• Human Trafficking Survivors Train Cambodian Police and Government Officials

    Human Trafficking Survivors Train Cambodian Police and Government Officials

    (PRWEB) February 1, 2010 -- Cambodian human trafficking survivors will work with the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) and the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) Task Force to eradicate human trafficking. The survivors, part of the Somaly Mam Foundation’s Voices for Change (VFC) program, will train police and government officials on laws and issues related to sex trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia.

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  • Human Trafficking Survivors Train Cambodian Police and Government Officials

    Human Trafficking Survivors Train Cambodian Police and Government Officials

    (PRWEB) February 1, 2010 -- Cambodian human trafficking survivors will work with the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) and the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) Task Force to eradicate human trafficking. The survivors, part of the Somaly Mam Foundation’s Voices for Change (VFC) program, will train police and government officials on laws and issues related to sex trafficking and forced labor in Cambodia.

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  • Annual Report 2009

    Annual Report 2009

    Since its restructuring, the Cambodian, Disabled People’s Organisation (CDPO), has stepped up significantly towards, making positive changes, to the lives of, persons with disabilities in Cambodia. It, has been a challenging time, working, towards the recognition of disabled peoples’ capabilities instead of, concentrating on their disabilities, and towards the gradual, improvement of their, quality of life and garnering respect for, their human rights.

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  • Annual Report 2009

    Annual Report 2009

    Since its restructuring, the Cambodian, Disabled People’s Organisation (CDPO), has stepped up significantly towards, making positive changes, to the lives of, persons with disabilities in Cambodia. It, has been a challenging time, working, towards the recognition of disabled peoples’ capabilities instead of, concentrating on their disabilities, and towards the gradual, improvement of their, quality of life and garnering respect for, their human rights.

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  • Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    OHCHR regrets once again that the courts have been used to respond to a public interest issue that could have been resolved in a more open, constructive manner, through public debate within Cambodia’s democratic institutions. Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced to two years imprisonment for damage to property and incitement to racial siscrimination (Article 52 and 61 of the UNTAC penal law, respectively). Ms. Meas Srey and Mr. Prum Chea were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for damage to property. All three were further sentenced to heavy fines and compensation ranging from 5 to 50 millions riels.

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  • Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    OHCHR regrets once again that the courts have been used to respond to a public interest issue that could have been resolved in a more open, constructive manner, through public debate within Cambodia’s democratic institutions. Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced to two years imprisonment for damage to property and incitement to racial siscrimination (Article 52 and 61 of the UNTAC penal law, respectively). Ms. Meas Srey and Mr. Prum Chea were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for damage to property. All three were further sentenced to heavy fines and compensation ranging from 5 to 50 millions riels.

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  • Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    OHCHR regrets once again that the courts have been used to respond to a public interest issue that could have been resolved in a more open, constructive manner, through public debate within Cambodia’s democratic institutions. Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced to two years imprisonment for damage to property and incitement to racial siscrimination (Article 52 and 61 of the UNTAC penal law, respectively). Ms. Meas Srey and Mr. Prum Chea were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for damage to property. All three were further sentenced to heavy fines and compensation ranging from 5 to 50 millions riels.

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  • Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    Statement of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Cambodia

    OHCHR regrets once again that the courts have been used to respond to a public interest issue that could have been resolved in a more open, constructive manner, through public debate within Cambodia’s democratic institutions. Mr. Sam Rainsy was sentenced to two years imprisonment for damage to property and incitement to racial siscrimination (Article 52 and 61 of the UNTAC penal law, respectively). Ms. Meas Srey and Mr. Prum Chea were sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for damage to property. All three were further sentenced to heavy fines and compensation ranging from 5 to 50 millions riels.

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  • Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the political-ruling by Svay Rieng Provincial Court on 27 January 2010 that found Cambodian Opposition leader Sam Rainsy guilty of racial incitement and destruction of property, and villagers Meas Srey and Prom Chea guilty of destruction of property. The charges arose from an October 2009 incident in which Mr. Rainsy joined villagers from Svay Rieng’s Chantrea district.

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  • Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the political-ruling by Svay Rieng Provincial Court on 27 January 2010 that found Cambodian Opposition leader Sam Rainsy guilty of racial incitement and destruction of property, and villagers Meas Srey and Prom Chea guilty of destruction of property. The charges arose from an October 2009 incident in which Mr. Rainsy joined villagers from Svay Rieng’s Chantrea district.

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  • Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the political-ruling by Svay Rieng Provincial Court on 27 January 2010 that found Cambodian Opposition leader Sam Rainsy guilty of racial incitement and destruction of property, and villagers Meas Srey and Prom Chea guilty of destruction of property. The charges arose from an October 2009 incident in which Mr. Rainsy joined villagers from Svay Rieng’s Chantrea district.

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  • Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    Sam Rainsy Conviction Reflects Cambodia’s Rotten Democracy

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the political-ruling by Svay Rieng Provincial Court on 27 January 2010 that found Cambodian Opposition leader Sam Rainsy guilty of racial incitement and destruction of property, and villagers Meas Srey and Prom Chea guilty of destruction of property. The charges arose from an October 2009 incident in which Mr. Rainsy joined villagers from Svay Rieng’s Chantrea district.

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