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Vanny Is Winning the Vital Voices Award Tomorrow
"Beoung Kak lake resident Tep Vanny beat out 10 international activists to win a human rights award as part of the Movies that Matter Film Festival in The Hague... Vanny, 32, who has been imprisoned, beaten and threatened during years of protesting against land evictions, was a protagonist in the documentary Even a Bird Needs a Nest, which led to her winning the Amnesty International-sponsored 5,000-euro Golden Butterfly: A Matter of ACT Human Rights Award.
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Vanny Is Winning the Vital Voices Award Tomorrow
"Beoung Kak lake resident Tep Vanny beat out 10 international activists to win a human rights award as part of the Movies that Matter Film Festival in The Hague... Vanny, 32, who has been imprisoned, beaten and threatened during years of protesting against land evictions, was a protagonist in the documentary Even a Bird Needs a Nest, which led to her winning the Amnesty International-sponsored 5,000-euro Golden Butterfly: A Matter of ACT Human Rights Award.
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43 Families from Thmor Da Commune Were Excluded from Land Measurement by Youth Volunteers Implementing the Prime Minister’s Land-Titling Scheme
On 1st April 2013, 43 families from Thmor Da commune, including nine families from Ekapheap village and 20 families from Sangkum Thmey village, Veal Veng district, Pursat province travelled to Phnom Penh with a view to filing a complaint with the Prime Minister’s cabinet, as their plots of land were excluded from the land-titling scheme that was initiated in June 2012 and is implemented by youth volunteers. Thmor Da commune is located near the Cambodia-Thailand border at O’Plok Domrey checkpoint.
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Case 002 Severed and Nuon Chea Found Fit to Stand Trial
In two oral decisions announced on 29 March 2013, the Trial Chamber concluded that that Nuon Chea is fit to stand trial, and that Case 002 will be severed. The Trial Chamber announced that the subject matter for Case 002/01 will be the charges in the Closing Order related to:
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NDI Response to NEC Press Release
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has responded directly to the National Election Committee (NEC) and clarified their apparent misunderstanding of the VRA findings and data.
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Cambodia: Supreme Court Keeps Activist Jailed
(New York) – The Cambodian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the trumped-up imprisonment of a land-rights activist should prompt Cambodia’s donors to demand her unconditional release, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Cambodia: Supreme Court Keeps Activist Jailed
(New York) – The Cambodian Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the trumped-up imprisonment of a land-rights activist should prompt Cambodia’s donors to demand her unconditional release, Human Rights Watch said today.
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A Villager from the Andong Relocation Site in Phnom Penh Was Harassed After She Provided Assistance to CCHR Staff Researching Land Issues in Her Community
On the afternoon of 27 March 2013, Mr. Vann Sophath, Project Coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), was informed by Ms. Yong Sophorn, a villager residing in the Andong relocation site for evictees, that she had been harassed by the local authorities, including the community leader, as a result of her involvement in a research visit recently made to Andong by CCHR
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Case 002 Severed and Nuon Chea Found Fit to Stand Trial
In two oral decisions announced on 29 March 2013, the Trial Chamber concluded that that Nuon Chea is fit to stand trial, and that Case 002 will be severed. The Trial Chamber announced that the subject matter for Case 002/01 will be the charges in the Closing Order related to:
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A Villager from the Andong Relocation Site in Phnom Penh Was Harassed After She Provided Assistance to CCHR Staff Researching Land Issues in Her Community
On the afternoon of 27 March 2013, Mr. Vann Sophath, Project Coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”), was informed by Ms. Yong Sophorn, a villager residing in the Andong relocation site for evictees, that she had been harassed by the local authorities, including the community leader, as a result of her involvement in a research visit recently made to Andong by CCHR
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