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CAMBODIA: Bail denied to 21 protesters
Geneva, February 11th, 2014. The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), the principal global civil society coalition against torture, expresses concern about the ongoing detention of 21 of a group of 23 protesters, including 3 human rights defenders, who were arrested during protests over garment factory wages and the political situation in the country throughout Phnom Penh early January 2014.
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Joint Statement Civil society condemns the denied bail for the 21 detainees
We, the undersigned Civil Society Organizations, condemn the decision of the appeal court denying the release on bail of the 21 workers and human rights defenders, detained since the beginning of January 2014 for their involvement in garment demonstrations. Moreover, the action of the authorities toward the supporters gathering peacefully outside the appeal court and near the Royal Palace was contrary to the fundamental principles of the freedom of peaceful assembly.
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Today’s Bail Denial For 21 Human Rights Defenders And Protesters Illustrates The Deteriorating Human Rights Situation In Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns today’s decision by the Court of Appeal to deny bail to 21 of a group of 23 human rights defenders, activists and protestors arrested during demonstrations in early January in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). The two other men were granted bail during a hearing on the morning of 7 February and released under judicial supervision the next day.
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Press Statement On Killing and Suicide as a result of Domestic Violence Issues
ADHOC is deeply concerned about the increased rates of death and suicide as a result of domestic violence within families, especially with regard to serious cases of violence that have occurred during the last two months, between December 2013 and January 2014.
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Cambodia: Free Activists; Revoke Assembly Ban
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should release 21 activists and workers held since early January 2014, 12 international human rights and labor rights organizations said today in an open letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen. The 21 are among 23 people detained during and after a crackdown on strikes and social unrest in Phnom Penh, the capital. The government should also lift its total ban on public gatherings.
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Freedom of Expression in the Kingdom
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) is a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization (“NGO”) that works to promote and protect de-mocracy and respect for human rights - primarily civil and political rights - throughout the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). CCHR’s vision is of a non-violent Cambodia in which people can enjoy their fundamental human rights, are empowered to participate in democracy, and share equally the benefits of Cam-bodia’s economic development.
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Council of Europe should condemn repressive NGO legislation in Azerbaijan
As fears grow about further steps to repress civil society in Azerbaijan, the Council of Europe should publicly condemn the new legislation and make clear that such policy is a setback for human rights, said Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) today.
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Conditional Release of Human Rights Defenders Violates Fundamental Rights to Freedom of Expression and Assembly
This Briefing Note addresses the dangerous increasing practice of the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) of forcing human rights defenders (“HRDs”), protesters and everyday citizens to sign written statements agreeing to not partake in future demonstrations or illegal activities, as a condition of their release or to avoid charges. This practice represents an unlawful restriction on HRDs’ and individuals rights to freedom of expression and assembly and dangerously restricts the environment in which HRDs operate.
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Press Conference On Challenges of Cambodian Migrants in Thailand, 2013, Especially in the case serious torture and abuse of female migrant workers by Thai Boss
In 2013, the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association received complaints requesting intervention in at least 75 cases of abuse against migration workers in Thailand, subsequent to victims suffering torture, deprivation of food, forced detention, threats, physical assault, sexual abuse, withholding of pay, trafficking to other locations without consent, and loss of all contact due to company closure. In addition to these abuses, Cambodian migrant workers in 2013 have been found shot to death, dead in their workplace, or at their place of residence in Thailand.
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Reporters killed in Cambodia since 1994
Mr.THOU Char Mongkol / TOU Chom Mongkal / TOU Chhom Mongkol (June 10) — Thou Char Mongkal was editor-‐in-‐chief of the privately owned bi-‐weekly Antarakum (Intervention) newspaper.He was found unconscious with a head injury/fractured skull on a road in Phnom Penh. Mongkol was taken to hospital where he died the following day (June 11th). The circumstances of the death remain unclear.
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Murder of journalist reporting on illegal fishing in Kampong Chhnang an affront to Freedom of Expression in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) deplores the death over the weekend of journalist Suon Chan, of the Khmer language newspaper Meakea Kampuchea, in Cholkiri district, Kampong Chhnang province. His death is yet another affront to freedom of expression, and in particular to freedom of the press, in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), where journalists are regularly targeted for their work and where a culture of impunity for these crimes reigns. According to the Phnom Penh Post (‘Journalist beaten to death in K Chhnang,’ 3 February 2014), local authorities believe he was killed by a group of local fishermen, allegedly because of his work reporting on illegal fishing in the area.
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Cambodia: Garment Factories Thwarting Unions
The Cambodian government should ensure that garment factories stop deploying union-busting strategies and respect workers’ rights. Global apparel brands need to make sure their suppliers allow workers to form independent unions without interference, and that union representatives can be in factories without threats and retaliation.
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