• CCHR and Its Radio Voice of Democracy Protest Against the Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Its Investigator in Battambang Province

    CCHR and Its Radio Voice of Democracy Protest Against the Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Its Investigator in Battambang Province

    CCHR is very concerned about the criminal defamation complaint under Article 63 UNTAC law against its staff member Mr In Kong Chit

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  • US Assistant Secretary of State Barry F. Lowencron Called for Strict Enforcement of Cambodia Land Law on Public Forum by CCHR

    US Assistant Secretary of State Barry F. Lowencron Called for Strict Enforcement of Cambodia Land Law on Public Forum by CCHR

    US Assistant Secretary of State Barry F. Lowencron called for strict enforcement of Cambodia Land Law on Public Forum by CCHR

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  • Stop Violent Crackdown on Workers’ Strike at Bright Sky Garment Factory

    Stop Violent Crackdown on Workers’ Strike at Bright Sky Garment Factory

    The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 23 NGO members, strongly condemns the armed forces for cracking down on a peaceful strike made by garment factory workers while they were asserting their rights for better working conditions at Bright Sky Garment Factory, located along Veng Sreng Street, Dangkor District, Phnom Penh on October 16, 2006 at around 8.30pm.

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  • AFEC Demands for Abolishing Article 62 UNTAC Law on Criminal Disinformation

    AFEC Demands for Abolishing Article 62 UNTAC Law on Criminal Disinformation

    The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) demands for abolishing Article 62 of the UNTAC law on criminal disinformation. The network of 28 Cambodian civil society oraganization holds that this legal provision contradicts the Cambodian Constitution and the international human rights law by imposing unjustifiable restrictions to the human right to Freedom of Expression.

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  • Demand for Abolishment of Article 62 UNTAC Law on Criminal Disinformation

    Demand for Abolishment of Article 62 UNTAC Law on Criminal Disinformation

    The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) demands for abolishing Article 62 of the UNTAC law on criminal disinformation. The network of 28 Cambodian civil society organizations holds that this legal provision contradicts the Cambodian Constitution and the international human rights law by imposing unjustifiable restrictions to the human right to Freedom of Expression. In the view of AFEC, there are other and much more adequate legal ways how to protect public peace than a law against disinformation. The AFEC is convinced that the mere publication of false statement of facts should not be criminalized at all.

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  • Appeal Court Hearing Must Bring Justice to Born Samnang   and Sok Sam Oeun

    Appeal Court Hearing Must Bring Justice to Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun

    The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) a coalition of 21 NGO members, petitions the Appeal Court to release Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun in their upcoming Appeal Court hearing on October 6, 2006. CHRAC has made investigations into the Chea Vichea assassination, which occurred on January 22, 2004 and continues to believe that Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun have nothing to do with the assassination. CHRAC considers the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s verdict to have been politically motivated. Furthermore, its appears that the police investigation into the assassination involved several now disgraced police officers, some who have now been arrested for criminal activity.

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  • Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Labor Leader’s Murder

    Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Labor Leader’s Murder

    (New York) - At an appeal court hearing on Friday the Cambodian judiciary should release, for lack of evidence, two men wrongly convicted of murdering labor leader Chea Vichea, Human Rights Watch said today. Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, who are currently serving 20-year prison sentences, were convicted in August 2005, following a controversial trial that failed to meet international standards of due process and fairness. Chea Vichea, the founder and president of the Free Trade Union of the Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia, was the most prominent labor leader in Cambodia until his murder in January 2004.

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  • CCHR Supports the Critique of Human Rights Violations in Cambodia by UN Special Representative Yash Ghai

    CCHR Supports the Critique of Human Rights Violations in Cambodia by UN Special Representative Yash Ghai

    The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) welcomes the report made by the UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai. The independent expert had presentee his findings and recommendations to the UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva on Tuesday, September 26.

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  • NGOs Warn UN Human Rights Council of Grim Rights Situation in Cambodia

    NGOs Warn UN Human Rights Council of Grim Rights Situation in Cambodia

    The deteriorating human rights situation in Cambodia demands firmer action from the United Nations and the country’s biggest foreign donors, according to three rights NGOs. The Cambodian government’s failure to meet its human rights obligations is highlighted by the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), and the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), in a submission to the highest UN rights body, the Human Rights Council. The Council is holding its second session in Geneva from 18 September till 6 October, 2006.

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  • Activists Release Balloons, Demand Release of Arrested   Sambok Chap Villagers

    Activists Release Balloons, Demand Release of Arrested Sambok Chap Villagers

    The Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) invites the media to report on the release of balloons in front of Prey Sar Prison on 06 September 2006 at 11am, to demand the immediate and unconditional release of three villagers of Sambok Chab who have been detained in prison for three months.

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  • Fall Down of  Freedom of Expression & Assembly  1 septembner 2006

    Fall Down of Freedom of Expression & Assembly 1 septembner 2006

    មជ្ឈ​មណ្ឌល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​កម្ពុជា​ មាន​ការ​រន្ធត់​នៅ​ពេល​ដែលឮ​ដំណឹង​ថា​ "​ច្បាប់​ស្តី​ពី​លក្ខន្តិ​កៈ​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​"​ បាន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ និង​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​សមា​ជិក​រដ្ឋ​សភា​ មុន​ពេល​លើក​អភ័យ​ឯក​សិទ្ធិ​របស់​ពួក​គេ​ ។​ នេះ​ជា​លក្ខន្តិកៈ​ដែល​បាន​អនុ​ម័ត​ដោយ​រដ្ឋ​សភា​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​ ទី​៣០​ ខែ​សីហា​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៦​ ។​

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  • Statement of Peov in Khmer I

    Statement of Peov in Khmer I

    Informal translate to Khmer Language of Heng Peov

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