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Cambodia: Respect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly
As the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) prepares to hold a peaceful “meditative” assembly on 7 September 2013 to demand an independent investigation into what it alleges are irregularities, including fraud, around the national election of 28 July, the undersigned non-governmental organizations and civil society groups make the following statement:
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Phnom Penh Authorities Attempt to Crack Down on Boeung Kak Community March
The Phnom Penh authorities today restricted a peaceful march by Boeung Kak community representatives and supporters to mark one-year imprisonment of fellow land rights activist Yorm Bopha, who was wrongfully convicted in December 2012. The community planned to march from their area of Phnom Penh to the Wat Phnom pagoda and then to the Supreme Court to demand that the court urgently hear Yorm Bopha’s case.
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ADHOC CONDEMNS HARASSMENT OF NGO WORKER AND OBSTRUCTION OF RIGHTS OF BOEUNG KAK LAKE COMMUNITY PROTESTERS
Phnom Penh, 04 September 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) condemns the harassment of Mr. Vann Sophath - Land Reform Coordinator at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) - and the obstruction to the legitimate right to freedom of assembly of the Boeung Kak Lake community by the Phnom Penh Municipal Police this morning.
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365 Days Too Many – Release Yorm Bopha
September 4, 2013 marks one year since community representative Yorm Bopha was incarcerated as a result of her land rights activism.
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Land Rights Activist Yorm Bopha Remains in Prison After One Year Despite a Flagrant Lack of Evidence to Warrant Her Incarceration
Tomorrow, 4 September 2013, marks one year since land rights activist Yorm Bopha was arrested near her home in the Boeung Kak area of Phnom Penh. She was apprehended alongside her husband on trumped up charges of “intentional violence with aggravating circumstances” under Article 218 of the Cambodian Criminal Code relating to the alleged assault of two motorbike taxi drivers
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Civil Society’s Recommendations over Electoral Conflict Resolutions
The Situation Room welcomes the introduction of a process for resolving complaints by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (“CCC”) in ordering the National Election Committee (“NEC”) to open safety packages “A”.The Situation Room observed a number of irregularities with safety packages “A” in Kratie, Battambang, and Siem Reap provinces
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