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Preah Vihear Eviction - Action Needed Over Killings and Looting
The government and courts must take strong action to investigate and punish police and military personnel responsible for serious abuses - including the alleged execution of a woman in front of her children - during the November 15 land eviction in Preah Vihear province.
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Investigation Needed Into Preah Vihear Shootings
LICADHO is gravely concerned by the killings of two people during a land eviction in Preah Vihear province and calls for the government to uickly launch a full investigation into the shootings.
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Forced Eviction of 132 Families in Chruoy Changva Commune, Phnom Penh
The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) and The NGO Forum on Cambodia deeply regret the action taken by authorities of Khan Russey Keo to demolish houses and evict 132 families from Chong Chrouy village, Sangkath Chruoy Changva, Khan Russeykeo, Phnom Penh, on November 2, 2007
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Unjust Verdict Against Wat Bo Community Representative
The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) deplores the prison sentence given this week to a community representative involved in a long-running land dispute in Siem Reap.
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Unlawful Abuse and Deportation of Land Protesters in Phnom Penh
LICADHO strongly condemns last night’s violent abduction and deportation by authorities in Phnom Penh of land protesters who had come to the capital from Svay Rieng province. This action was unacceptable and a blatant violation of Cambodians’ Constitutional rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
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Unjust Verdict in Case Involving a RCAF Colonel by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court
The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) is appalled by the weak prison sentence given today by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) colonel Chhor Dara. Arrested for attempted murder, the court’s ruling in effect allows Chhor Dara to walk free from jail.
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Dey Krahorm Community Representative under Threat of Arrest
LICADHO is concerned that Phnom Penh police may seek to arrest a representative of the Dey Krahorm community on unjustified allegations of stealing or damaging a mobile phone. The community representative, a woman, was involved in an incident with a 7NG company security guard during a news media conference by the Dey Krahorm community this morning. The security guard approached the woman, who was standing several meters away from the media conference, and attempted to photograph her with his mobile phone. The woman brushed the security guard’s hand away, trying to prevent him from photographing her, and the phone fell to the floor. The security guard then left the area, without picking up his telephone, and made a complaint to local police that the woman had stolen his phone. The phone was later given to the police by Dey Krahorm community members.
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Cambodia: Suspicious Custodial Death Underlines Need for Protection of Suspects’ Rights
On August 21, 2007 at 6 a.m. a wealthy and well-connected businessman named Oum Chhay, who had been arrested on suspicion of drug-trafficking, was found lying dead on his back on the ground beneath the balcony of the office of the Anti-Drug Department in Phnom Penh. The police immediately said that the suspect had committed suicide by jumping from a first floor window when he went to the toilet.
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