam Sonando – the owner of independent Beehive Radio and head of the Democrats Association – was arrested in July and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on 1 October 2012, on charges that were widely perceived to be politically motivated.

    Read More
  • New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    December 13, 2012 - The government has issued a new circular (Khmer copy available here) ordering the closure of all Internet cafes within a 500 meter radius of schools and educational institutions – an order that, if implemented, would amount to a near-complete ban on such businesses in central Phnom Penh.

    Read More
  •  STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    STATEMENT: The Court of Appeal Should Grant Bail to Mam Sonando

    Phnom Penh, 13 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) urges the Court of Appeal to grant a bail request made by the lawyer of Mam Sonando at a hearing scheduled for Friday 14 December 2012. Mam Sonando – the owner of independent Beehive Radio and head of the Democrats Association – was arrested in July and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on 1 October 2012, on charges that were widely perceived to be politically motivated.

    Read More
  • CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    CCHR highlights new legislation in China to prohibit land grabs and calls for Cambodia to do the same

    Cambodia’s longstanding ally, China, is to press ahead with legislation aimed at preventing controversial and abusive land seizures in a bid to quell growing social unrest, reported The Cambodia Daily (‘China Tackles Land Grabs, a Key Source of Rural Anger’, p.22 The Cambodia Daily, 7 December 2012).

    Read More
  • New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    New Cirlcular Aims to Shut Down Internet Cafes in Cambodia

    December 13, 2012 - The government has issued a new circular (Khmer copy available here) ordering the closure of all Internet cafes within a 500 meter radius of schools and educational institutions – an order that, if implemented, would amount to a near-complete ban on such businesses in central Phnom Penh.

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