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Keep Media Free: Unrestricted Access to Social Media
August 7, 2013 - We, the undersigned civil society groups, urge Metfone, an Internet service provider (ISP) registered and operating in Cambodia, to issue a full explanation of today’s temporary blocking of Facebook, as well as the ongoing unavailability of the Ki-Media website.
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CCHR Expresses Concern Regarding the NEC’s Method of Verifying Election Results
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is concerned about a lack of transparency in calculating the results of the National Assembly elections held on 28 July 2013. The National Election Committee (“NEC”) organized a rechecking of the election results from 22 provinces, beginning on 3 August 2013 at NEC headquarters within the Ministry of the Interior.
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The Situation During the Post National Election-2013
We, designated Civil Society groups are deeply concerned over the allegations of intimidation, reprisal, and threats amongst some people, of one political party’s supporter toward the other. We are particularly concerned about the intimidation of local authorities toward opposition party members during the national election on 28 July 2013.
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CCHR welcomes the agreement by both the CNRP and the CPP to participate in a joint committee to investigate election irregularities
Cambodian democracy has come a long way since the last National Assembly elections held in 2008. Last Sunday’s polling, and the immediate run up to the vote, was marked by largely peaceful campaigning and a surge in participation of Cambodian youth. The preliminary election results indicate that many voters were not afraid to vote for change and that there is a viable political opposition in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), arguably for the first time since the first democratic election held in 1993.
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Cambodia: Ruling Party Orchestrated Vote Fraud
(New York) – The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) appears to have been involved in electoral fraud in Cambodia’s July 28, 2013 national elections, according to residents and ruling party officials interviewed by Human Rights Watch.
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Disenfranchisement at polls as citizens unable to vote and illegal voting allowed
Transparency International Cambodia (TIC) conducted a sample-based observation of the July 28th election and vote count. A total of 906 TIC observers were deployed to a representative sample of 407 polling stations across 24 provinces and municipalities. Citizens were frustrated to find that their names were not on the voters list and this led to anger and chaos at some polling stations. While many were turned away, others without identification, and an unusually large number of people using ICEs (temporary identification documents distributed by Commune Councils), were allowed to vote.
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Statement by the Spokesperson of High Representative Catherine Ashton following the elections in Cambodia
The Spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, issued the following statement today:
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