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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: Ieng Sary Death Shows Khmer Rouge Court Failings
(New York) – The death of Ieng Sary, on trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia after indictment for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, means that another senior leader of the Khmer Rouge has not been held accountable for his crimes.
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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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UN Expert Urges Cambodia and the International Community to Speed up Khmer Rouge Trials
GENEVA (14 March 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, today urged the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the Royal Government, international donors and the UN to expedite the Khmer Rouge trials, after the passing of Mr. Ieng Sary, one of the four accused currently before the Tribunal who died at the age of 87.
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“Civil Society Expresses Regret of the Recent Death of the Accused, Ieng Sary, Along the Way to Justice”
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 21 NGOs members, deeply regret to learn the death of one of the ECCC’s accused, Mr. Ieng Sary, at age of 87 due to his poor health at Cambodia-Soviet Friendship Hospital in the morning of 14th March 2013.
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Yet More Brutality, Yet More Shame on Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the violence that occurred yesterday morning only 100 meters from the house of Prime Minister Hun Sen and calls for an immediate investigation.
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Cambodia: Ieng Sary Death Shows Khmer Rouge Court Failings
(New York) – The death of Ieng Sary, on trial before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia after indictment for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, means that another senior leader of the Khmer Rouge has not been held accountable for his crimes.
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UN Expert Urges Cambodia and the International Community to Speed up Khmer Rouge Trials
GENEVA (14 March 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, today urged the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), the Royal Government, international donors and the UN to expedite the Khmer Rouge trials, after the passing of Mr. Ieng Sary, one of the four accused currently before the Tribunal who died at the age of 87.
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