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CCHR Open Letter Regarding Addressing Land Disputes in the Kingdom of Cambodia
I write to you regarding the speech you delivered on 18 August 2014 at the opening of the workshop on the national strategy for food security and nutrition 2014-2018. I welcome your commitment to find solutions to land disputes in the country. Land conflicts have been plaguing Cambodia for many years, affecting an important part of the Cambodian population. One can only agree that concrete solutions that address the root causes of the land conflict situation must be identified and implemented as soon as possible.
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LICADHO Calls for Immediate Family Access to all Three CNRP Youth Leaders Currently Detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 Prison
LICADHO calls for immediate family access to all three CNRP youth leaders currently detained in Prey Sar’s CC1 prison. Khin Chamreun, Neang Sokhun and San Kimheng have now been in pre-trial detention for 18 days and have not been permitted any family visits.
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Open Letter Regarding the Implementation of the Law on Peaceful Demonstration
The letter calls on His Excellency Sar Kheng to remind all relevant ministries and local authorities that no “permission” is required under Cambodian law to hold peaceful assemblies.
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Calling for the Release of Lor Peang Villagers and Solving Land Dispute
The civil society organization are calling for the release of 5 Lor Peang villagers who were arrested and detained by Kampong Chhnang provincial authority, due to the land dispute between KDC Company of Ms. Chea Kheng who is a wife of H.E Suy Sem, the Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy. We also call the resolution on the land dispute for them as soon as possible.
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LICADHO Condemns the Arrests of La Peang Demonstrators
LICADHO condemns the violent dispersal of more then 50 villagers from La Peang community who had begun their 60km-long peaceful march from Kampong Chhnang provice to Phnom Penh, calling for a resolution to their long-standing land dispute. Amid the violent dispersal, three villagers - including the husband of the main La Peang community representative Um Sophy - were arrested and sent to the provincial court.
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UN human rights expert hails political breakthrough, calls for promised reforms
Following the announcement today of the agreement reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia and the subsequent release of the opposition party members arrested during the past week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi
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IPU welcomes release of Cambodian MPs and political agreement between government and opposition
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has welcomed the release of seven Cambodian opposition MPs arrested last week on insurrection charges over their alleged role in a violent protest in Phnom Penh on 15 July. Nevertheless, IPU reiterates its call to the Cambodian authorities to fully respect due process and drop all charges against the MPs immediately unless strong evidence is produced. According to IPU sources, the parliamentarians have been freed on bail and are still facing an eventual court hearing.
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Seven Opposition MPs Detained Amid Ongoing Restrictions on Peaceful Assembly
ថ្ងៃ១៨ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៤ - The Cambodian government must release all seven Members of Parliament (MPs) and one official of Cambodia’s main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and immediately lift the ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people, FIDH and its member organizations the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) said today.
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Cambodia: Drop Cases Against Opposition Politicians
(New York) – Cambodian authorities should drop trumped-up charges against six leading opposition politicians and immediately and unconditionally release them, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 16, 2014, a Phnom Penh court charged elected members of parliament of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) with insurrection, intentional violence, and obstructing government officials
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ក្រុមសង្គមស៊ីវិល ថ្កោលទោសការចោទប្រកាន់ដោយមិនមានមូលដ្ឋានច្បាប់ និងអំពាវនាវឲ្យបញ្ឈប់អំពើហិង្សា និងការគាបសង្កត់
យើងខ្ញុំ ជាក្រុមអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវិល មានការសោកស្តាយយ៉ាងខ្លាំងចំពោះការចោទប្រកាន់ដោយគ្មានមូលដ្ឋានច្បាស់លាស់លើតំណាងរាស្រ្តជាប់ឆ្នោតទាំងប្រាំពីរនាក់ និងសកម្មជនម្នាក់របស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ។ យើងខ្ញុំសូមអំពាវនាវ ស្នើសុំឲ្យមានការដោះលែងជាបន្ទាន់ និងឥតលក្ខខណ្ឌ ហើយព្រមទាំងធ្វើការទម្លាក់រាល់បទចោទប្រកាន់ទាំងអស់។
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