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Cambodian civil society excluded from NGO bill drafting process, UN rights expert warns
GENEVA (22 May 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today reiterated his call to the Government of Cambodia to ensure that civil society can meaningfully contribute to the elaboration of the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO), which is expected to be adopted by parliament this month. “It is ironic that the drafting of a law regulating civil society in Cambodia excludes civil society from the process,” the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association said, stating that he has “serious concerns about a process that would result in the adoption of the LANGO without meaningful public participation.” - See more at: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15996&LangID=E#sthash.npdp1G9l.dpuf
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Open Letter - Cambodia : Draft law on civil society
Dear Prime Minister, The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (a joint OMCT-FIDH programme) writes to you with regards to the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO) that you announced on April 1, and that is expected to be introduced in the Cambodia’s National Assembly later this month.
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I Am What I Am: Celebrating Diversity in Cambodia
Now is the time of year when people throughout Cambodia have the opportunity to come together and celebrate Gay Pride Week with their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) friends, family and co-workers. This event has been growing every year since its inauguration in 2009, and this year looks like it will be bigger and better than ever!
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CCHR Reiterates Its Call for an Open Consultation on NGO law
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) strongly regrets the decision – reported by The Cambodia Daily on 8 May 2015 (‘Secret Draft of NGO Law Arrives at Council of Ministers’, p.3) – to send the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (“LANGO”) to the Council of Ministers, signaling that no further consultation would likely take place between civil society and the executive.
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Strengthen Press Freedom to Promote Independent Media
In recent years, journalists and media workers in many parts of the world have been attacked, detained and even murdered, and publications have been censored or shut down. Such restrictions on freedom of the press stifle independent media and freedom of expression, which are fundamental to the development of democratic societies.
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“CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON THE CAMBODIAN MEDIA TO INCREASE THEIR COVERAGE OF THE ON-GOING ECCC TRIALS IN CASE 002/2”
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), Youth for Peace (YFP), KDEI KARUNA (KdK), Transcultural Psychological Organization (TPO) and Asian International Justice Initiative (AIJI) call on the Cambodian TV and radio stations as well as local newspapers to increase their coverage of the on-going trials and current events at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC).
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CCHR Welcomes Release of Activists and Calls for Judicial Reform
CCHR welcomes the recent release from prison of a number of land rights defenders and opposition party activists, and calls for an end to the use of judicial harassment to silence critical voices.
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CCHR Calls for an End to Land Clearance in Dispute between Indigenous Villagers and Rubber Company in Mondulkiri
According to the indigenous Bunong residents of Chork Cha Village in Mondulkiri Province’s Keo Sima District, on 31 March 2015, workers of the Vietnamese owned Binh Phuoc One rubber plantation, accompanied by approximately 90 armed police and gendarmerie officers and a fire truck, bulldozed community farm land and over 170 huts. The land clearance comes amid an ongoing dispute regarding an economic land concession (“ELC”) granted to the company in 2012. The security forces are still in the area, and local villagers say they will resist any further attempts to clear land in the coming days.
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CCHR Calls for an End to Land Clearance in Dispute between Indigenous Villagers and Rubber Company in Mondulkiri
According to the indigenous Bunong residents of Chork Cha Village in Mondulkiri Province’s Keo Sima District, on 31 March 2015, workers of the Vietnamese owned Binh Phuoc One rubber plantation, accompanied by approximately 90 armed police and gendarmerie officers and a fire truck, bulldozed community farm land and over 170 huts. The land clearance comes amid an ongoing dispute regarding an economic land concession (“ELC”) granted to the company in 2012. The security forces are still in the area, and local villagers say they will resist any further attempts to clear land in the coming days.
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On the International Transgender Day of Visibility, CCHR Calls on the Government to Promote and Protect the Human Rights of Transgender People in Cambodia
Today, 31 March 2015, marks the sixth annual International Transgender Day of Visibility. On this day, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to take positive steps to promote and protect the human rights of transgender people in Cambodia.
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LICADHO Opens up its Land Concessions Data, Urges Full Transparency from the Government
March 30, 2015 - The Cambodian League for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) is today releasing to the public its land concession dataset and urges the government to follow suit by publicly disclosing details of all land concessions granted in Cambodia. The information released is the culmination of five years of investigation into this sector.
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CCHR to Launch Short Film to Promote Fair Trial Rights
On 26 March 2015, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) will launch a new short film to raise awareness of fair trial rights, focusing on the right to legal representation and to be present at trial, the presumption of innocence, the rights of juvenile defendants and the right to be tried by a free and impartial judge.
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