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Joint Statement on Steps to Strengthen the Independence of Elected Officers
Civil society organizations are also concerned that, during the pre and post election period, the SRP pushed to remove some of its commune councilors. After Election Day, the SRP publicly removed at least 9 members of commune councils. Another 300 are facing the situation that can be removed or suspended.
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Cambodia: If Prime Minister Hun Sen "does not bow down to anyone", will he do so before the law?
The Phnom Penh Post, a local English-language newspaper, has recently published the letter from a human rights advocate commenting on the legal action that Mu Sochua, a female Member of Parliament (MP) from the opposition party, and Prime Minister, Hun Sen had taken against each other for defamation. On 23 April, in a news conference, Mu Sochua announce her lawsuit against Hun sen for his derogatory remarks made early in the month.
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Cambodia: To be a Judge, be Ready to Bribe: Students
To be eligible for positions as judges in Cambodia’s court system, students say they must pay tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. There is even an expression among the students: "Without $20,000 or $ 30,000, one shouldn’t dream of becoming a judge." In numerous interviews with VOA Khmer, students at the new Royal Academy for Judicial Professions in Phnom Penh described in detail a corrupt practice that critics warn compromises the entire justice system.
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United Nations Experts to Review Cambodia Compliance with Human Rights Covenant
On Monday and Tuesday, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will question a Cambodian Government delegation on its performance on a range of human rights issues, including poverty reduction, health, education, labor, housing and food. Natalie Bugalski, Legal Officer at the Centre on Housing Rights Evictions (COHRE), said The examination of the Government by eighteen independent experts and jurists of the United Nations over the next two days is extremely significant. The conclusions of the UN Committee will provide an impartial assessment of Cambodia‟s compliance with its international law obligations with respect to economic, social and cultural rights.
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United Nations Experts to Review Cambodia Compliance with Human Rights Covenant
On Monday and Tuesday, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will question a Cambodian Government delegation on its performance on a range of human rights issues, including poverty reduction, health, education, labor, housing and food. Natalie Bugalski, Legal Officer at the Centre on Housing Rights Evictions (COHRE), said The examination of the Government by eighteen independent experts and jurists of the United Nations over the next two days is extremely significant. The conclusions of the UN Committee will provide an impartial assessment of Cambodia‟s compliance with its international law obligations with respect to economic, social and cultural rights.
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United Nations Experts to Review Cambodia Compliance with Human Rights Covenant
On Monday and Tuesday, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will question a Cambodian Government delegation on its performance on a range of human rights issues, including poverty reduction, health, education, labor, housing and food. Natalie Bugalski, Legal Officer at the Centre on Housing Rights Evictions (COHRE), said The examination of the Government by eighteen independent experts and jurists of the United Nations over the next two days is extremely significant. The conclusions of the UN Committee will provide an impartial assessment of Cambodia‟s compliance with its international law obligations with respect to economic, social and cultural rights.
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United Nations Experts to Review Cambodia Compliance with Human Rights Covenant
On Monday and Tuesday, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will question a Cambodian Government delegation on its performance on a range of human rights issues, including poverty reduction, health, education, labor, housing and food. Natalie Bugalski, Legal Officer at the Centre on Housing Rights Evictions (COHRE), said The examination of the Government by eighteen independent experts and jurists of the United Nations over the next two days is extremely significant. The conclusions of the UN Committee will provide an impartial assessment of Cambodia‟s compliance with its international law obligations with respect to economic, social and cultural rights.
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UN Expert Urges Cambodia to Refrain From More Forced Evictions
I am extremely concerned about the threatened evitction of nearly one hundred families in Phnom Penh, the so-called"Group 78". I have once again addressed the Cambodian authorities to remind them that the pattern of evictions, affecting many of the poor, in the country- and the apparent lack of due process in that regard - suggests they may be tolerating, or even perpetrating, the forced evictions prohibited by international human rights standards.
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Cambodia End Threats to Opposition Lawmaker
In a speech on April 29, 2009, Hun Sen said that it would be “as easy as ABC” to have the parliamentary immunity lifted for Mu Sochua, a National Assembly member. This would permit the government to bring criminal charges against her and prosecute her for publicly criticizing the prime minister. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned Sochua to court on May 7.
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Cambodia: End Threats to Opposition Lawmaker One of Parliament’s Few Women Faces Criminal Defamation Suit
(New York) - Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) should stop threatening to orchestrate the removal of lawmakers’ parliamentary immunity in order to silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today.In a speech on April 29, 2009, Hun Sen said that it would be "as easy as ABC" to have the parliamentary immunity lifted for Mu Sochua, a National Assembly member. This would permit the government to bring criminal charges against her and prosecute her for publicly criticizing the prime minister. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned Sochua to court on May 7.
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OHCHR statement on Press Freedom
The High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed today that the safety and protection of journalists are indispensable bases for the full protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. OHCHR welcomes that journalists in Cambodia do not routinely face prison sentences for their professional activities, but it is clear that serious restrictions continue to limit press freedom and freedom of expression.
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2009 LICADHO Report: Cambodia’s Media Continues to be Attacked, Threatened and Censored
Cambodia’s media is often described as one of the freest in the region, especially relative to the likes of Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos or China where the media is all but controlled by the government1. But the reality is that Cambodia’s media still exists in a repressive environment where the government controls the majority of the media. Those that it does not control, it is not afraid to attack, threaten or censor.
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