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Human Rights Situation Report 2007
2007 saw the consequence of a serious division of the FUNCINPEC party, which led to its separation into two factions (the FUNCINPEC Party and the Norodom Ranaridh Party). The ex-party chief was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay a fine to the court. This had been preventing the prince from returning back to the country until recently. The separation has led to a serious decrease in the party’s popularity, which was observed during the last commune election (see key events).
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Chea Vichea, Born Samnang & Sok Sam Oeun - Justice Denied
Four years after the murder of trade union leader Chea Vichea and the wrongful arrests of Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun for that crime, Cambodian civil society organizations are deeply disappointed by the lack of justice in this case. The denial of justice to the family of Chea Vichea, and the continued imprisonment of Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun despite overwhelming evidence of their innocence, reflects poorly on the state of rule of law in Cambodia. The longer that this situation continues, the greater the injustice suffered by these individuals, and the greater the damage done to the reputation of Cambodia’s justice system.
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Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Labor Leader’s Murder
(New York) - Four years after the murder of Cambodia’s most prominent labor union leader, Chea Vichea, six leading international human rights organizations and the world’s largest trade union federation called on the Cambodian authorities to exonerate and free the two men unfairly convicted for the crime.
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Military Police Brutality During Unlawful Land Grab
LICADHO condemns the actions of military police officers who have committed violence, including shooting two people, while assisting a private company to unlawfully grab villagers’ land in Kandal Stung district of Kandal province.
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Cambodia: A Bang on the Head of the Lawmakers Should be a Call for Justice for Victims of Land Grabbing
On 13 January 2008 at around 11:30 pm a lawmaker named Chin Kim Sreng, 70, from the ruling party, was brutally beaten on the head in front of his house in Boeung Kang Kang commune, Chamcar Mon district, Phnom Penh. Chin was knocked unconscious in the attack which caused open wounds to his head. He was rushed to the hospital for treatment.
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Company and Authorities Intent on Inciting Disorder in Dey Krahorm
The 7NG company and Phnom Penh authorities are deliberately creating an extremely volatile situation through their renewed provocative actions toward the Dey Krahorm community, LICADHO said today.
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Sexual Trafficking and Debauchery Cases in the First Three Quarters of 2008
The continued happening of rape shows that our excellent cultures, customs are being damaged and decreasing in value under the influence of the foreign cultures through the distribution of pornography video especially in the café and the use of drugs.
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Trafficking and Rape in Cambodia
Most were trafficked domestically; some were trafficked from Vietnam to Cambodia and from Cambodia to Thailand and Malaysia. The main trafficking destinations in Cambodia were Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, and Preah Sihanouk
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Child First
នៅក្នុងព្រឹត្តិប័ត្ររបស់អង្គការការពារយុត្តិធម៌កុមារ ដែលបានចេញផ្សាយថ្ងៃទី ២១ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០០៧ មានចំណុចសំខាន់ៗដូចជា ទិដ្ឋភាពសង្គមទាក់ទងនឹងតំបន់លំហែរកាយ/ ករណីរំលោភសេពសន្ថវៈ ដែលឪពុកបង្កើតរំលោភកូន/ ដោយសារចាប់ខុសកុមារាម្នាក់ត្រូវជាប់គុក ៣ខែ ៥ថ្ងៃ/ នាទីស្វែងយល់ពីច្បាប់ ក្រមនីតិវិធីព្រហ្មទណ្ឌនៃព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា.
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Call on Royal Government of Cambodia to Stop Attacks on the UN Special Representative Yash Ghai
The Cambodian Civil Society Organization Coalition wishes to express its deep concern about the recent direct attack by the Head of the Royal Government of Cambodia on Professor Yash Ghai, Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Human Rights in Cambodia, during his fourth visit to Cambodia, which just took place.
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