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Monitoring of Election Related Intimidation and Violence
To maintain contact with the Government and people of Cambodia, to guide and coordinate the United Nations human rights presence in Cambodia, to assist the Government in the promotion and protection of human rights.
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Killings and Other Instances of Violent Deaths Documented in and Around
Chem Pich, alias Horn Keo Davy, 38, a moto taxi driver living in the Tonle Bassac quarter, was killed by a bullet in the head on the evening of 7 September, in front of the Cambodiana. On that evening, Chem Pich had gone out to join the demonstration in front of the National Assembly and subsequently joined protesters in front of the Cambodiana Hotel.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
The Special Representative, in accordance with his mandate, has maintained contact with the Government and people of Cambodia. During his three most recent visits he met government representatives and officials at the national, provincial and local levels as well as representatives of political parties and non governmental organizations.
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Cambodia: Opposition Activists Targeted In Post-Election Reprisals
The waning of post-election political violence in Cambodia following an appeal by the Second Prime Minister Hun Sen showed that the Cambodian leader did indeed have the power to turn such violence on and off at will, Human Rights Watch said in a statement today. But the organization said that the fear created by attacks and threats in the immediate post-election period had already done its work, making people in Phnom Penh and outside the capital wary of voicing dissent or supporting opposition organizations. It called on the international community to exert pressure on Hun Sen to disarm and punish the perpetrators of the latest incidents of attacks on opposition party members so that Cambodians could freely exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
The Special Representative, in line with his mandate, has maintained contact with the Government and people of Cambodia. During his two recent visits he met government representatives and officials as well as representatives of political parties, non-governmental organizations and trade unions.
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Role and Achievements of the OHCHR Cambodia
The Cambodia office has carried out numerous activities for the creation, strengthening and support of a legal framework consistent with international human rights norms and for securing the promotion and protection of human rights and democracy.
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Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia
In line with his mandate, the Special Representative has maintained contact with the Government and people of Cambodia. During each of his three recent visits he has met Government leaders and communicated with them by mail in between visits.
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Cambodia: Focus Should Be on Rights, Not Elections
(New York) - In a report, "Cambodia: Aftermath of the Coup," Human Rights Watch/Asia calls on the international community to ensure that before elections are contemplated in Cambodia, the opposition members now in Thailand must feel it is safe to return and those members of First Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government responsible for grave human rights violations during and after the July 5-6 coup must be brought to justice.
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