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Preceding Yorm Bopha’s Appeal Hearing scheduled for 5 June 2013, CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of her Charging and Sentencing by the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance
On 4 September 2012, housing rights activist from the Boeng Kak community in Phnom Penh, Yorm Bopha, was charged with intentional violence with aggravating circumstances under Article 218 of the Cambodian Criminal Code, in relation to a skirmish that had broken out near her house on 7 August 2012.
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Preceding Yorm Bopha’s Appeal Hearing scheduled for 5 June 2013, CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of her Charging and Sentencing by the Phnom Penh Court of First Instance
On 4 September 2012, housing rights activist from the Boeng Kak community in Phnom Penh, Yorm Bopha, was charged with intentional violence with aggravating circumstances under Article 218 of the Cambodian Criminal Code, in relation to a skirmish that had broken out near her house on 7 August 2012.
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In the Wake of More Rrotests, CCHR Calls on City Hall to Resolve Long-Sanding Land Conflicts in Phnom Penh
In the wake of the disproportionate force used by law enforcement against housing rights activists on 29 May 2013 in front of Phnom Penh City Hall, during one of many anti-eviction demonstrations that have turned violent recently, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls on the competent authorities of Phnom Penh municipality to resolve the various land conflicts which have been pending for years in the capital.
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Petition About Cambodian Sugar Concessions Filed with the Thai National Human Rights Commission
30 May 2013, Phnom Penh – Two Cambodian NGOs, LICADHO and Equitable Cambodia filed a petition on behalf of 602 complainants about serious human rights violations linked to large sugar concessions held by Thai sugar giant, Mitr Phol Sugar Corporation.
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Appeals Transport for Prisoners Improving, but Not Fixed Yet
Phnom Penh (May 30, 2013) - After years of delays, prison authorities have begun transporting provincial prisoners to their appeals hearings in Phnom Penh, but the failure to offer return transport is threatening to undermine progress, a new report by LICADHO has found.
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Political Forum “Perspectives of Political Parties on Environment and Land in Cambodia”
On 31 May 2013, a Political Forum on the topic of “Perspectives of Political Parties on Environment and Land in Cambodia” will be hosted at the Golden Sand Hotel, Street 23 Tola, Sangkat 04, Sihanouk Province.
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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya P. Subedi
I have completed my ninth human rights fact-finding mission to the Kingdom of Cambodia today and what I propose to outline are my initial findings and thoughts about the human rights situation in the country since my last mission. My final conclusions and recommendations will be contained in my report that I will present to the United Nations Human Rights Council in September this year.
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Trial in the ECCC Case 002: Civil Parties Will Make Their Voice Heard
FIDH, ADHOC and LICADHO welcome the opening, on 27 May 2013, of the « Impact Hearings » before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Case 002/001. [1] During four days (27, 29, 30 May and 4 June 2013), 13 Civil Parties will testify about the impact of the Khmer rouge criminal policy of forced population displacements on their lives. FIDH, ADHOC and LICADHO call upon the Chambers to ensure that victims’ suffering will be acknowledged in their final judgement, and in particular regarding the orders of reparation.
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