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Accused Person Ieng Sary Dies
It is with regret the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announces the death of the accused person Ieng Sary. Mr. Ieng died at the Khmer Soviet Friendship Hospital this morning after having been hospitalized since 4 March 2013.
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Free Tomorrow, but Exposed to Threat from Suspended Sentence
Radio journalist Mam Sonando will be free tomorrow morning after a Phnom Penh appeal court today quashed the 20-year jail sentence he received last October on charges of inciting an armed insurrection and usurping official functions, but gave him an eight-month jail term on a new charge of inciting illegal deforestation.
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CCHR Press Release – Death of Ieng Sary Should Act as a Wake-up Call
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) notes the passing at 8.45am this morning of Ieng Sary, former Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs of Democratic Kampuchea and one of three senior Khmer Rouge leaders standing trial at the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. Ieng Sary was 87 years old when he died.
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Cambodia: Regret at the Conviction of Human Rights Defender Mam Sonando
Paris-Geneva, March 14, 2013. The Observatory for the Promotion of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation or Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its regret at the sentencing of Mr. Mam Sonando, but welcomes the fact that he will be released from detention due to a suspension of his sentence. Mr. Mam Sonando, Director and owner of the independent FM station 105 (Beehive Radio) and President of the non-governmental organisation Democrats’ Association, is an outspoken critic of the Government’s human rights record, including serious and systematic violations of land and housing rights.
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Appeal Court Orders Release of Mam Sonando, Kan Sovann and Touch Ream
March 14, 2013 - We, the undersigned civil society groups, welcome the Court of Appeal’s long-overdue decision today to release independent radio station owner Mam Sonando and his two co-appellants, Touch Ream and Kan Sovann, but caution that a long road remains to rehabilitate Cambodia’s democracy ahead of National Assembly elections in July.
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Cambodia: Regret at the Conviction of Human Rights Defender Mam Sonando
Paris-Geneva, March 14, 2013. The Observatory for the Promotion of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation or Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its regret at the sentencing of Mr. Mam Sonando, but welcomes the fact that he will be released from detention due to a suspension of his sentence. Mr. Mam Sonando, Director and owner of the independent FM station 105 (Beehive Radio) and President of the non-governmental organisation Democrats’ Association, is an outspoken critic of the Government’s human rights record, including serious and systematic violations of land and housing rights.
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Cambodia: Death of Senior Khmer Rouge Official Underlines Need to Expedite Genocide Trials
Khmer Rouge Tribunal proceedings must continue without unnecessary delays, Amnesty International said following the death of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary.Ieng Sary, 87, was standing trial for alleged crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes carried out during the period of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in the 1970s.
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Cambodia: Death of Senior Khmer Rouge Official Underlines Need to Expedite Genocide Trials
Khmer Rouge Tribunal proceedings must continue without unnecessary delays, Amnesty International said following the death of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary.Ieng Sary, 87, was standing trial for alleged crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes carried out during the period of Khmer Rouge rule in Cambodia in the 1970s.
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A Good Day for Man Sonando; a Bad Day for Rule of Law in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, 14 March 2013 – The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 21 NGOs members, is pleased that the Court of Appeal today ruled to release Mam Sonando, KanSovann and Touch Ream; however, CHRAC cannot welcome this decision as they remain convicted on a number of spurious charges, which should have been dropped altogether.
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Free Tomorrow, but Exposed to Threat from Suspended Sentence
Radio journalist Mam Sonando will be free tomorrow morning after a Phnom Penh appeal court today quashed the 20-year jail sentence he received last October on charges of inciting an armed insurrection and usurping official functions, but gave him an eight-month jail term on a new charge of inciting illegal deforestation.
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Free Tomorrow, but Exposed to Threat from Suspended Sentence
Radio journalist Mam Sonando will be free tomorrow morning after a Phnom Penh appeal court today quashed the 20-year jail sentence he received last October on charges of inciting an armed insurrection and usurping official functions, but gave him an eight-month jail term on a new charge of inciting illegal deforestation.
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