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Cambodia: Ban of Peaceful Public Demonstrations is Unconstitutional
Very recently, the Cambodian authorities at two different locations took action to ban peaceful public demonstrations of the people as they wanted to express themselves against the wrongdoings affecting their livelihood. On 12 May 2008 fifteen indigenous minority associations in the northeastern province of Rattanakiri sought permission from the provincial authorities to hold a seminar and, at the end of it, organize a procession in the provincial capital, Banlung.
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Cambodia: The Cambodian Government Must Act Against all Violence and Ensure Equal Treatment of All Political Parties
Preparations are now under way for the next general election scheduled for 27 July 2008. Although the electoral campaign cannot begin until 30 days prior to the polls, political parties are already conducting a flurry of activities to challenge one another to score points and win votes. These activities include various measures to enlist more party members and supporters so as to deny them to rival parties.
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LICADHO Report: Media Plagued by Fear and Corruption
Cambodia’s media is often described as one of the freest in the region, but in reality journalists describe an environment in which the pursuit of truth is undermined by political bias, fear and corruption. Most of Cambodia’s media outlets are aligned to political party and most favor the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). Bribes are so commonplace they are not even considered corruption. Formal censorship exists and self-censorship is widespread through Cambodia’s media.
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Cambodia: Durable Solution to Land Grabbing Lies with the Due Process of Law
Land grabbing has been plaguing Cambodia for many year. In early March 2007, a month prior to the commune election, Prime Minister Hun Sen loudly announced a "war against land grabbers" , and almost immediately after this announcement several land grabbers were arrested or forced to give up the land they had grabbed. This war lost almost all its thrust after the election was over and Hun Sen ruling party had secured the control of the overwhelming majority of communes across the country.
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Concerns over Recent Political Arrest in Kampong Thom Province
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 21 NGO members, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (CMFREL) and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia ( NICFEC) are very concerned about the ongoing politically motivated intimidation and arrests by using court system as a political tool, while the national elections to be held on 27 July 2008 nearly come.
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Detained Policeman Transferred to Hospital Because of Poor Health
Pring Pov, the Kep policeman who has been unlawfully detained for more than one month by the Ministry of Interior, was sent by police to Monivong Hospital yesterday. The Cambodia Human Rights and Development Organization (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO) are deeply concerned for his health and once more call for his immediate release.
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Cambodia: Opposition Officials Arrested to Sway Elections
(New York) - Politically motivated criminal charges against at least three opposition party officials are part of a ruling party campaign to weaken political rivals prior to national elections in July 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities last week arrested Tuot Saron, an official of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), and sought the arrest of at least two other SRP officials. Human Rights Watch fears that additional SRP officials may also be arrested imminently.
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Cambodia: Prosecutor’s Contempt for Human Rights Calls for Action Against Him
On 22 February 2008 the deputy prosecutor attached to Phnom Penh Court named Hing Bunchea led a police force to execute the Supreme Court’s order to evict 23 families in Banla Saet village, Khmuonh commune, Russey Keo district, Phnom Penh. Hing used a police force of 500 men armed with assault and other rifles, batons, shields and tear gas grenades. He also used two excavators to demolish houses.
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Condemnation of More Violence in Phnom Penh Land Cases
Cambodian and international human rights organizations are united in condemning two separate violent incidents, which have resulted in blood shed over land in Phnom Penh within the past 48 hours at the Reak Reay and Russey Keo communities. The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), NGO Forum on Cambodia, LICADHO, Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and Bridges Across Borders deplore these violent acts and call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to impose an immediate moratorium on evictions until effective legal protections are made available for persons affected by evictions.
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