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Peaceful Protesters Expelled from Freedom Park as Military Mobilization Escalates
January 4, 2014 - This morning state forces put a violent end to CNRP supporters’ long-standing occupation of Freedom Park, also known as Democracy Plaza, an area in central Phnom Penh specifically designated for protest.
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CCHR Condemns the RGC’s Violent Clampdown on Human Rights and the Resulting Deterioration of the State of Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (the “RGC”) violent clampdown on human rights – especially on the rights to freedom of expression and assembly – over the past three days, which has resulted in further deterioration of the state of democracy in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”).
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Arrest and Charges against Human Rights Defender Vorn Pov, President of IDEA
Yesterday, 2 January 2014, human rights defender Vorn Pov, President of the Independent and Democracy of Information Economic Association (“IDEA”) and Theng Savuen from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (“CCFC”) along with eight workers and five monks were arrested by Military Special Command Unit 911 while protesting outside of the Yak Jin Factory, off of National Road 4 in Phnom Penh, to demand a higher increase in the minimum wage for garment factory workers.
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Military Special Command Unit Deployed to Crackdown on Striking Workers
January 2, 2014 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC) are outraged by today’s violent crackdown on striking workers by a military special command unit and the consequent violent arrest of union leaders, garment workers and monks.
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Cambodia: Investigate Protest Killings by Security Forces
Cambodian authorities must hold security forces to account for today’s killing of at least four people at a protest by garment workers that turned violent in the capital Phnom Penh, Amnesty International said. “Today’s tragic violence must be investigated and those responsible for deaths and injuries held to account,” said Rupert Abbott, Amnesty International’s Cambodia Researcher.
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CCHR Briefing Note – 03 January 2014- Excessive Use of Force against Demonstrators in 2013 in Cambodia
2013 saw an upsurge in the number of demonstrations in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), with hundreds of thousands of people taking their complaints to the public forum. From protests by garment workers and victims of forced evictions, to rallies by the political opposition, the end of the year was marked by daily news of demonstrations.
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Military Special Command Unit Deployed to Crackdown on Striking Workers
January 2, 2014 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC) are outraged by today’s violent crackdown on striking workers by a military special command unit and the consequent violent arrest of union leaders, garment workers and monks.
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CCHR Releases a Briefing Note on the Excessive Use of Force Against Demonstrators in 2013 and Condemns Yesterday’s Violence
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) releases today – 3 January 2014 – a Briefing Note on the excessive use of force by security forces in 2013 in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). The Briefing Note finds that excessive use of force has been an all too common occurrence in 2013: at least 25 demonstrations were violently repressed, with authorities using electroshock weapons, guns, tear-gas, water cannons, and batons, to beat and disperse protesters.
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Cambodia protest deaths: UN rights expert urges calm and restraint by all sides
GENEVA (3 January 2014 ) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, has reiterated his appeal for calm after military police on Friday opened fire on striking garment workers, reportedly killing at least four people
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Civilians Killed and Injured by Security Forces Amid Civil Unrest in Phnom Penh
January 3, 2014 - LICADHO has confirmed that at least four civilians were shot dead and 21 injured in the worst state violence against civilians to hit Cambodia in fifteen years.
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ADHOC CONDEMNS THE DISPROPORTIONATE USE OF FORCE AGAINST PROTESTERS
The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) denounces the indiscriminate and disproportionate use of force that was used today by the military police against garment workers demanding their wages be doubled, which resulted in the killing of 5 protesters.
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