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Cambodia: Ieng Sary Death Shows Khmer Rouge Court Failings
(New York) – The death of Ieng Sary, on trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia after indictment for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, means that another senior leader of the Khmer Rouge has not been held accountable for his crimes.
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Cambodia Reduces Jail Term of Journalist Sonando
New York, March 14, 2013--Mam Sonando, a leading independent journalist in Cambodia, is scheduled to be released from prison later this week after an appeals court reduced his 2012 conviction on inciting rebellion to a lesser charge and cut his initial 20-year jail term.
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CCHR HRD Alert- Kampong Thom Provincial Court Summons Nine Prey Lang Community Activists from Sandan District for Questioning on 14 March 2013
Nine community activists, Chheang Vuthy, Prom Suy, Hein Hai, Sao Korn, Meas Vorn, Meas Koeung, Moa Thea, Noun Ken and Doung Chay, will appear at Kampong Thom Provincial Court of First Instance for questioning on 14 March 2013. The nine are summonsed in relation to a complaint made by Ul Rotha in 2011, after Prey Lang community activists attempted to prevent her from clearing an area of forest at Au SleokKrey village, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, by reporting her activities to the local authorities.
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ADHOC Criticizes Beating of Boeung Kak Lake Protesters
Phnom Penh, 13 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns in the strongest terms the callous beating of peaceful protesters outside the Prime Minister’s house on 13 March 2013. In total more than ten people were injured, five seriously - including two who were knocked unconscious - when they were set upon by security forces. The demonstrators were former residents of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh- the site of a controversial forced eviction in January 2012.
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ADHOC Criticizes Beating of Boeung Kak Lake Protesters
Phnom Penh, 13 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns in the strongest terms the callous beating of peaceful protesters outside the Prime Minister’s house on 13 March 2013. In total more than ten people were injured, five seriously - including two who were knocked unconscious - when they were set upon by security forces. The demonstrators were former residents of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh- the site of a controversial forced eviction in January 2012.
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ADHOC Criticizes Beating of Boeung Kak Lake Protesters
Phnom Penh, 13 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns in the strongest terms the callous beating of peaceful protesters outside the Prime Minister’s house on 13 March 2013. In total more than ten people were injured, five seriously – including two who were knocked unconscious – when they were set upon by security forces.
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Police Beat Boeung Kak Protesters, Leaving Five Injured
March 13, 2013 - Authorities’ escalated their ongoing crackdown on the Boeung Kak Lake community today, as police launched a brutal attack on demonstrators who had gathered in a public park outside the Prime Minister’s house.
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ADHOC Criticizes Beating of Boeung Kak Lake Protesters
Phnom Penh, 13 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns in the strongest terms the callous beating of peaceful protesters outside the Prime Minister’s house on 13 March 2013. In total more than ten people were injured, five seriously - including two who were knocked unconscious - when they were set upon by security forces. The demonstrators were former residents of Boeung Kak Lake in Phnom Penh- the site of a controversial forced eviction in January 2012.
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Police Beat Boeung Kak Protesters, Leaving Five Injured
March 13, 2013 - Authorities’ escalated their ongoing crackdown on the Boeung Kak Lake community today, as police launched a brutal attack on demonstrators who had gathered in a public park outside the Prime Minister’s house.
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CCHR HRD Alert- Kampong Thom Provincial Court Summons Nine Prey Lang Community Activists from Sandan District for Questioning on 14 March 2013
Nine community activists, Chheang Vuthy, Prom Suy, Hein Hai, Sao Korn, Meas Vorn, Meas Koeung, Moa Thea, Noun Ken and Doung Chay, will appear at Kampong Thom Provincial Court of First Instance for questioning on 14 March 2013. The nine are summonsed in relation to a complaint made by Ul Rotha in 2011, after Prey Lang community activists attempted to prevent her from clearing an area of forest at Au SleokKrey village, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, by reporting her activities to the local authorities.
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Appeal Court Should Drop Chargers Against Mam Sonando
Phnom Penh, 13 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) strongly urges the Court of Appeal to drop all charges against Mam Sonando on 14 March 2013. The case against him is paper-thin, a point acknowledged by the prosecutor when he requested that the two most serious charges against Mam Sonando be dropped at the Appeal hearing on 06 March 2013.
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CCHR HRD Alert- Kampong Thom Provincial Court Summons Nine Prey Lang Community Activists from Sandan District for Questioning on 14 March 2013
Nine community activists, Chheang Vuthy, Prom Suy, Hein Hai, Sao Korn, Meas Vorn, Meas Koeung, Moa Thea, Noun Ken and Doung Chay, will appear at Kampong Thom Provincial Court of First Instance for questioning on 14 March 2013. The nine are summonsed in relation to a complaint made by Ul Rotha in 2011, after Prey Lang community activists attempted to prevent her from clearing an area of forest at Au SleokKrey village, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, by reporting her activities to the local authorities.
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