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Yesterday’s Eviction at Borei Keila Fails to Respect the “Three Pillars” of Business and Human Rights
The Phnom Penh Post today reports (“A battle for Borei Keila”) that residents in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community were yesterday evicted from their homes before their homes were then demolished. At least ten people were reportedly injured and another ten arrested during a violent armed clash between residents and a combined force of district police, military police and security guards from developer Phan Imex Company.
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Yesterday’s Eviction at Borei Keila Fails to Respect the “Three Pillars” of Business and Human Rights
The Phnom Penh Post today reports (“A battle for Borei Keila”) that residents in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community were yesterday evicted from their homes before their homes were then demolished. At least ten people were reportedly injured and another ten arrested during a violent armed clash between residents and a combined force of district police, military police and security guards from developer Phan Imex Company.
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Over 500 Criminal Trials Monitored in Fair Trial Study
Following six months of daily monitoring of criminal hearings in the First Instance Courts of Phnom Penh and Kandal, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) releases the results of its third biannual “Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia” report (the “Report”). The Report contains data from a study of 585 trials, involving 1,029 accused, monitored between 1 July to 31 December 2010, and analyzes both improvements in the courts’ adherence to fair trial standards, and continued shortfalls.
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Judicial Intimidation of a Lawyer Representing an Opposition Party Activist
On 29 December 2011, Mr Choung Chou-Ngy was charged under Article 565 of the 2009 Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the “Penal Code”) – “Provision of Means for Escape”. This charge has been brought in response to the release of Mr Choung Chou-Ngy’s client, Mr Meas Peng, deputy chief of Banteay Dek commune in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district, from prison on 23 September 2011. The Cambodia Daily reported that the Kandal provincial court found that Mr Choung Chou-Ngy’s actions in helping his client to be released from prison were not in accordance with the laws of his profession, and that they in fact constituted helping his client to escape – a penal offense. The Kandal provincial court has since confirmed that Mr Choung Chou-Ngy has been charged.
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Judicial Intimidation of a Lawyer Representing an Opposition Party Activist
On 29 December 2011, Mr Choung Chou-Ngy was charged under Article 565 of the 2009 Criminal Code of the Kingdom of Cambodia (the “Penal Code”) – “Provision of Means for Escape”. This charge has been brought in response to the release of Mr Choung Chou-Ngy’s client, Mr Meas Peng, deputy chief of Banteay Dek commune in Kandal province’s Kien Svay district, from prison on 23 September 2011. The Cambodia Daily reported that the Kandal provincial court found that Mr Choung Chou-Ngy’s actions in helping his client to be released from prison were not in accordance with the laws of his profession, and that they in fact constituted helping his client to escape – a penal offense. The Kandal provincial court has since confirmed that Mr Choung Chou-Ngy has been charged.
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Civil Society Groups Condemn Violent Eviction of Borei Keila Residents
January 3, 2012 - HRTF, CYN, IDEA, BABC, CLEC, BKLW, ACRP, CCFC, FADP, PLCN and LICADHO strongly condemns today’s violent destruction of the homes of some 300 families living in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila settlement. The destruction of these homes marks yet another sad turn for a development that was once promoted as a model alternative to the eviction and off-site relocation of the Phnom Penh’s urban poor.
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Civil Society Groups Condemn Violent Eviction of Borei Keila Residents
January 3, 2012 - HRTF, CYN, IDEA, BABC, CLEC, BKLW, ACRP, CCFC, FADP, PLCN and LICADHO strongly condemns today’s violent destruction of the homes of some 300 families living in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila settlement. The destruction of these homes marks yet another sad turn for a development that was once promoted as a model alternative to the eviction and off-site relocation of the Phnom Penh’s urban poor.
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