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Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights
(New York) – Two criminal cases decided in Phnom Penh on December 27, 2012, demonstrate the Cambodian government’s flagrant misuse of the justice system to undermine rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s Court of Appeals upheld 20-year-sentences against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, convicted after a grossly unfair trial, for the 2004 murder of prominent labor leader Chea Vichea. In the second case, a trial court sentenced land rights activist, Yorm Bopha, 29, to three years in prison, along with members of her family on politically motivated charges for her efforts organizing peaceful protests against land evictions.
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Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights
(New York) – Two criminal cases decided in Phnom Penh on December 27, 2012, demonstrate the Cambodian government’s flagrant misuse of the justice system to undermine rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s Court of Appeals upheld 20-year-sentences against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, convicted after a grossly unfair trial, for the 2004 murder of prominent labor leader Chea Vichea. In the second case, a trial court sentenced land rights activist, Yorm Bopha, 29, to three years in prison, along with members of her family on politically motivated charges for her efforts organizing peaceful protests against land evictions.
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Scapegoats Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun Unjustly Back in Jail
We, the undersigned organizations, condemn in the strongest terms the unexpected decision by Appeals Court Judges Chhoun Sunleng, Seng Sivutha and Khoun Leang Meng to uphold the Phnom Penh court’s grossly unfair verdict against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, The two were arrested by Ministry of Interior police officers in the hearing room and sent back to jaul earlier this morning.
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Cambodia: Convictions of Activists Demonstrate Dire State of Justice
The fabricated charges used to convict two housing rights activists in Phnom Penh’s Municipal Court confirms the dire state of Cambodia’s justice system and rule of law in the country, Amnesty International said today. This morning, Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years imprisonment for ‘intentional violence’, while late yesterday Tim Sakmony was found guilty of making a false declaration and given a suspended prison sentence. The charges in both cases are fabricated and no credible evidence was presented at their trials.
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JOINT STATEMENT Legal Persecution of Land Rights Activists Must End Yorm Bopha Should be Released Immediately and Unconditionally
On December 27, 2012 - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted Yorm Bopha on a trumped up charge and sentenced her to three years‟ imprisonment. The charges against her and three other defendants were purportedly in connection with the beating of a suspected thief, but the real case against her is crystal clear – she, and the rest of the Boeung Kak community land activists are thorns in the side of the authorities, and they need to be silenced.
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Cambodia: Sham Court Cases Undermine Rights
(New York) – Two criminal cases decided in Phnom Penh on December 27, 2012, demonstrate the Cambodian government’s flagrant misuse of the justice system to undermine rights, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s Court of Appeals upheld 20-year-sentences against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, convicted after a grossly unfair trial, for the 2004 murder of prominent labor leader Chea Vichea. In the second case, a trial court sentenced land rights activist, Yorm Bopha, 29, to three years in prison, along with members of her family on politically motivated charges for her efforts organizing peaceful protests against land evictions.
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JOINT STATEMENT Legal Persecution of Land Rights Activists Must End Yorm Bopha Should be Released Immediately and Unconditionally
On December 27, 2012 - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted Yorm Bopha on a trumped up charge and sentenced her to three years‟ imprisonment. The charges against her and three other defendants were purportedly in connection with the beating of a suspected thief, but the real case against her is crystal clear – she, and the rest of the Boeung Kak community land activists are thorns in the side of the authorities, and they need to be silenced.
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JOINT STATEMENT Legal Persecution of Land Rights Activists Must End Yorm Bopha Should be Released Immediately and Unconditionally
On December 27, 2012 - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted Yorm Bopha on a trumped up charge and sentenced her to three years‟ imprisonment. The charges against her and three other defendants were purportedly in connection with the beating of a suspected thief, but the real case against her is crystal clear – she, and the rest of the Boeung Kak community land activists are thorns in the side of the authorities, and they need to be silenced.
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PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER
Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba of Zambia has been appointed as the sitting judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia upon nomination by the Secretary-General of the United nations.
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CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer
On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).
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CCHR Requests Immediate Investigation Into the Misconduct of a Police Officer
On 14 December 2012 in Prek Chik Village, Chikhor Kroum Commune, Sre Ambel District, Koh Kong Province, a police officer from Chikhor Le Communal Administrative Police Post made threatening comments to a Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) staff and attempted to confiscate his camera, whilst he, along with other members of staff from CCHR were observing events relating to a land dispute. It appeared that the police officer was acting under the instructions of the owner of Heng Huy Agriculture Group Co. Ltd (the “Company”).
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PRESS RELEASE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT CHAMBER
Judge Florence Ndepele Mwachande Mumba of Zambia has been appointed as the sitting judge of the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy of Cambodia upon nomination by the Secretary-General of the United nations.
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