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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia: Why Should a MP Defamation Plaintiff be Sued and Have Her Immunity Suspended?
At a news conference on 23 April 2009, Ms Mu Sohua, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), flanked by her lawyer, announced that she was going to file a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen. This decision followed a public speech Hun Sen had made in which he attacked the opposition and made offensive remarks against an unnamed woman who Mu said was no other woman than herself. The next day, Hun Sen was making preparations for a counter-lawsuit against her and her lawyer for defaming him during that news conference.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Intimidation Against Opposition MP Threat to Lift Mu Sochuas Immunity
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MS last Thursday announced her intention to sue the Prime Minister for defamation, in connection with comments he made in a public speech in Kompot province on April 4. Within 24 hours of this, a pro-government television station quoted a Prime Ministerial adviser as saying the government would counter-sue Mu Sochua and that all Cambodian People’s Party( CPP) MPs would support the lifting of her immunity.
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Intimidation Against Opposition MP: Threat to lift Mu Sochua’s Immunity
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MS last Thursday announced her intention to sue the Prime Minister for defamation, in connection with comments he made in a public speech in Kompot province on April 4. Within 24 hours of this, a pro-government television station quoted a Prime Ministerial adviser as saying the government would counter-sue Mu Sochua and that all Cambodian People’s Party( CPP) MPs would support the lifting of her immunity.
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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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