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ADHOC Condemns Illegal Logging of Indigenous Community Land in Ratanakiri Province
Phnom Penh, December 19 2012 - The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) wishes to strongly condemn the deforestation and illegal logging of timber by two Vietnamese Companies, Dai Dongguan and Seventy Two, that have received Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) in Porknhai commune, O’yadaw district, Ratanakiri province. ADHOC is also concerned at the intimidation of the Lom village indigenous community, which has been threatened that if they do not change from collective land ownership to individual land ownership, they would have to pay approximately $700-$800 to the local authorities as a ‘fine.’ The rights of Cambodia’s indigenous communities must be respected and its forest preserved, and ADHOC calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to intervene and solve this land conflict and the many others affecting Cambodia’s indigenous communities.
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Cambodia: Free Two Women Campaigning Against Forced Evictions
Two women human rights defenders facing lengthy prison sentences in Cambodia on trumped-up charges must be freed immediately, Amnesty International said today.
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CCHR Calls for Puma to Pull out of Bandith Country
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is appalled at the Svay Rieng Provincial Court’s decision to drop all charges against former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bandith, yesterday, 18 December 2012. Chhouk Bandith is the prime suspect in connection with the shooting of three female garment factory workers during a protest outside the Kaoway Sports Limited factory in Bavet City on 20 February 2012.
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CCHR expresses its concerns regarding journalists’ safety and press freedom in Cambodia
According to a Radio Free Asia (“RFA”) report dated 9 December 2012 (“One reporter arrested after reporting about forest crime”), a journalist has been arrested according to an order from the prosecutor of Kratie Court. Another report from RFA dated 11 December 2012, wrote that another journalist was found unconscious after what the police described as a traffic accident. The circumstances of the arrest, and the traffic accident, are a cause of grave concern.
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Statement Charges Dropped Against Chhuk Bundith
Phnom Penh, 19 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its utmost disappointment at the decision of Svay Rieng Provincial Court to drop all charges against former Bavet City Governor Chhuk Bundith, who was accused of firing his gun at three female factory workers at Svay Rieng Special Economic Zone. It took Prosecutor Hing Bunchea almost ten months to decide that, despite Chhuk Bundith’s own confession and confirmation by numerous witnesses that he was the gunman, Chhuk Bundith was not even to be tried for causing “unintentional injuries”—let alone attempted murder.
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CCHR expresses its concerns regarding journalists’ safety and press freedom in Cambodia
According to a Radio Free Asia (“RFA”) report dated 9 December 2012 (“One reporter arrested after reporting about forest crime”), a journalist has been arrested according to an order from the prosecutor of Kratie Court. Another report from RFA dated 11 December 2012, wrote that another journalist was found unconscious after what the police described as a traffic accident. The circumstances of the arrest, and the traffic accident, are a cause of grave concern.
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CCHR expresses its concerns regarding journalists’ safety and press freedom in Cambodia
According to a Radio Free Asia (“RFA”) report dated 9 December 2012 (“One reporter arrested after reporting about forest crime”), a journalist has been arrested according to an order from the prosecutor of Kratie Court. Another report from RFA dated 11 December 2012, wrote that another journalist was found unconscious after what the police described as a traffic accident. The circumstances of the arrest, and the traffic accident, are a cause of grave concern.
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Statement Charges Dropped Against Chhuk Bundith
Phnom Penh, 19 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its utmost disappointment at the decision of Svay Rieng Provincial Court to drop all charges against former Bavet City Governor Chhuk Bundith, who was accused of firing his gun at three female factory workers at Svay Rieng Special Economic Zone. It took Prosecutor Hing Bunchea almost ten months to decide that, despite Chhuk Bundith’s own confession and confirmation by numerous witnesses that he was the gunman, Chhuk Bundith was not even to be tried for causing “unintentional injuries”—let alone attempted murder.
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Cambodia: Free Two Women Campaigning Against Forced Evictions
Two women human rights defenders facing lengthy prison sentences in Cambodia on trumped-up charges must be freed immediately, Amnesty International said today.
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CCHR expresses its concerns regarding journalists’ safety and press freedom in Cambodia
According to a Radio Free Asia (“RFA”) report dated 9 December 2012 (“One reporter arrested after reporting about forest crime”), a journalist has been arrested according to an order from the prosecutor of Kratie Court. Another report from RFA dated 11 December 2012, wrote that another journalist was found unconscious after what the police described as a traffic accident. The circumstances of the arrest, and the traffic accident, are a cause of grave concern.
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Statement Charges Dropped Against Chhuk Bundith
Phnom Penh, 19 December 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its utmost disappointment at the decision of Svay Rieng Provincial Court to drop all charges against former Bavet City Governor Chhuk Bundith, who was accused of firing his gun at three female factory workers at Svay Rieng Special Economic Zone. It took Prosecutor Hing Bunchea almost ten months to decide that, despite Chhuk Bundith’s own confession and confirmation by numerous witnesses that he was the gunman, Chhuk Bundith was not even to be tried for causing “unintentional injuries”—let alone attempted murder.
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CCHR Calls for Puma to Pull out of Bandith Country
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is appalled at the Svay Rieng Provincial Court’s decision to drop all charges against former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bandith, yesterday, 18 December 2012. Chhouk Bandith is the prime suspect in connection with the shooting of three female garment factory workers during a protest outside the Kaoway Sports Limited factory in Bavet City on 20 February 2012.
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