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Open Letter Regarding the Implementation of the Law on Peaceful Demonstration
The letter calls on His Excellency Sar Kheng to remind all relevant ministries and local authorities that no “permission” is required under Cambodian law to hold peaceful assemblies.
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The risk of movement migration in Cambodia 2013
In June 2014 the International Organization for Migration and the Cambodian government tracked and exodus of more than 200,000 migrant workers who crossed the border at Poipet back into Cambodia from Thailand. The mass migration came on the heels of political disruption and rumored violence against Cambodians in Thailand and was one of the largest humanitarian crises in recent years. More than 50% of those returning were illegal or undocumented migrations, and less than one month later many were already claiming they had plans to return to Thailand as soon as possible. The event has raised many questions amongst international aid groups and migration experts in the region, namely, how can the Cambodian government help to ensure that their migrations are better protected in the future.
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Calling for the Release of Lor Peang Villagers and Solving Land Dispute
The civil society organization are calling for the release of 5 Lor Peang villagers who were arrested and detained by Kampong Chhnang provincial authority, due to the land dispute between KDC Company of Ms. Chea Kheng who is a wife of H.E Suy Sem, the Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy. We also call the resolution on the land dispute for them as soon as possible.
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LICADHO Condemns the Arrests of La Peang Demonstrators
LICADHO condemns the violent dispersal of more then 50 villagers from La Peang community who had begun their 60km-long peaceful march from Kampong Chhnang provice to Phnom Penh, calling for a resolution to their long-standing land dispute. Amid the violent dispersal, three villagers - including the husband of the main La Peang community representative Um Sophy - were arrested and sent to the provincial court.
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Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia as Monitored by CCHR
The Trial Monitoring Project has published a leaflet ’Fair Trial Rights in Cambodia as Monitored by CCHR". The leaflet presents in numbers CCHR’s findings after monitoring trials at the Court of Appeal.
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WPS 225 The Gendered Dynamics of Indonesia’s Oil Palm Labour Regime
State oil palm plantations of the New Order were based on a family model, in which women and men were incorporated as workers and farmers through their membership in households. The tendency over the past “neoliberal” decade has been towards casualization and sub-contracting, with the consequence that men and women must compete for work as individuals. Families are relegated to the periphery of the system, making coherent households more difficult to sustain. The contemporary plantation labour regime accentuates the spatial dispersal of family members, as it draws women casual workers from one place, and men contract workers from another in order to maximize “efficiency” and profit. This arrangement emerged at the nexus of ethnic stereotypes and historically constituted labour reserves, combined with the calculative logic adopted by workers themselves as they seek to protect themselves and provide for their families.
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UN human rights expert hails political breakthrough, calls for promised reforms
Following the announcement today of the agreement reached between the two main political parties in Cambodia and the subsequent release of the opposition party members arrested during the past week, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi
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IPU welcomes release of Cambodian MPs and political agreement between government and opposition
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has welcomed the release of seven Cambodian opposition MPs arrested last week on insurrection charges over their alleged role in a violent protest in Phnom Penh on 15 July. Nevertheless, IPU reiterates its call to the Cambodian authorities to fully respect due process and drop all charges against the MPs immediately unless strong evidence is produced. According to IPU sources, the parliamentarians have been freed on bail and are still facing an eventual court hearing.
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Seven Opposition MPs Detained Amid Ongoing Restrictions on Peaceful Assembly
ថ្ងៃ១៨ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៤ - The Cambodian government must release all seven Members of Parliament (MPs) and one official of Cambodia’s main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), and immediately lift the ban on public gatherings of more than 10 people, FIDH and its member organizations the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) said today.
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Cambodia: Drop Cases Against Opposition Politicians
(New York) – Cambodian authorities should drop trumped-up charges against six leading opposition politicians and immediately and unconditionally release them, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 16, 2014, a Phnom Penh court charged elected members of parliament of the Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) with insurrection, intentional violence, and obstructing government officials
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