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| Political Parties Sign Anti-Graft Pledges Ahead of Cambodia’s Polls |
| RFA, 2013-06-13 |
| On Thursday, 10 NGOs—including Cambodian rights group Adhoc, Cambodia Center for Human Rights (CCHR), Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC) and Committee for Fair and Free Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel)—said they are concerned with the country’s pre-election environment because of actions taken against the opposition by the ruling CPP. |
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| Cambodian PM denies stage managing rallies |
| Gulf Time, 2013-06-13 |
| “This case must be transferred to Phnom Penh, as Svay Rieng court has shown they can’t handle the case,” said Virak Ou, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
Tola Moeun, head of the labour programme at the Community Legal Education Center, said the verdict will be today. “Based on the testimonies he should be prosecuted.”
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| NEC urges non-violent election |
| PPP, 2013-06-10 |
| In the past the NEC has warned people against using violence ahead of national elections, said Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
“I think there will be some violence, but I’m hoping that it will be minor and not systematic,” Virak said yesterday. |
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| Govt supporters rally as election tension rises |
| The Borneo Post, 2013-06-10 |
| Referring to the atrocities scandal, Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, denounced the “blatant politicisation of our country’s history in order to score points before the national elections”.
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| Proposed law against those who do not recognize the Khmer Rouge crimes has been approved |
| VOD, 2013-06-07 |
| President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, Mr.OuVirak said members of parliament work with the person before the election and not respect to the people: "I think it is necessary and still important we remembernew parliament we approval to where it is not too late, we wait to see who win the election, so we are near the end of the mandate." |
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| Cambodia passes bill criminalizing genocide denial |
| THE TIMES OF INDIA, 2013-06-07 |
| Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said his group believes it is not necessary to have a law that prohibits denials that serious crimes were committed under the Khmer Rouge. |
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