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Detained Policeman Transferred to Hospital Because of Poor Health
Pring Pov, the Kep policeman who has been unlawfully detained for more than one month by the Ministry of Interior, was sent by police to Monivong Hospital yesterday. The Cambodia Human Rights and Development Organization (ADHOC) and the Cambodian League for Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO) are deeply concerned for his health and once more call for his immediate release.
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Cambodia: Opposition Officials Arrested to Sway Elections
(New York) - Politically motivated criminal charges against at least three opposition party officials are part of a ruling party campaign to weaken political rivals prior to national elections in July 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities last week arrested Tuot Saron, an official of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), and sought the arrest of at least two other SRP officials. Human Rights Watch fears that additional SRP officials may also be arrested imminently.
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Cambodia: Prosecutor’s Contempt for Human Rights Calls for Action Against Him
On 22 February 2008 the deputy prosecutor attached to Phnom Penh Court named Hing Bunchea led a police force to execute the Supreme Court’s order to evict 23 families in Banla Saet village, Khmuonh commune, Russey Keo district, Phnom Penh. Hing used a police force of 500 men armed with assault and other rifles, batons, shields and tear gas grenades. He also used two excavators to demolish houses.
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Prison Conditions in Cambodia 2007 The Story of a Mother and Child
There are many mothers and children who face the same struggles that Lina and Maly endured whilst living in Cambodian prisons. For women who are sentenced to long periods of imprisonment, they may only be able to live with their child for a few years. It is vital that all women prisoners (and indeed, all prisoners) are provided with better living conditions, however, for those women who also bring their children to live in the prisons, it is of the utmost importance that these families are supported and that the relationship between mother and child is preserved and respected. More importantly, it is essential to protect the rights of the child who lives and grows up in prison.
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Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia
The fourth mission to Cambodia of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia, from 1 to 10 December 2007, centred on the theme of the rule of law, including access to justice. The framework of the rule of law gives valuable insights into the legal, judicial and political system of a country. It is an appropriate focus because the rule of law is a key concept in the Constitution of Cambodia itself.
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Report Summary on Assessment of NGO Participation and Representation in Technical Workin Groups (TWGs)
Resettlement Action Network (RAN), a network of NGO Forum on Cambodia, conducted a field survey to study resettlement impacts caused by the National Road No.1 Improvement Project, currently implemented by the government of Cambodia with assistance from Japanese Official DevelopmentAssistance. The Project requires the resettlement of more than 1800 households, and RAN has raised serious concerns over the resettlement impacts of the Project.
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Condemnation of More Violence in Phnom Penh Land Cases
Cambodian and international human rights organizations are united in condemning two separate violent incidents, which have resulted in blood shed over land in Phnom Penh within the past 48 hours at the Reak Reay and Russey Keo communities. The Housing Rights Task Force (HRTF), NGO Forum on Cambodia, LICADHO, Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) and Bridges Across Borders deplore these violent acts and call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to impose an immediate moratorium on evictions until effective legal protections are made available for persons affected by evictions.
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Role and Achievements of the OHCHR Cambodia
In carrying out its programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR or the Office) continued to be guided by Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005, 77, which invited the Secretary-General, agencies of the United Nations system present in Cambodia, as well as the international community, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to continue to work with the Government of Cambodia in ensuring the protection and promotion of the human rights of all people in Cambodia.
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Violence Against CCAWDU Union Members at Kingsland Garment Factory Condemned
The Cambodian League for the Defense and Promotion of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemns the violent crackdown by authorities against workers on strike outside a Phnom Penh garment factory yesterday. At least 10 members of the Cambodia Confederation of Apparel Worker Democratic Unions (CCAWDU) were injured in the violence. Four were struck by vehicles leaving the factory at high speed, and the remainder beaten by police or military police officers.
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