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NGOs Call for Immediate Release of Mr. Dam Sith, Editor-in-Chief of Moneasekar Khmer
Mr. Dam Sith, editor-in-chief of Moneasekar Khmer newspaper was arrested by military police following an arrest warrant issued by Phnom Penh municipal court.
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CHRAC Statement on Arrest of Mr[1]. Dam Seth 09-06-08
Mr. Dam Sith, editor-in-chief of Moneasekar Khmer newspaper was arrested by military police following an arrest warrant issued by Phnom Penh municipal court.
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Ban on Election Campaign References to the Monarchy is Unconstitutional
As in previous elections, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party or CPP is exploiting all the advantages it has to garner popular support, while the other parties are facing threats, intimidation, assassinations, and restrictions in one form of another. According a group of civil society organizations, during the period of January 2008 -- May 2008, there were five cases of political killings, 21 cases of harassment of and threat against party activists and 15 cases of dismantling of party banner signs.
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Government Should Lift Ban on Kratie Local Radio Station
LICADHO appeals to the government to allow the immediate reopening of radio FM 105.25 in Kratie province, without any censorship or other restrictions on its broadcasts.The Ministry of Information last week closed down the new radio station, which had broadcasted for only 13 days, because it sold air time to political parties.
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Cambodia: Momentum for Addressing Land Grabbing Should be Sustained Beyond the Next Election
For many years now land grabbing has been a serious issue in Cambodia, when the rich and powerful, through illicit means acquire land belonging to weaker and poorer people. In the month of May 2008 this issue came noticeably to the forefront in the approach to the general election to be held on 27 July 2008. In that month alone a radio station ran over 40 stories of land grabbing or related issues.
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Villagers Flock to Phnom Penh as Land Crisis Continues
The number of villagers coming to Phnom Penh to highlight land grievances – with people from five provinces arriving in the capital within the past 48 hours – shows the continuing dire situation of land-grabbing in Cambodia.
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Cambodia: Ban of Peaceful Public Demonstrations is Unconstitutional
Very recently, the Cambodian authorities at two different locations took action to ban peaceful public demonstrations of the people as they wanted to express themselves against the wrongdoings affecting their livelihood. On 12 May 2008 fifteen indigenous minority associations in the northeastern province of Rattanakiri sought permission from the provincial authorities to hold a seminar and, at the end of it, organize a procession in the provincial capital, Banlung.
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