Showing posts with label Authorities intimidation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Authorities intimidation. Show all posts

Thursday, February 23, 2012

ដំណោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា​ក្នុងស្ថានភាព​«អង្ករក្លាយ​ជាបាយ»​ - "A day late and a dime short" resolution by Hun Xen's regime

ការ​ប្រឈម​មុខ​ដាក់​គ្នា​​ងាយ​ណាស់​​នឹង​នាំ​ដល់​​អំពើ​​ហិង្សា​ (ស៊ីវ​ ចាន់ណា)

ពុធ 22 កុម្ភៈ 2012
ដោយ ប៉ែន បូណា
Radio France Internationale

ការ​បាញ់​ប្រហារ​ទៅ​លើ​កម្មការិនី​រោងចក្រ​ដែល​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ទាមទារ​សិទ្ធិ​នៅ​ឯ​ទីក្រុង​បាវិត​ខេត្ត​ស្វាយរៀង​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​គឺជា​ឧទាហរណ៍​ថ្មី​បំផុត​ចុងក្រោយ​មួយ​ទៀត​ដែល​ជា​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​ភាព​​យឺត​យ៉ាវ​ក្នុង​ការ​ដោះស្រាយ​បញ្ហា។ ​ប៉ុន្តែ ​បន្ទាប់ពី​អំពើ​ហិង្សា​បាន​កើត​ឡើង​ភ្លាម​ ការ​ទាម​ទារ​របស់​កម្មករ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ដោះស្រាយ​ភ្លាមៗ​ដែរ។ ​ចំណែកឯ​ក្រសួង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​នានា​ក៏​បញ្ចេញ​ប្រតិកម្ម​យ៉ាង​លឿន​រហ័ស​ដើម្បី​សម្រួល​សភាពការណ៍។ ​យ៉ាងណា​ក៏ដោយ​ គេ​មិន​អាច​ប្រែ​ក្លាយ​បាយ​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ជា​អង្ករ​វិញ​បាន​ឡើយ។ ​តើ​អ្វីទៅ​ជា​ដើមហេតុ​បណ្តាល​ឲ្យ​ផ្ទុះ​ហិង្សា​ជា​បន្តបន្ទាប់​បែបនេះ?

ការ​បាញ់​ប្រហារ​ទៅ​លើ​អ្នកភូមិ​ដែល​តវ៉ា​រឿង​ដីធ្លី​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ក្រចេះ​មិន​ទាន់​ទាំង​ដោះស្រាយ​ចប់​ផង ​ករណី​បាញ់​ប្រហារ​មួយ​ទៀត​ទៅ​លើ​ក្រុម​កម្មការិនី​អ្នកតវ៉ា​នៅ​ខេត្ត​ស្វាយរៀង​ក៏​បាន​ កក្រើក​ឡើង​ម្តង​ទៀត។ ​កម្មការិនី​៣​នាក់​បាន​រង​របួស​ធ្ងន់​ដោយសារ​គ្រាប់​កាំភ្លើង​របស់​ជន​ប្រដាប់​អាវុធ។ ​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​នេះ​អាច​ឆ្លុះ​បញ្ចាំង​បាន​នូវ​ទិដ្ឋភាព​ច្រើន​យ៉ាង​នៅ​ក្នុង​សង្គម​កម្ពុជា​បច្ចុប្បន្ន។


ទិដ្ឋភាពទី១៖ ​អាវុធ​នៅតែ​ជា​ឧបករណ៍​ដ៏គ្រោះថ្នាក់​និង​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ប្រើប្រាស់​បាន​យ៉ាង​ងាយ​នៅ​គ្រប់​ស្ថានភាព។ ​ត្រង់​ចំណុច​នេះ​ គេ​គួរ​កត់សម្គាល់​ថា ​ក្រោយ​ការ​ផ្ទុះ​អាវុធ​ទៅលើ​ក្រុម​កម្មករ​ ភាព​ច្របូក​ច្របល់​បាន​កើត​ឡើង។ ​ទាំង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ ទាំង​កង​សន្តិសុខ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​សុទ្ធតែ​អះអាង​ថា​ ខ្លួន​មិន​បាន​បាញ់​ទៅ​លើ​កម្មករ​ទេ។ ​ពួកគេ​បែរ​ជា​ទម្លាក់​ទំនួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ​ទៅ​លើ​ជន​មិន​ស្គាល់​មុខ​ថា​ជា​អ្នក​បាញ់​ទៅ​វិញ។ ​ទោះជា​ដោយ​ចេតនា​ឬ​អចេតនា​ក្តី​ បញ្ហា​នេះ​អាច​ស​បញ្ជាក់​ឲ្យ​ឃើញ​ថា​ ការ​គ្រប់​គ្រង​អាវុធ​គឺ​ជា​រឿង​ធូរ​រលុង​ដែល​មិន​គួរ​បណ្តែត​បណ្តោយ។

Friday, December 16, 2011

Four land community representatives summoned by the cops in Banteay Chhmar commune

