Articles by Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR)
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CCHR outlines political context behind rights defender’s arrest
Mam Sonando’s willingness to criticise the government and condemn forced evictions and land grabbing have seen him put behind bars on two previous occasions.
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Arrest of bloodied union worker sends message to visiting dignitaries as to state of free expression
Long Panha was beaten while taking part in a peaceful demonstration by factory employees calling for a resolution to an ongoing dispute.
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Release of Boeung Kak lake activists overshadowed by failure to achieve justice and further violence against peaceful demonstrators
The Appeal Court upheld the convictions of the women but reduced the sentences to one month and three days – the time served since their convictions.
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CCHR factsheet: Silencing the airwaves
The silencing of certain radio channels to coincide with the recent commune elections exemplifies the government’s determination in its attempts to stifle the media and curtail freedom of expression and information in order to secure political and electoral support, said CCHR.
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Lake activists sentenced, monk detained after taking part in protest
Thirteen women affected by the land conflict at Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak Lake who have led protests against the eviction were handed prison sentences.
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CCHR Freedom of Expression Alert_Cambodian Government is drafting the first ever Cyber Law
*CCHR Freedom of Expression Alert – Phnom Penh, 24 **May 2012* *Cambodian Government**** is drafting the **first ever Cyber Law* According to today’s article in *The Phnom Penh Post** entitled* ‘The “ill-willed spark cyber law: officials’, the Royal Government of Cambodia is drafting its first cyber law, a move designed to prevent “ill-willed groups or […]
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Boeung Kak lake residents arrested by police while on peaceful protest
The activists were met by more than one hundred policemen and private security guards each armed with hammers and other construction tools.
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CCHR Fundamental Freedoms Fact Sheet: Freedom of Information
This fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed freedom of information law that was delivered to the National Assembly in March 2012.