• Draft Law on Association & NGOs: Comment on the Fourth Draft

    Draft Law on Association & NGOs: Comment on the Fourth Draft

    On Dec. 12, 2011, the Royal Cambodian Government released the fourth draft of its proposed Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO). The release comes almost exactly one year after the first draft was introduced in mid-December 2010. The contents of the three earlier drafts provoked extensive criticism from local and international civil society organizations, donor governments, and legal analysts. Twice previously the government has acknowledged these criticisms and promised to come up with a better draft. Twice previously they have failed.

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  • CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    he Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the alleged beating of three women attempting to prevent the razing of their land in an ongoing land dispute in Oddar Meanchey’s Anglong Veng district. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Attempted eviction results in alleged beating of 3 women”) that on Friday 9 December twelve environmental officers working for the Koulen Prumptep wildlife sanctuary and eight soldiers arrived at the village with the intent of burning down homes, which they claimed lay on national park land.

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  • CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    he Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the alleged beating of three women attempting to prevent the razing of their land in an ongoing land dispute in Oddar Meanchey’s Anglong Veng district. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Attempted eviction results in alleged beating of 3 women”) that on Friday 9 December twelve environmental officers working for the Koulen Prumptep wildlife sanctuary and eight soldiers arrived at the village with the intent of burning down homes, which they claimed lay on national park land.

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  • CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    he Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the alleged beating of three women attempting to prevent the razing of their land in an ongoing land dispute in Oddar Meanchey’s Anglong Veng district. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Attempted eviction results in alleged beating of 3 women”) that on Friday 9 December twelve environmental officers working for the Koulen Prumptep wildlife sanctuary and eight soldiers arrived at the village with the intent of burning down homes, which they claimed lay on national park land.

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  • CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction

    he Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the alleged beating of three women attempting to prevent the razing of their land in an ongoing land dispute in Oddar Meanchey’s Anglong Veng district. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Attempted eviction results in alleged beating of 3 women”) that on Friday 9 December twelve environmental officers working for the Koulen Prumptep wildlife sanctuary and eight soldiers arrived at the village with the intent of burning down homes, which they claimed lay on national park land.

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  • CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    On 16 December 2011, communities living in four provinces, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng will meet at a public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) in Morn village, Anlong Chrey commune, Thala Barivat district, Stung Treng province. The forum will provide an opportunity for the communities to voice their concerns relating to illegal logging and land clearing in the Prey Lang forest. The illegal logging and land clearing has strongly affected the livelihoods of villagers throughout these four provinces.

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  • CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    On 16 December 2011, communities living in four provinces, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng will meet at a public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) in Morn village, Anlong Chrey commune, Thala Barivat district, Stung Treng province. The forum will provide an opportunity for the communities to voice their concerns relating to illegal logging and land clearing in the Prey Lang forest. The illegal logging and land clearing has strongly affected the livelihoods of villagers throughout these four provinces.

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  • CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    On 16 December 2011, communities living in four provinces, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng will meet at a public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) in Morn village, Anlong Chrey commune, Thala Barivat district, Stung Treng province. The forum will provide an opportunity for the communities to voice their concerns relating to illegal logging and land clearing in the Prey Lang forest. The illegal logging and land clearing has strongly affected the livelihoods of villagers throughout these four provinces.

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  • CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    CCHR to host public forum in Stung Treng province for communities from across Prey Lang

    On 16 December 2011, communities living in four provinces, Kampong Thom, Kratie, Preah Vihear and Stung Treng will meet at a public forum organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) in Morn village, Anlong Chrey commune, Thala Barivat district, Stung Treng province. The forum will provide an opportunity for the communities to voice their concerns relating to illegal logging and land clearing in the Prey Lang forest. The illegal logging and land clearing has strongly affected the livelihoods of villagers throughout these four provinces.

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  • Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Phnom Penh, December 12, 2011 - Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) sincerely welcomed the delivery of the first batch of land titles to residents of Boeung Kak Lake on Saturday.Land titles were reportedly distributed to 254 Boeung Kak households by Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema on September 10th, coinciding with International Human Rights Day.

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  • Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Phnom Penh, December 12, 2011 - Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) sincerely welcomed the delivery of the first batch of land titles to residents of Boeung Kak Lake on Saturday.Land titles were reportedly distributed to 254 Boeung Kak households by Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema on September 10th, coinciding with International Human Rights Day.

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  • Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Boeung Kak Land Titles Mark a Positive Development for Housing Rights in Cambodia

    Phnom Penh, December 12, 2011 - Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF) and Bridges Across Borders Cambodia (BABC) sincerely welcomed the delivery of the first batch of land titles to residents of Boeung Kak Lake on Saturday.Land titles were reportedly distributed to 254 Boeung Kak households by Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema on September 10th, coinciding with International Human Rights Day.

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