• ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.

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  • CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).

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  • CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).

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  • ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.

    Read More
  • ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.

    Read More
  • CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of 13 Boeung Kak Representatives on 24 May 2012

    On 24 May 2012, 13 female representatives of the evicted communities at Boeung Kak were charged, tried, sentenced and imprisoned over the course of a single day. They were charged at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court under Article 504 of the Penal Code 2009 (Aggravating Circumstances (Obstruction of Public Official)) and Article 34 of the Land Law 2001 (Illegal Occupation of Land) (the “Charges”). Seven women were sentenced to two years and six months in prison, five to two years (with six months’ suspended sentence), and a 72-year-old to a year (with a year and six months’ suspended sentence).

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  • ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop

    In collaboration with the U.S. Government and the Cambodian Ministry of Justice, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat will present on June 12-13, 2012 the ASEAN Legal and Judicial Cooperation Workshop entitled Strengthening Members’ Participation in Legal Information Networks.

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  • Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election

    Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election

    On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.

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  • Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election

    Satement on Election Environment for the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election

    On June 3, 2012, Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) deployed 2,000 observers, including people with disabilities, in twenty-one (21) provinces/municipalities to monitor the 3rd Mandate Commune/Sangkat Election process in order to provide information and analyze the election process as well as to improve the process in the future.

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  • Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.

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  • Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.

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  • Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Radio Voice of Democracy was banned for airing election news

    Cambodian Centre for Independent Media (CCIM) was yesterday banned from broadcasting election news by the Ministry of Information. This is the first such instance of experience by CCIM of total censorship during polling day. Both Radio Sarika stations- FM106.5 in Phnom Penh and FM95.5 in Siem Reap- were shut down at intervals during the day: the Phnom Penh based station was allowed to broadcast only music programs until the close of polling stations at 3pm, whereas the Siem Reap station was shut down for the whole day.

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