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Open Letter to Government, Manufactures and Trade Unions Calling for Peaceful Resolution of Nationwide Strike Linked to the Cambodian Garment Industry Annual Minimum Wage Increase
We, the undersigned brands, write to express our deep felt concern over the tragic events which took place on 3 January, 2014 linked to the ongoing nationwide strike for increased minimum wages. We strongly oppose all forms of violence. It is with great concern that we have observed both the widespread civil unrest and the government’s use of deadly force.
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Cambodia Universal Periodic Review Submission 2013
The human rights situation has steadily worsened since the last review of Cambodia, with a surge in violent incidents in 2012 as the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) prepared for national elections scheduled for July 2013. A social crisis has developed as the result of systematic land expropriations by the government, the ruling party and private actors with official support and protection.
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Cambodia: Open letter by 47 Asian NGOs to Prime Minister Hun Sen: Stop violent crackdown of protests, release all detained protestors
The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its 47 member organisations from 16 countries across Asia, writes to you to register our strongest protest against the Cambodian government’s recent series of violent suppression of public assemblies, including one which resulted in the fatal shooting of at least four individuals and scores severely wounded on 3 January 2014, as well as the ongoing judicial harassment against opposition leaders and human rights defenders, and the continued detention of at least 23 individuals whose whereabouts remain unknown.
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CCHR Human Rights Defender and Freedom of Expression Alert – Phnom Penh, 6 January 2014 Temporary Arrest of Land Activists and Ban on Demonstrations
Today, 6 January 2014, five land rights activists from Boeng Kak Lake were temporarily arrested in Phnom Penh. At 8.00 am, Tep Vanny, Yorn Bopha, Bo Chhorvy, Phan Chhunreth and Song Sreiy Leap started a march to the French Embassy asking for the release of Vorn Pov and nine other peaceful demonstrators previously arrested on Thursday 2 January. The five of them were arrested by the police at around 8.40 am and immediately taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Station. They were released at 4.45 pm only after they agreed to sign a letter stating that they will temporarily not engage in further protests.
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Cambodian Authorities must Reveal Whereabouts of Detainees Immediately
January 6, 2014 - Family members, lawyers and independent medical professionals have been denied information about the location of detention of 23 people arrested during recent brutal crackdowns in Phnom Penh. Those arrested include at least three human rights defenders, Vorn Pao, Theng Soveoun and Chan Putisak.
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Peaceful Protesters Expelled from Freedom Park as Military Mobilization Escalates
January 4, 2014 - This morning state forces put a violent end to CNRP supporters’ long-standing occupation of Freedom Park, also known as Democracy Plaza, an area in central Phnom Penh specifically designated for protest.
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CCHR Condemns the RGC’s Violent Clampdown on Human Rights and the Resulting Deterioration of the State of Democracy in Cambodia
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) condemns the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (the “RGC”) violent clampdown on human rights – especially on the rights to freedom of expression and assembly – over the past three days, which has resulted in further deterioration of the state of democracy in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”).
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Arrest and Charges against Human Rights Defender Vorn Pov, President of IDEA
Yesterday, 2 January 2014, human rights defender Vorn Pov, President of the Independent and Democracy of Information Economic Association (“IDEA”) and Theng Savuen from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (“CCFC”) along with eight workers and five monks were arrested by Military Special Command Unit 911 while protesting outside of the Yak Jin Factory, off of National Road 4 in Phnom Penh, to demand a higher increase in the minimum wage for garment factory workers.
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Military Special Command Unit Deployed to Crackdown on Striking Workers
January 2, 2014 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC) are outraged by today’s violent crackdown on striking workers by a military special command unit and the consequent violent arrest of union leaders, garment workers and monks.
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Cambodia: Investigate Protest Killings by Security Forces
Cambodian authorities must hold security forces to account for today’s killing of at least four people at a protest by garment workers that turned violent in the capital Phnom Penh, Amnesty International said. “Today’s tragic violence must be investigated and those responsible for deaths and injuries held to account,” said Rupert Abbott, Amnesty International’s Cambodia Researcher.
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CCHR Briefing Note – 03 January 2014- Excessive Use of Force against Demonstrators in 2013 in Cambodia
2013 saw an upsurge in the number of demonstrations in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), with hundreds of thousands of people taking their complaints to the public forum. From protests by garment workers and victims of forced evictions, to rallies by the political opposition, the end of the year was marked by daily news of demonstrations.
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