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Public Forum on Human Rights and Development
Hundreds of residents from Chey Sen and Tbaeng Meanchey districts, Preah Vihear Province will attend the public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). A number of private companies that have been granted economic land concession started their operations, which affects hundred hectares of land enjoyed by the villagers.
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi
The report, submitted in accordance with resolution 18/25 of 26 September 2011 of the Human Rights Council, is an assessment of the human rights impact of economic land concessions (ELCs) and other land concessions and major development projects in Cambodia (generally referred to as ―land concessions throughout the report unless otherwise specified). It includes not only an analysis of concessions pertaining to agro-industry (for example, rubber, sugar, acacia and cassava plantations), but also to concessions for mining, oil and gas, forestry, and concessions for the purposes of tourism, property development, and large scale infrastructure, such as hydropower dams.
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Public Forum on Human Rights and Development
Hundreds of residents from Chey Sen and Tbaeng Meanchey districts, Preah Vihear Province will attend the public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). A number of private companies that have been granted economic land concession started their operations, which affects hundred hectares of land enjoyed by the villagers.
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Public Forum on Human Rights and Development
Hundreds of residents from Chey Sen and Tbaeng Meanchey districts, Preah Vihear Province will attend the public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). A number of private companies that have been granted economic land concession started their operations, which affects hundred hectares of land enjoyed by the villagers.
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Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media
As of 2012, nearly a third of the world’s population has used the internet, and an even greater portion possesses a mobile phone. The internet has transformed the way in which people obtain news, conduct business, communicate with one another, socialize, and interact with public officials. Concerned with the power of new technologies to catalyze political change, many authoritarian states have taken various measures to filter, monitor, or otherwise obstruct free speech online. These tactics were particularly evident over the past year in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan, and China, where the authorities imposed further restrictions following the political uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, in which social media played a key role.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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New Report: Governments Grow Increasingly Repressive Online, Activists Fight Back
Brutal attacks against bloggers, politically motivated surveillance, proactive manipulation of web content, and restrictive laws regulating speech online are among the diverse threats to internet freedom emerging over the past two years, according to a new study released today by Freedom House. Despite these threats, Freedom on the Net 2012: A Global Assessment of Internet and Digital Media found that increased pushback by civil society, technology companies, and independent courts resulted in several notable victories.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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Prime Minister Hun Sen Sen Mocks a Civil Society Organization Without Mentioning its Name
On the morning of 21 September 2012, during the ceremony in which land certificates were issued to people of Katie province by Prime Minister Hun Sen, he declared that the officers from Cambodian People’s Party (“CPP“) did not participate in a seminar, despite their having been invited by “an organization“, because they were too busy to meet the people. The Prime Minister added that while CPP representatives don’t have enough time to attend a seminar in a restaurant or a hotel, however, he observed, they have the time to have discussions directly with the people.
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