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A Cambodia that Tolerates Dissent Sends the Right Message to President Obama
Phnom Penh, 15 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its condemnation at the arrest today of eight community activists in Thmar Kaul Village, Po Sen Chey District, Phnom Penh. The community activists are guilty of nothing more than exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression, and coming in the wake of intimidation and harassment of civil society groups attempting to organize and hold meetings ahead of the upcoming ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, the arrests and detention of these community activists is yet another example of the Cambodian authorities’ disregard for human rights.
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CCHR Re-releases its 2011 Legal Analysis of the Charges Against Sam Rainsy and Asserts That not only His Charges but also His Recent Exclusion from the Voter List Is Politically Motivated
Today, 15 November 2012, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) re-releases its “Analysis of the Legal Grounds for Conviction and the Fairness of the Judicial Proceedings in the Criminal Cases Against Sam Rainsy” – originally released in February 2011. Sam Rainsy, eponymous leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was convicted in 2010 on charges of (1) wrongful damage to property, (2) incitement to discrimination, (3) falsifying public documents, and (4) disinformation, in connection with his removal of a demarcation post on the Cambodia-Vietnam border and subsequent online release of maps to prove his allegations of Vietnamese encroachment into Cambodian territory. He was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment but remains in exile in France.
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CCHR Report Shows that Courts Are Continuing to Adhere to Procedures Relating to Witnesses and Evidential Rights, but that Pre-trial Detention Remains Prevalent
The fifth bi-annual report on fair trial rights in the Cambodian Courts (the “Report”) follows six months of trial monitoring by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”) and contains data collected from the monitoring of 463 trials involving 915 defendants in cases before the Phnom Penh Capital City Court of First Instance, Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court of First Instance, Ratanakkiri Provincial Court of First Instance and Kandal Provincial Court of First Instance. The Report analyzes both the improvements in the courts’ adherence to fair trial standards and the continued shortfalls in the application of procedures and respect for fair trial rights.
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Free Detained Community Members from Thmor Kol Village and Stop Police Crackdown ahead of ASEAN Summits
November 15, 2012 - We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the arrest today of eight residents from an airport-area community after they painted the letters “SOS” on their rooftops in an apparent plea to United States President Barack Obama, who arrives in Phnom Penh next week for the 21st ASEAN Summit and 7th East Asia Summit.
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CCHR Re-releases its 2011 Legal Analysis of the Charges Against Sam Rainsy and Asserts That not only His Charges but also His Recent Exclusion from the Voter List Is Politically Motivated
Today, 15 November 2012, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) re-releases its “Analysis of the Legal Grounds for Conviction and the Fairness of the Judicial Proceedings in the Criminal Cases Against Sam Rainsy” – originally released in February 2011. Sam Rainsy, eponymous leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was convicted in 2010 on charges of (1) wrongful damage to property, (2) incitement to discrimination, (3) falsifying public documents, and (4) disinformation, in connection with his removal of a demarcation post on the Cambodia-Vietnam border and subsequent online release of maps to prove his allegations of Vietnamese encroachment into Cambodian territory. He was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment but remains in exile in France.
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A Cambodia that Tolerates Dissent Sends the Right Message to President Obama
Phnom Penh, 15 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its condemnation at the arrest today of eight community activists in Thmar Kaul Village, Po Sen Chey District, Phnom Penh. The community activists are guilty of nothing more than exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression, and coming in the wake of intimidation and harassment of civil society groups attempting to organize and hold meetings ahead of the upcoming ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, the arrests and detention of these community activists is yet another example of the Cambodian authorities’ disregard for human rights.
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Stop Disrupting Civil Society Events and Restricting Freedom of Expression and Assembly Ahead of ASEAN Summit
November 15, 2012 - We, the undersigned civil society organizations, strongly urge the Cambodian authorities to immediately end the ongoing intimidation, threats and harassment of organizers, venue owners and participants involved in civil society events in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh ahead of the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the 7th East Asia Summit.
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CCHR Report Shows that Courts Are Continuing to Adhere to Procedures Relating to Witnesses and Evidential Rights, but that Pre-trial Detention Remains Prevalent
The fifth bi-annual report on fair trial rights in the Cambodian Courts (the “Report”) follows six months of trial monitoring by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) Trial Monitoring Project (the “Project”) and contains data collected from the monitoring of 463 trials involving 915 defendants in cases before the Phnom Penh Capital City Court of First Instance, Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court of First Instance, Ratanakkiri Provincial Court of First Instance and Kandal Provincial Court of First Instance. The Report analyzes both the improvements in the courts’ adherence to fair trial standards and the continued shortfalls in the application of procedures and respect for fair trial rights.
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ASEAN and East Asia Summits: An opportunity to Address Cambodia’s Human Rights Situation
From 18 November 2012 Cambodia will host the 21st ASEAN Summit and 7th East Asia summit in the capital Phnom Penh. Various heads of state will attend, including India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and US President Barack Obama – the first ever visit of a sitting US President to Cambodia.
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Stop Disrupting Civil Society Events and Restricting Freedom of Expression and Assembly Ahead of ASEAN Summit
November 15, 2012 - We, the undersigned civil society organizations, strongly urge the Cambodian authorities to immediately end the ongoing intimidation, threats and harassment of organizers, venue owners and participants involved in civil society events in Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh ahead of the 21st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the 7th East Asia Summit.
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A Cambodia that Tolerates Dissent Sends the Right Message to President Obama
Phnom Penh, 15 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) expresses its condemnation at the arrest today of eight community activists in Thmar Kaul Village, Po Sen Chey District, Phnom Penh. The community activists are guilty of nothing more than exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression, and coming in the wake of intimidation and harassment of civil society groups attempting to organize and hold meetings ahead of the upcoming ASEAN summit in Phnom Penh, the arrests and detention of these community activists is yet another example of the Cambodian authorities’ disregard for human rights.
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ASEAN and East Asia Summits: An opportunity to Address Cambodia’s Human Rights Situation
From 18 November 2012 Cambodia will host the 21st ASEAN Summit and 7th East Asia summit in the capital Phnom Penh. Various heads of state will attend, including India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and US President Barack Obama – the first ever visit of a sitting US President to Cambodia.
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