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Rights group wants EU sanctions
The International Federation for Human Rights has urged the European Union to pressure the Cambodian government to cease its crackdown on civil society and the political opposition. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50113878/rights-group-wants-eu-sanctions/
Human rights body calls for ASEAN land reforms
An international human rights umbrella says the Southeast Asian region faces the threat of growing conflicts over land between investors and local people unless legal and institutional reforms are put in place. ...
Ron Corben
http://www.voanews.com/content/human-rights-body-calls-for-asean-land-reforms/3430122.html
Report: rights not defended
The government has failed to meet its obligations in upholding civil and political rights, human rights groups have alleged. A report, released yesterday ahead of a UN Human Rights Committee session later this month, documents what the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and local rights ...
Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/report-rights-not-defended
Families affected by land disputes in Cambodia tripled in 2014: rights group
A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/families-02192015114159.html
Impunity tops agenda for special rapporteur
A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the abuses faced by those waging them to the UN Human Rights Council, according to a report released today. Michel Forst, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, will file ...
Shane Worrell
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/impunity-tops-agenda-special-rapporteur