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Joint Statement : Cambodian Civil Society Concerned at Appeal Court’s Decision to Reinvestigate Charges Against Chhouk Bandith at Provincial Court
Phnom Penh, 04 March 2013 – We, the undersigned civil society organizations, welcome the decision by the Cambodian Court of Appeal today to reopen criminal charges against former Bavet City Governor, Chhouk Bandith. However, we are concerned that the investigation will take place under the jurisdiction of Svay Rieng Provincial Court, which has proven once before that it may be susceptible to political pressure exerted by Mr. Bandith and his supporters
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Lawyers Without Borders France Supports Journalist Mam Sonando’s Defence for an Equal Justice
Arrested on July 15th 2012, Beehive Radio journalist and director, Mr. Mam Sonando, was sentenced in the first instance to twenty years in prison in October 2012. He was charged with instigating villagers and peasants to protest against lands expropriation, in Kratie province. Mr. Mam Sonando was convicted and sentenced on “four counts”: “aggravating circumstances rebellion, unlawful interference in the performance of public functions, insurrection, inciting people to take arms against the state authority”.
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Lawyers Without Borders France Supports Journalist Mam Sonando’s Defence for an Equal Justice
Arrested on July 15th 2012, Beehive Radio journalist and director, Mr. Mam Sonando, was sentenced in the first instance to twenty years in prison in October 2012. He was charged with instigating villagers and peasants to protest against lands expropriation, in Kratie province. Mr. Mam Sonando was convicted and sentenced on “four counts”: “aggravating circumstances rebellion, unlawful interference in the performance of public functions, insurrection, inciting people to take arms against the state authority”.
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Cambodia: Free Journalist from Two-Decade Prison Sentence
The Cambodian authorities must free prisoner of conscience and government critic Mam Sonando, Amnesty International said ahead of his appeal hearing tomorrow in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh.The 71-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 1 October 2012 for anti-state offences including instigating “insurrection”.
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Cambodia: Free Journalist from Two-Decade Prison Sentence
The Cambodian authorities must free prisoner of conscience and government critic Mam Sonando, Amnesty International said ahead of his appeal hearing tomorrow in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh.The 71-year-old was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 1 October 2012 for anti-state offences including instigating “insurrection”.
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With Mam Sonando’s Court of Appeal Hearing Imminent, CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of his Charging and Sentencing in the Court of First Instance Hearing in October 2012
On 1 October 2012 71-year-old journalist and human rights defender Mam Sonando was found guilty of instigating an insurrection in Pro Ma village, Kratie province – the site of a land conflict and forced eviction.
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Summary of the Legal Analysis of the Charging and Sentencing of Cambodian Journalist and Human Rights Defender Mam Sonando (Criminal Case Number 2207)
On 1 October 2012 Mam Sonando (the “Defendant”), owner of Beehive Radio and President of a well-‐known non-‐governmental organization (“NGO”) called the Democrat Association, was found guilty of six charges (the “Charges”) under the Penal Code 2009 (the “Penal Code”) after a four-‐day trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court from 11 to 14 September 2012 inclusive (the “Trial”).
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UN Report Highlights Abuse as ‘Drug Treatment’
(Geneva) –A United Nations report about torture and other abuses in healthcare settings points to the need for donors to withdraw funds to compulsory drug detention centers, Human Rights Watch and Harm Reduction International said today.
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With Mam Sonando’s Court of Appeal Hearing Imminent, CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of his Charging and Sentencing in the Court of First Instance Hearing in October 2012
On 1 October 2012 71-year-old journalist and human rights defender Mam Sonando was found guilty of instigating an insurrection in Pro Ma village, Kratie province – the site of a land conflict and forced eviction.
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With Mam Sonando’s Court of Appeal Hearing Imminent, CCHR Releases a Legal Analysis of his Charging and Sentencing in the Court of First Instance Hearing in October 2012
On 1 October 2012 71-year-old journalist and human rights defender Mam Sonando was found guilty of instigating an insurrection in Pro Ma village, Kratie province – the site of a land conflict and forced eviction.
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