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Cambodia: Investigate Government Cover-Up
(New York) –The Cambodian government should appoint an independent commission to investigate allegations that a ruling party municipal governor shot and wounded three women workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 14, 2012, the Svay Rieng provincial court closed the case against then-Bavet Municipality Governor Chhouk Bandit for allegedly firing into a crowd of striking factory employees at an industrial park in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone for foreign enterprises on February 20.
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Cambodia: Investigate Government Cover-Up
(New York) –The Cambodian government should appoint an independent commission to investigate allegations that a ruling party municipal governor shot and wounded three women workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 14, 2012, the Svay Rieng provincial court closed the case against then-Bavet Municipality Governor Chhouk Bandit for allegedly firing into a crowd of striking factory employees at an industrial park in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone for foreign enterprises on February 20.
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Cambodia: Investigate Government Cover-Up
(New York) –The Cambodian government should appoint an independent commission to investigate allegations that a ruling party municipal governor shot and wounded three women workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 14, 2012, the Svay Rieng provincial court closed the case against then-Bavet Municipality Governor Chhouk Bandit for allegedly firing into a crowd of striking factory employees at an industrial park in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone for foreign enterprises on February 20.
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Cambodia: Investigate Government Cover-Up
(New York) –The Cambodian government should appoint an independent commission to investigate allegations that a ruling party municipal governor shot and wounded three women workers, Human Rights Watch said today. On December 14, 2012, the Svay Rieng provincial court closed the case against then-Bavet Municipality Governor Chhouk Bandit for allegedly firing into a crowd of striking factory employees at an industrial park in Bavet’s Special Economic Zone for foreign enterprises on February 20.
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CCHR Congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Abe on His Election Victory and Calls for Japan to Speak out More on Human Rights and Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Japan’s general election on 16 December 2012, and wishes them all the best for this term. Mr Abe’s victory, as well as being a shining example to the rest of Asia of real democracy in action, also represents a fresh opportunity for Japan to put its recent economic, political and environmental woes behind it and to regain its stature and clout in the region.
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CCHR Congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Abe on His Election Victory and Calls for Japan to Speak out More on Human Rights and Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Japan’s general election on 16 December 2012, and wishes them all the best for this term. Mr Abe’s victory, as well as being a shining example to the rest of Asia of real democracy in action, also represents a fresh opportunity for Japan to put its recent economic, political and environmental woes behind it and to regain its stature and clout in the region.
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CCHR Congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Abe on His Election Victory and Calls for Japan to Speak out More on Human Rights and Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Japan’s general election on 16 December 2012, and wishes them all the best for this term. Mr Abe’s victory, as well as being a shining example to the rest of Asia of real democracy in action, also represents a fresh opportunity for Japan to put its recent economic, political and environmental woes behind it and to regain its stature and clout in the region.
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CCHR Congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Abe on His Election Victory and Calls for Japan to Speak out More on Human Rights and Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) congratulates Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Liberal Democratic Party on their landslide victory in Japan’s general election on 16 December 2012, and wishes them all the best for this term. Mr Abe’s victory, as well as being a shining example to the rest of Asia of real democracy in action, also represents a fresh opportunity for Japan to put its recent economic, political and environmental woes behind it and to regain its stature and clout in the region.
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Human Rights Defender Profile: Yorm Bopha
As a representative of the BKL community, 29-year-old mother Yorm Bopha is an outspoken land rights activist, and a central figure in her community’s long-running campaign against forced eviction. She can-not remember how many times she has been beaten during protests but she clearly remembers being shocked twice by electric stun batons whilst protest-ing peacefully.
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Human Rights Defender Profile: Tim Sakmony
In early September 2012, 64-year-old Tim Sakmony was called to see tycoon Suy Sophan. Suy Sophan is the owner of Phanimex, the company responsible for forc-ibly evicting Tim Sakmony’s family from their home in Borei Keila and destroying all their belongings.
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ADHOC Condemns Illegal Logging of Indigenous Community Land in Ratanakiri Province
Phnom Penh, December 19 2012 - The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) wishes to strongly condemn the deforestation and illegal logging of timber by two Vietnamese Companies, Dai Dongguan and Seventy Two, that have received Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) in Porknhai commune, O’yadaw district, Ratanakiri province. ADHOC is also concerned at the intimidation of the Lom village indigenous community, which has been threatened that if they do not change from collective land ownership to individual land ownership, they would have to pay approximately $700-$800 to the local authorities as a ‘fine.’ The rights of Cambodia’s indigenous communities must be respected and its forest preserved, and ADHOC calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to intervene and solve this land conflict and the many others affecting Cambodia’s indigenous communities.
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ADHOC Condemns Illegal Logging of Indigenous Community Land in Ratanakiri Province
Phnom Penh, December 19 2012 - The Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) wishes to strongly condemn the deforestation and illegal logging of timber by two Vietnamese Companies, Dai Dongguan and Seventy Two, that have received Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) in Porknhai commune, O’yadaw district, Ratanakiri province. ADHOC is also concerned at the intimidation of the Lom village indigenous community, which has been threatened that if they do not change from collective land ownership to individual land ownership, they would have to pay approximately $700-$800 to the local authorities as a ‘fine.’ The rights of Cambodia’s indigenous communities must be respected and its forest preserved, and ADHOC calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to intervene and solve this land conflict and the many others affecting Cambodia’s indigenous communities.
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