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Thailand: Fears of Crackdown Trigger Exodus
(New York) – The Thai military authorities should urgently improve human rights protections of migrant workers to end their mass flight from the country, Human Rights Watch said today.
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CCHR to Host Workshop for Youth on Electoral Reform
On 20 and 21 June 2014, The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) will host a workshop for youth on electoral reform aimed at providing opportunities for youth participants to identify key concerns regarding electoral reform and to develop recommendations, in addition to learning about substantive issues regarding political participation and electoral reform.
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CCHR Receives Rising Voices Microgrant and Launches Empowering Cloghers Project
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) launches today – 16 June 2014 – a new project, the Empowering Cloghers Project (“the Project”), and announces a call for applications for people interested in receiving training through the Project. The Project aims to strengthen the online presence and influence of female university students from all over Cambodia by enabling them to become Cambodian bloghers (female bloggers) – known as “cloghers” – and to become active online. CCHR’s Empowering Cloghers Project has been selected as a grantee of the Rising Voices Microgrant 2014, a project of Global Voices Online.
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STATEMENT CALLING FOR THAI GOVERNMENT TO HUMANELY TREAT CAMBODIAN MIGRANT WORKERS WITH RESPECT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
Phnom Penh, 12 June 2014 – The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) – a coalition of 21 NGOs working on the promotion of Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law in Cambodia deplores the decision of the Thai junta to deport Cambodian migrants en masse and demands that their deportation is carried out in a manner which respects their human rights
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ADHOC GRAVELY CONCERNED AT REPORTS OF KILLINGS OF RETURNING CAMBODIANS BY THAIMILITARY
Phnom Penh, 11 June 2014 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) is gravely concerned at witness reports to ADHOC investigators of the killing of up to nine Cambodian migrants and the beating of another by the Thai armed forces as part of the Thai military junta’s campaign to expel illegal migrants working in the country. This vicious campaign has seen thousands of Cambodians packed into trucks like animals and forcibly returned to Cambodia. Returnees have reported violent raids on houses where illegal immigrants are suspected of residing and incidences of the tearing up of documentation entitling Cambodians to work legally in the country. ADHOC will continue to investigate these claims.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY VOD REPORTER LAY SAMEAN
I think that by now, most of you know what happened to me as I was trying to cover an election rally on May 2. You’ve heard how six to ten security guards began chasing me as I was photographing the election march. It’s been well reported how they kicked me and hit me with batons in the head, face, hands and stomach and left me unconscious in the street. It took three skilled surgeons in Bangkok to fix the damage they did to my face, but I will still carry the scars forever.
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT BY CCIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PA NGOUN TEANG
This morning, the Cambodian Center for Independent Media filed a lawsuit with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court accusing the Phnom Penh Governor, the Daun Penh District Governor and the Deputy Daun Penh District Governor with instigation in in the May 2 assault on VOD reporter Lay Samean.
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CCIM, VOD THANK AUDIENCE, DONORS FOR SUPPORT OF INJURED REPORTER
The Cambodian Center for Independent Media (CCIM) and VOD would like to thank our loyal audience members, our civil society partners and the many others that have come to the assistance of injured VOD reporter Lay Samean, who was seriously injured in an attack by Khan Daun Penh security guards on May 2. CCIM is incredibly grateful to the many individuals and organizations that have offered both financial and in-kind support to assist Samean following his complicated facial reconstruction surgery last month.
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CSOs, experts discuss potential impacts of three newly-adopted laws on judiciary
Phnom Penh (June 03, 2014) – More than 100 senior representatives from NGOs and law experts meet at the member bi-monthly meeting to discuss the potential impacts of three newly-adopted laws on judiciary in Cambodia. Organized by the Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), the meeting aims to (1) introduce new members on their profiles and key activities; (2) update CCC members on the key interventions of Governance Hub Program (GHP), and its engagement with CCC members; and (3) reflect on the potential impacts of three laws related to the Judiciary to civil society in Cambodia, and proposed action points.
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CCHR welcomes the release of 25 protesters but strongly condemns their convictions
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) welcomes today’s decision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court of First Instance to suspend the sentences of the 25 human rights defenders, activists and protestors arrested during demonstrations in November 2013 and early January 2014 in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). However, CCHR strongly condemns the decision of the judges to convict them despite a complete lack of evidence, and serious violations of their right to a fair trial, as detailed by CCHR ahead of the verdict.
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Cambodia – Conviction and suspended sentence imposed on human rights defenders involved in January 2014 labour rights protests
Vorn Pao is one of the HRDs who has been given a suspended sentenceVorn Pao is one of the HRDs who has been given a suspended sentence On 30 May 2014, Phnom Penh’s Municipal Court of First Instance imposed suspended sentences on 23 human rights defenders and protesters, including human rights defenders Messrs Vorn Pao, Chan Putisak, and Theng Savoeun. The sentences relate to the individuals’ participation in demonstrations held on 2 and 3 January 2014 demanding the right to decent work and fair wages, and they all deny the accusations. Vorn
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CCHR calls for the acquittal of “the 23” and their immediate release
Ahead of the verdict for the “23,” which will be delivered on 30 May 2014, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls for their acquittal and their immediate release. CCHR’s monitoring of their hearings revealed a complete lack of any incriminatory evidence, serious concerns relating to the independence of the court, repeated violations of the defendants’ fair trial rights and the immediate need for medical care for some of the detainees.
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