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Cambodia: Conviction of Sam Chankea is an Attack on Freedom of Expression
ARTICLE 19 and the Cambodia Center for Human Right (CCHR) condemn the defamation conviction of Cambodian human rights defender Sam Chankea. Chankea has been found guilty by the Kampong Chhang Provincial Court of defaming the work of KDC International, a company owned by the wife of the Minister for Industry, Mines and Energy. Today’s ruling is a stark reminder of the shrinking space for Cambodians to exercise their right to freedom of expression in the country.
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Utizing the Digital 4TH way as a Platform for Building a People-Center ASEAN
A new report by Four Worlds International Institute (FWII) proposes social networking and social media offer a unique opportunity to meet ASEAN’s community building goals stipulated in the ASEAN Community Blueprints. ASEAN’s ambition is to form a “people-centered” community for Southeast Asia by 2015.
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Drop false charges against Cambodian human rights defender
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the false charges filed against Mr Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Mr. Chankea is a human rights defender active in land rights issues in Kampong Chhnang province. He was charged with defamation under Article 63 of Cambodia’s Transitional Criminal Law and Article 305 of the New Penal Code by the KDC International Company, a development company allegedly owned by Lauk Chumteav Chea Kheng, the wife of the Minister of Mining and Energy in Cambodia. Because of the charges against him, Mr. Chankea appeared before the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on 18 January 2011.
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Drop false charges against Cambodian human rights defender
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the false charges filed against Mr Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Mr. Chankea is a human rights defender active in land rights issues in Kampong Chhnang province. He was charged with defamation under Article 63 of Cambodia’s Transitional Criminal Law and Article 305 of the New Penal Code by the KDC International Company, a development company allegedly owned by Lauk Chumteav Chea Kheng, the wife of the Minister of Mining and Energy in Cambodia. Because of the charges against him, Mr. Chankea appeared before the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on 18 January 2011.
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Drop false charges against Cambodian human rights defender
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the false charges filed against Mr Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Mr. Chankea is a human rights defender active in land rights issues in Kampong Chhnang province. He was charged with defamation under Article 63 of Cambodia’s Transitional Criminal Law and Article 305 of the New Penal Code by the KDC International Company, a development company allegedly owned by Lauk Chumteav Chea Kheng, the wife of the Minister of Mining and Energy in Cambodia. Because of the charges against him, Mr. Chankea appeared before the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on 18 January 2011.
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Political Participation of Women with Disabilities in Cambodia
This report presents the findings of a study on ‘Political Participation of Women with Disabilities in Cambodia’. It was implemented to inform the UNDP Country Programme as well as national and international stakeholders and development actors.
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Drop false charges against Cambodian human rights defender
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) condemns the false charges filed against Mr Sam Chankea, provincial coordinator of the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC). Mr. Chankea is a human rights defender active in land rights issues in Kampong Chhnang province. He was charged with defamation under Article 63 of Cambodia’s Transitional Criminal Law and Article 305 of the New Penal Code by the KDC International Company, a development company allegedly owned by Lauk Chumteav Chea Kheng, the wife of the Minister of Mining and Energy in Cambodia. Because of the charges against him, Mr. Chankea appeared before the Kampong Chhnang Provincial Court on 18 January 2011.
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Freedom of Association under fire
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is concerned by ongoing efforts on the part of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to limit the right to freedom of association. The RGC is currently in the process of finalizing two draft laws, one relating to trade unions (the “Union Law”), and the other relating to associations and non-governmental organizations (“NGOs”) (the “NGO Law”). The two laws, as they are currently formulated, bear many striking resemblances and, taken together, threaten to deal a fatal blow to the right to freedom of association of all Khmer citizens and to steer Cambodia further away from the path to democracy.
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