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| Efforts to Seek Suspension of Judges for Alleged Procedural Failings Obscures Flaws in the Law |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2012-01-05 |
| Yesterday, 4 January 2012, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Punish Judges in Case of Hun Sen’s Cousin, Lawyer Says”) that a lawyer, Mr Kao Ty, had filed a complaint with the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (the “SCM”) accusing three judges of bias and calling for the SCM to either transfer the judges from their workplace or suspend them from duty if misconduct on their part is found to have occurred. Mr Kao states that the judges had abused the Code of Criminal Procedure 2007 (the “Code”) and violated the laws of the Cambodian Bar Association. |
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Trial Monitoring |
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| Yesterday’s Eviction at Borei Keila Fails to Respect the “Three Pillars” of Business and Human Rights |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2012-01-04 |
| The Phnom Penh Post today reports (“A battle for Borei Keila”) that residents in Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community were yesterday evicted from their homes before their homes were then demolished. At least ten people were reportedly injured and another ten arrested during a violent armed clash between residents and a combined force of district police, military police and security guards from developer Phan Imex Company. |
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Human Rights Portal - Sithi |
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| CCHR condemns Royal Pardon and premature release of convicted pedophiles |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2011-12-29 |
| The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the premature release from prison of three convicted pedophiles. On 27 December, 2011, it was reported in the Phnom Penh Post (“Anger over pedophile pardons”), that in addition to the pardon and release of Russian Alexander Trofimov and German Alexander Watrin, a third pedophile, Dutch national Rene Paul Martin Aubel, sentenced to 10 years for sex crimes against six boys in 2005, was released from prison on 23 December, 2011 after receiving a royal pardon. Watrin was convicted of sex crimes against four boys under the age of 15 and was released early after serving only seven years of his 10-year sentence. |
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Trial Monitoring |
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| CCHR condemns alleged acts of violence used against women in attempted eviction |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2011-12-14 |
| The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the alleged beating of three women attempting to prevent the razing of their land in an ongoing land dispute in Oddar Meanchey’s Anglong Veng district. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Attempted eviction results in alleged beating of 3 women”) that on Friday 9 December twelve environmental officers working for the Koulen Prumptep wildlife sanctuary and eight soldiers arrived at the village with the intent of burning down homes, which they claimed lay on national park land. |
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Human Rights Portal - Sithi |
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| Failure to issue warrant for PM’s cousin indicative of culture of impunity in Cambodia |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2011-12-01 |
| Yesterday, 30 November 2011, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Warrant for Cousin of Hun Sen Not Likely Soon”) that a cousin of Prime Minister Hun Sen was found guilty of corruption. Dy Proem was sentenced in absentia to two and a half years’ imprisonment on 28 November 2011, however she is currently walking free in Phnom Penh, with the judges presiding over her case eschewing to issue the appropriate arrest warrant. |
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Human Rights Portal - Sithi |
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| Criminal Charges Against Activists Won’t Solve Boeung Kak Lake Crisis |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2011-11-29 |
| Phnom Penh, November 29, 2011 – We, the undersigned civil society organizations, deeply regret the Phnom Penh authorities’ decision to bring criminal charges against four Boeung Kak Lake residents following their participation in a protest on Nov. 28.
We do, however, commend Investigating Judge Chhay Virak’s decision to release the accused under court supervision today. |
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Human Rights Defenders |
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| CCHR condemns criminal complaint against CCHR staff member and other activists campaigning to save Prey Lang Forest |
| Media Comment |
| Released on 2011-11-16 |
| The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) condemns the latest attempt by the authorities in Kampong Thom Province to prevent community members and civil society from advocating for the protection of Prey Lang forest. It was reported in today’s Phnom Penh Post (“Prey Lang protest puts foursome in firing line”) that Sandan district police chief Oung Moly has filed a complaint against two Prey Lang community members, Sim Sean and Roeun Sopheap, and two NGO workers, Chut Wutty of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) and Chhim Savuth of CCHR, alleging a crime of destruction of property against the community members and a crime of incitement against the NGO workers respectively. |
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Human Rights Networks |
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