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Civil Society Gravely Concerned Over Exorbitant fees Derailing ECCC
PHNOM PENH, 4 April 2007: The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 23 NGO members expresses our grave concern over unresolved fees imposed on foreign lawyers to practice before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) by the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) which is creating a stalemate and derailing the ECCC process.
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Cambodia: After 10 Years, No Justice for Grenade Attack on Opposition
(New York)- Ten years after a grisly grenade attack on an opposition party rally in Phnom Penh left at least 16 dead and more than 150 injured, the Cambodian government has made no progress in bringing the perpetrators to justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch urged the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to reopen its investigation of the attack, which the US government deemed an "act if terrorism."
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Civil Society Calls for Respect for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia in Support of OSJI
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (COMFREL), the Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW), the Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC) and the Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) are deeply concerned about the threat made by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to expel the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), an international organization, from the country or to revoke staff visas.
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Civil Society Calls for the Fees for ECCC Foreign Lawyers be Settled Immediately
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalititon of 23 local NGO members and the Bangkok-based Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum Asia), applaud the progress made by the Review Committee on Internal Rules during the 10-day meeting in resolving the major disagreements. We trust the agreement of these issues responded to CHRAC’s nine key cocerns submitted to the First Plenary Session held in November 2006 ( ie, power of the Pre-Trial Chamber, nature of supermajority voting, defence rights, victim participation, protection and reparations, widespread public access to reasoned decisions of the Court, etc.) .
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Human Rights Situation Report 2006
After the arrest, detention, then release of human rights activists, leaders of NGOs, and lawmakers (National Assembly members) of the opposition party, which occurred at the end of 2005 and in early 2006, the situation in 2006 seems to have shifted from confrontation met with harsh criticism to an environment of cooperation with some criticism. New approaches taken by the opposition party and some human rights organizations eased tensions in 2006.
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Violence Against Women in Cambodia Report 2006
Srey Mom, Ly Viden, Deyt and Heng Nary all suffered immensely at the hands of their attackers. In all of their cases, there was no reason for the cruelty and violence inflicted upon them, other than one common factor – that they are all women living in Cambodia. Whether the violence suffered is physical, mental or sexual, these women and many more silent, nameless and faceless women are victims of one of the worst violations in Cambodia – violence against women.
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Unfair Court Verdict in Bavel Land Case
February 15, 2007 - LICADHO condemns the decision of the Battambang provincial court this week to convict and sentence five community activists involved in a land dispute in Bavel district. On February 13, the court convicted the five villagers, including a 78-year-old man, of using violence to infringe against the private property of others. No evidence was presented at the trial that the defendants had in fact used violence against anyone.
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