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Concern Mounts Over Credibility of the Court
The UN-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal is steadily working toward it biggest, more complicated trial to date, but that trial has been overshadowed in recent months by the court’s handling of two additional cases, which has seen the resignation of one UN judge and an emergency meeting with the UN’s top legal counsel and Cambodian officials. A growing number of court observers now say the court’s approach to cases 003 and 004 is derailing its credibility, even as it prepares to try four Khmer Rouge leaders for one of the worst atrocities of the 20 th Century Continue reading
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Tagged asia, cambodian, court, government, khmer, khmer-rouge, michigan, rights, society, university
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Despite Ban, Cambodian Maids Still Being Sent to Malaysia
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen signed an order in recent days that bars recruitment firms from sending domestic workers to Malaysia after numerous reports of abuses. But a prominent rights group says the ban was quickly violated when at least two firms sent more women abroad on Monday Continue reading
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Displaced Families Continue To Face Hardship
Thousands of families have been displaced from their homes in Phnom Penh and are living in sites they say provide poor living conditions. Thousands more will face a similar problem as the city moves to develop more areas. Continue reading
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Tagged children, chroy, chroy-changvar, from-the-city, government, housing-rights, news, rights
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Human Rights Watch Calls on Tribunal Judges to Resign
New York-based Human Rights Watch on Monday called on the investigating judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal to “resign,” saying they had violated the legal and judicial duties set out by the UN-backed court in their investigation of two controversial cases. In a statement, the group said judges Siegfried Blunk and You Bunleng had failed to conduct genuine, impartial and effective investigations into Cases 003 and 004, which accuse five additional regime cadre of atrocity crimes. “It appears likely that both cases will be dropped without a serious investigation having taken place,” the group said Continue reading
Long Hours, Low Wages Hurt Working Voters: Unionist
A leading union representative says Cambodian workers need help organizing ahead of polls as the country gears up for local elections next year. Election processes are difficult for factory laborers because of the amount of days and hours they work and the low wages they earn, Chea Mony, president of the Free Trade Union, told “Hello VOA” Thursday. “We have all obviously seen that workers’ wages are very low…so they need to work overtime to fulfill all the tasks in feeding their lives each month,” he said Continue reading
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Tagged cambodia, country, election, exercise, homes, jobs, make-it-easier, make-it-hard, names, rights, time, workplaces
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Ministry Orders Closure of Dozens of Media Outlets
The Ministry of Information has ordered the closure of 37 newspapers, magazines and other publications whose licenses it says have expired. Continue reading
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‘The Law Is the Law’: Lao Monghay
Cambodia still lacks a culture of legal compliance, a fact that is exacerbated by the impunity enjoyed by top government officials and others, a veteran political analyst said Thursday. Lao Monghay, who has spent years watching Cambodian politics and was a researcher at the Asian Human Rights Commission, told “Hello VOA” that law teaches “proper procedure,” but it is not yet respected in Cambodia Continue reading
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