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Crackdown on Freedom of Expression: Man Sent to Jail after Sharing Website Material
December 20, 2010 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemns the groundless conviction of United Nations’ World Food Program national staff Seng Kunnaka by the Phnom Penh court on Sunday morning, December 20, 2010.
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Crackdown on Freedom of Expression: Man Sent to Jail after Sharing Website Material
December 20, 2010 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemns the groundless conviction of United Nations’ World Food Program national staff Seng Kunnaka by the Phnom Penh court on Sunday morning, December 20, 2010.
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LICADHO Report Details Stories from the Frontline of Cambodia’s Fight for Freedom of Expression
December 20, 2010 - Cambodia took a step backwards on freedom of expression issues in 2010, and is poised to continue the trend in 2011, according to a new report from LICADHO. The report, "Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy" documents nearly 50 cases in which the government violated individuals’ expressive freedoms during 2010. The incidents, taken together, illustrate a disturbing trend: Authorities are growing increasingly bold in their campaign to silence those who speak out against the political and economic elite. As a result, Cambodians are being excluded from participating in their own democracy.
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LICADHO Report Details Stories from the Frontline of Cambodia’s Fight for Freedom of Expression
December 20, 2010 - Cambodia took a step backwards on freedom of expression issues in 2010, and is poised to continue the trend in 2011, according to a new report from LICADHO. The report, "Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy" documents nearly 50 cases in which the government violated individuals’ expressive freedoms during 2010. The incidents, taken together, illustrate a disturbing trend: Authorities are growing increasingly bold in their campaign to silence those who speak out against the political and economic elite. As a result, Cambodians are being excluded from participating in their own democracy.
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Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy
In the six-month period covered in this report, LICADHO documented nearly 50 cases involving violations of expressive rights in Cambodia. These cases follow patterns, and their similarities are not coincidental. They have the markings of a systematic crackdown.
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LICADHO Report Details Stories from the Frontline of Cambodia’s Fight for Freedom of Expression
December 20, 2010 - Cambodia took a step backwards on freedom of expression issues in 2010, and is poised to continue the trend in 2011, according to a new report from LICADHO. The report, "Freedom of Expression in Cambodia: The Illusion of Democracy" documents nearly 50 cases in which the government violated individuals’ expressive freedoms during 2010. The incidents, taken together, illustrate a disturbing trend: Authorities are growing increasingly bold in their campaign to silence those who speak out against the political and economic elite. As a result, Cambodians are being excluded from participating in their own democracy.
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Crackdown on Freedom of Expression: Man Sent to Jail after Sharing Website Material
December 20, 2010 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemns the groundless conviction of United Nations’ World Food Program national staff Seng Kunnaka by the Phnom Penh court on Sunday morning, December 20, 2010.
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Government should choose to embrace online dialogue rather than censorship
PHNOM PENH, December 17 -- The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its concern at recent reports from Radio Free Asia and other media outlets suggesting that the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) is considering “shutting down” the popular news and opinion website KI-media (ki-media.blogspot.com). On December 16, Radio Free Asia reported that Var Kimhong, Cambodia’s senior minister in charge of border affairs, stated in reference to KI-media: “I asked the government to shut down this website on 31 December, soon.”
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Government should choose to embrace online dialogue rather than censorship
PHNOM PENH, December 17 -- The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its concern at recent reports from Radio Free Asia and other media outlets suggesting that the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) is considering “shutting down” the popular news and opinion website KI-media (ki-media.blogspot.com). On December 16, Radio Free Asia reported that Var Kimhong, Cambodia’s senior minister in charge of border affairs, stated in reference to KI-media: “I asked the government to shut down this website on 31 December, soon.”
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Government should choose to embrace online dialogue rather than censorship
PHNOM PENH, December 17 -- The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its concern at recent reports from Radio Free Asia and other media outlets suggesting that the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) is considering “shutting down” the popular news and opinion website KI-media (ki-media.blogspot.com). On December 16, Radio Free Asia reported that Var Kimhong, Cambodia’s senior minister in charge of border affairs, stated in reference to KI-media: “I asked the government to shut down this website on 31 December, soon.”
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Government should choose to embrace online dialogue rather than censorship
PHNOM PENH, December 17 -- The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) expresses its concern at recent reports from Radio Free Asia and other media outlets suggesting that the Royal Government of Cambodia (the “RGC”) is considering “shutting down” the popular news and opinion website KI-media (ki-media.blogspot.com). On December 16, Radio Free Asia reported that Var Kimhong, Cambodia’s senior minister in charge of border affairs, stated in reference to KI-media: “I asked the government to shut down this website on 31 December, soon.”
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Conflict mediation helps bring justice closer to Cambodia’s poor
Using mediation as an out-of-court means to solve civic conflict has helped to reduce hardships for many Cambodians living in the countryside, who often cannot afford to use, or a daunted by, the traditional legal channels.
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