• CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).

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  • PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER

    PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER

    Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba of Zambia has been appointed as the sitting judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia upon nomination by the Secretary-General of the United nations.​

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  • PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER

    PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER

    Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba of Zambia has been appointed as the sitting judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia upon nomination by the Secretary-General of the United nations.​

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  • CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).

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  • Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    According to a 24 December 2012 article in the Phnom Penh Post Newspaper (“Acid death may test law”) a woman died after being the victim of a cruel acid attack in Sihanoukville.​

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  •  Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Phnom Penh Municipal Court has scheduled the trial of two housing rights activists from the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila communities in Phnom Penh, Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, to take place on 26 December 2012 at 2:00 pm. Yorm Bopha was arrested on 4 September 2012 and Tim Sakmony the following day, in two separate cases. They have since been held in pre-trial detention at Prey Sar Prison, both having been denied bail.

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  •  Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Phnom Penh Municipal Court has scheduled the trial of two housing rights activists from the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila communities in Phnom Penh, Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, to take place on 26 December 2012 at 2:00 pm. Yorm Bopha was arrested on 4 September 2012 and Tim Sakmony the following day, in two separate cases. They have since been held in pre-trial detention at Prey Sar Prison, both having been denied bail.

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  • Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    According to a 24 December 2012 article in the Phnom Penh Post Newspaper (“Acid death may test law”) a woman died after being the victim of a cruel acid attack in Sihanoukville.​

    Read More
  •  Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Boeung Kak and Borei Keila hearings scheduled for 26 December

    Phnom Penh Municipal Court has scheduled the trial of two housing rights activists from the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila communities in Phnom Penh, Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, to take place on 26 December 2012 at 2:00 pm. Yorm Bopha was arrested on 4 September 2012 and Tim Sakmony the following day, in two separate cases. They have since been held in pre-trial detention at Prey Sar Prison, both having been denied bail.

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  • CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).

    Read More
  • CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer

    On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).

    Read More
  • Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    Recent Acid Attack Demonstrates Lack of Progress on the Implementation of Acid Law

    According to a 24 December 2012 article in the Phnom Penh Post Newspaper (“Acid death may test law”) a woman died after being the victim of a cruel acid attack in Sihanoukville.​

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