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OHCHR Calls for an End to Harasment of Human Rights Defenders in Ratanakiri province
11, September 2009, ADHOC Coordinator Pen Bonna and Radio Free Asia Reporter Ratha Visal have been summoned by the Rattanakiri Provincial Court on 15 and 14 September respectively, reportedly for questioning on allegations of conspiracy to incite unspecified criminal offenses and incitement of villagers to violence and to illegal occupation of land. The summons are related to a complaint filed with the court in November 2008 against the two men who had been advising local villagers seeking to protect their land against a private company. Since then, no action has been taken by the court against them.
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CCHR Sends a Request to the Supreme Council of Magistracy to Investigate the Alleged Improper Conduct of Judge Thor Saran
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (’CCHR’) sends a request to the Supreme Council of Magistracy to investigate the alleged improper conduct of Judge Thor Saran in relation to the on-going land conflict between ethnic minorities and the DM Group in Ratanakkiri Province.
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Cambodia: Legal Coundation and Framework for the Country’s Judiciary Required
The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring to the attention of the Human Rights Council a major lacuna that constitutes one of the most fundamental obstacles to the enjoyment, protection and promotion of human rights in Cambodia. The lack of the required laws on the statute of judges and prosecutors as well as the lack of the legal underpinning to the organisation of the judiciary are resulting in the judiciary not functioning effectively. This crucial institution is fundamental to the actualisation of human rights and remains ineffective and lacking in independence and capacity to function.
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URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in the People’s Republic of China.
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URGENT ACTION 160 FAMILIES HAVE ONE WEEK TO DISMANTLE HOMES
Two villages in Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital, have received an official notice that they will have to leave their homes within seven days, as a private company is redeveloping the site for tourism and commercial purposes. Around 160 families have been ordered to move from the area without adequate alternative housing or fair and just compensation being provided.
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Cambodia: Another Case of a Court Being Used to Silence Human Rights Defenders
Recently, a Rattanakiri provincial court judge, Thor Saran, made a recommendation to a human rights NGO, ADHOC, to remove its prominent human rights defender named Pen Bonnar from the province where he had been working for some ten years. Judge Thor Saran said Pen Bonnar and his colleague, Chhay Ty, were under investigation for incitement and defamation, two criminal offences punishable respectively by up to five years’ imprisonment and by a fine of up to US$2,500.
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