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Public Statement on the Cambodian National Assembly Elections on 27 July 2008
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes reports that voting in the Election of Members of the 4th Mandate of the Cambodian National Assembly, on 27 July 2008, took place in an atmosphere that was for the most part peaceful and free of violence.
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Statutory Presumption of Bail Must be Effectively Enforced
Last August Cambodia adopted a code of criminal procedure. In a section on pre-trial detention this code succinctly stipulates the presumption in favour of bail, and allows pre-trial detention in special cases subject to the custodial sentence attached to the crime and specific reasons.
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Crackdown on Attempted Peaceful Protest by Workers and Teachers
The Association for Development and Human Rights in Cambodia (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO) jointly condemn the police crackdown on an attempted peaceful gathering over the Preah Vihear temple dispute by factory workers and school teachers today.
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Civil Society Coalition Calls for an End of Political Violence During the Electoral Campaign Period
A coalition of a wide range of civil society organizations, namely the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC, 21 NGO members), the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL, 10 NGO members), and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC, 7 NGO members), have great concern over the general political situation and the practice of democracy in the Kingdom of Cambodia, especially during the electoral campaign period of the 4th term of the National Assembly Elections, which will take place on July 27, 2008.
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Cambodia: Murder of Journalist Jolts Run-Up to Election
(New York) - With less than two weeks before Cambodia’s National Assembly elections on July 27, the political climate has sharply deteriorated, highlighted by the killing of opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his son in a drive-by shooting on July 11 in Phnom Penh, Human Rights Watch said today.
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NGOs Call for Immediate Release of Mr. Dam Sith, Editor-in-Chief of Moneasekar Khmer
Mr. Dam Sith, editor-in-chief of Moneasekar Khmer newspaper was arrested by military police following an arrest warrant issued by Phnom Penh municipal court.
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