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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 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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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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ADHOC Condemns the Disruption of Regional Civil Society Events and the Intimidation of Organizers and Participants
Phnom Penh, 14 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) strongly condemns the repeated disruption of civil society meetings taking place as part of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum and ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly 2012. The intimidation of organizers and participants at the meetings is an unacceptable affront to basic freedoms of expression and assembly and sends a powerful message to the world that the Cambodian government is not committed to the creation of an ASEAN that respects fundamental rights and freedoms.
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A People-Centered ASEAN: A Vision for the Future
In the build-up to next week’s ASEAN summit here in Phnom Penh, when Cambodia in its role as ASEAN Chair will be hosting not only the other member states but also dozens of world leaders – including newly re-elected US President Barack Obama, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – now is a good opportunity to think about what it means to be a part of ASEAN, to reflect on how far ASEAN has come, and what vision of ASEAN we may want to strive towards in the future.
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ADHOC Condemns the Disruption of Regional Civil Society Events and the Intimidation of Organizers and Participants
Phnom Penh, 14 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) strongly condemns the repeated disruption of civil society meetings taking place as part of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum and ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly 2012. The intimidation of organizers and participants at the meetings is an unacceptable affront to basic freedoms of expression and assembly and sends a powerful message to the world that the Cambodian government is not committed to the creation of an ASEAN that respects fundamental rights and freedoms.
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A People-Centered ASEAN: A Vision for the Future
In the build-up to next week’s ASEAN summit here in Phnom Penh, when Cambodia in its role as ASEAN Chair will be hosting not only the other member states but also dozens of world leaders – including newly re-elected US President Barack Obama, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – now is a good opportunity to think about what it means to be a part of ASEAN, to reflect on how far ASEAN has come, and what vision of ASEAN we may want to strive towards in the future.
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A People-Centered ASEAN: A Vision for the Future
In the build-up to next week’s ASEAN summit here in Phnom Penh, when Cambodia in its role as ASEAN Chair will be hosting not only the other member states but also dozens of world leaders – including newly re-elected US President Barack Obama, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – now is a good opportunity to think about what it means to be a part of ASEAN, to reflect on how far ASEAN has come, and what vision of ASEAN we may want to strive towards in the future.
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Cambodian Authorities Disrupt Two Civil Society Events Planned in Parallel with the ASEAN Summit and Threaten to Arrest any Protesters During the Visit of President of the United States, Barack Obama
According to a public announcement by the Civil Society Committee (the “Committee”) of ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum 2012 (“ACSC/APF”), made on 12 November 2012, the Committee is deeply concerned about the recent activities of the Cambodian authorities in repeatedly disturbing the organization of the APF in Phnom Penh. The ACSC/APF 2012 Committee plans to conduct this year’s APF from 14 to 16 November, however, the venues that the Committee booked for the event have been canceled by the owners on two occasions due to pressure from the Cambodian authorities. The Committee has been exploring other potential venues to host the event, however members are deeply concerned and frustrated at the continued disruption by the authorities, which is a repeat of events in March 2012 when APF workshops were similarly disrupted.
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Harassment and Intimidation of Members of Cambodian Center for Human Rights During Fact-finding Mission
On 30 and 31 October 2012, members of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)’s Land Reform Project Team were harassed and intimidated by police and military officials during a mission to collect information about the resolution of a land conflict.
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A People-Centered ASEAN: A Vision for the Future
In the build-up to next week’s ASEAN summit here in Phnom Penh, when Cambodia in its role as ASEAN Chair will be hosting not only the other member states but also dozens of world leaders – including newly re-elected US President Barack Obama, outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – now is a good opportunity to think about what it means to be a part of ASEAN, to reflect on how far ASEAN has come, and what vision of ASEAN we may want to strive towards in the future.
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ADHOC Condemns the Disruption of Regional Civil Society Events and the Intimidation of Organizers and Participants
Phnom Penh, 14 November 2012 — The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) strongly condemns the repeated disruption of civil society meetings taking place as part of the ASEAN Peoples’ Forum and ASEAN Grassroots People’s Assembly 2012. The intimidation of organizers and participants at the meetings is an unacceptable affront to basic freedoms of expression and assembly and sends a powerful message to the world that the Cambodian government is not committed to the creation of an ASEAN that respects fundamental rights and freedoms.
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