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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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CCHR Mourns the Final Nail in the Conffin of Cambodia’s Judicial System
Yesterday, 27 December 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that each of Mr. Born Samnang and Mr Sok Sam Oeun would serve out the remainder of their 20 year prison sentences and pay a fine of 40 million riel in compensation to be paid to the civil party, Mr Chea Mony, the victim’s brother for the murder of Mr Chea Vichea, Presindent of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia on 22 January 2004.
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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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CCHR Mourns the Final Nail in the Conffin of Cambodia’s Judicial System
Yesterday, 27 December 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that each of Mr. Born Samnang and Mr Sok Sam Oeun would serve out the remainder of their 20 year prison sentences and pay a fine of 40 million riel in compensation to be paid to the civil party, Mr Chea Mony, the victim’s brother for the murder of Mr Chea Vichea, Presindent of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia on 22 January 2004.
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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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CCHR Mourns the Final Nail in the Conffin of Cambodia’s Judicial System
Yesterday, 27 December 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that each of Mr. Born Samnang and Mr Sok Sam Oeun would serve out the remainder of their 20 year prison sentences and pay a fine of 40 million riel in compensation to be paid to the civil party, Mr Chea Mony, the victim’s brother for the murder of Mr Chea Vichea, Presindent of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia on 22 January 2004.
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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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CCHR Questions the Logic in Boeng Kak and Borei Keila Sentences
As one of the darkest years for Cambodian human rights defenders in recent times draws to a close, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its profound disappointment in the harsh sentences handed down to Borei Keila activist, Ms Tim Sakmony, and Boeng Kak activist, Ms Yorm Bopha by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, convicted on spurious charges.
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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: 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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CCHR Mourns the Final Nail in the Conffin of Cambodia’s Judicial System
Yesterday, 27 December 2012, the Court of Appeal confirmed that each of Mr. Born Samnang and Mr Sok Sam Oeun would serve out the remainder of their 20 year prison sentences and pay a fine of 40 million riel in compensation to be paid to the civil party, Mr Chea Mony, the victim’s brother for the murder of Mr Chea Vichea, Presindent of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia on 22 January 2004.
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