តំណាង សហគមន៍ ដីធ្លី ឃុំបន្ទាយឆ្មារ ចំនួន​៤នាក់​ ត្រូវបាន អធិការដ្ឋាន ប៉ូលីស ស្រុកថ្មពួក ខេត្ត បន្ទាយមានជ័យ កោះហៅ ឲ្យចូលខ្លួន នៅថ្ងៃនេះ ទី១៦ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០១១ ​វេលាម៉ោង ៨:០០នាទីព្រឹក ដើម្បី ឆ្លើយបំភ្លឺ អំពីបញ្ហា ពាក់ព័ន្ធ នឹងជម្លោះ ដីធ្លី ប្រមាណ៦០០០ ហិកតា រវាង ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ឃុំបន្ទាយឆ្មារ និងក្រុមហ៊ុនជាតិអភិវឌ្ឍន៍។ ​តំណាង សហគមន៍ ទាំង៤នាក់ ដែល ត្រូវកោះហៅ នោះគឺ ១.អ្នកស្រី សាញ់ វណ្ណា ២. លោក ស្ងួន យស ៣. លោក ឃុន ធំ និង ៤. លោក មៃ មឿត ។​

ព័ត៌មាន លំអិត សូមទាក់ទង ៖
  • អ្នកស្រី សាញ់វណ្ណា​ តំណាង សហគមន៍ ដីធ្លី ឃុំបន្ទាយឆ្មារ ០៩៧ ៩៨៣ ៦៥៦៤
  • លោក ពៅ សុភា តំណាង សហគមន៍ ដីធ្លី ឃុំបន្ទាយឆ្មារ០៨៨ ៧៧៨ ០០០៣
  • លោក យ៉ត រ៉ាយ អធិការ ប៉ូលិស ស្រុកបន្ទាយឆ្មារ ០១២ ៧១១ ៧៩៥/០៨៨ ៨៧១​​​ ១៧៩៥
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Translated from Khmer by KI-Media

Four land community representatives are summoned by the Thmor Puok distirct police chief to show up on 16 December 2011 at 8AM to clarify on a dispute involving 6,000-hectare of land pitting villagers from Banteay Chhmar commune and the national development company. The four representatives summoned are: (1) Mrs. Sanh Vanna, (2) Mr. S-nguon Yos, (3) Mr. Khun Thom and (4) Mr. Mey Moeut.

For details information, please contact:
  • Mrs. Sanh Vanna, representative of the Banteay Chhmar commune land community 097 983 6564
  • Mr. Pov Sophea, representative of the Banteay Chhmar commune land community 088 778 0003
  • Mr. Yort Ray, Banteay Chhmar commune police chief 012 711 795/ 088 871 1795

Friday, September 09, 2011

Incitement allegation and suspension threat against CCHR and NRPG are without any basis in law and are further proof of crackdown on civil society

September 9, 2011


Dear friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) wishes to forward to you the following press release from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights.

Asian Human Rights Commission
Hong Kong
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FORWARDED PRESS RELEASE
AHRC-FPR-043-2011

A Press Release from the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)

Press Release – Phnom Penh, 6 September 2011

Today, 6 September 2011, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily, that provincial authorities in Kampong Thom would seek the suspension of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) as a result of perceived incitement on the part of the two groups through the provision of human rights training to communities affected by the ongoing destruction of Prey Lang forest. The article states that provincial police authorities would seek the suspension of the two groups by the Ministry of Interior should further training events proceed.

Two additional human rights training events have been scheduled by CCHR and NRPG to be held in Mean Rith and Dang Kambith communes, Sandan district, Kampong Thom province on 7 and 8 September respectively. On the morning of 6 September, CCHR was informed that monks in the Dang Kambith pagoda where the training event on 8 September was to be held were summonsed by Sandan district governor Sim Vanna and told not to provide access to CCHR and NRPG to conduct the training event. CCHR is trying to establish contact with district officials to ensure that this event can go ahead.

The allegations made against CCHR and NRPG relate to a human rights training event held in Dang Kambith on 9-10 August. The event, which was attended by individuals from communities in three provinces affected by the destruction of Prey Lang forest, was disrupted on 10 August by armed police but was eventually allowed to proceed. In today's Cambodia Daily, Kampong Thom provincial police chief Phan Sopheng is quoted as saying these activities "included acts to incite citizens to oppose government [approved] land concessions". The training events of 9-10 August, which were conducted at the invitation of individuals whose land and/or rights is being or may be affected by the ongoing destruction of Prey Lang forest, focused on informing those participants of the human rights legally owed to them according to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia and international legal instruments which Cambodia is subject to and could in no way be defined as to constitute acts of incitement.

OMCT and Article 19 statements in relation Incitement allegation and suspension threat against CCHR and NRPG

Dear all

For your information,in response to the intimidation tactics used by authorities and police armed withAK-47s at a human rights training event conducted by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) on 7 September,in Mean Rith commune, Sandan district, Kampong Thom Province both the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and Article 19 have released statements on the matter. Please find them attached.

Thank you and kind regards,

CCHR
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The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is a non-aligned, independent, non-governmental organization that works to promote and protect democracy and respect for human rights throughout Cambodia. For more information, please visit www.cchrcambodia.org.


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Cambodia: Acts of intimidation and threats against human rights organisations

Sandan district police prevent the CCHR workshop from taking place in Kampong Thom province yesterday. Photo by: John Anthon, The Phnom Penh Post
URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORY

KHM 002 / 0911 / OBS 112
Threats / Acts of intimidation /
Obstacle to peaceful assembly
Cambodia
September 8, 2011

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Cambodia.

Description of the situation:

The Observatory has been informed by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) about the acts of intimidation faced by their members and the members of the Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG) during a human rights training event conducted by both organisations in Mean Rith commune, Sandan district, Kampong Thom Province.

According to the information received, on September 7, 2011, staff members of the CCHR and the NRPG organised a human rights training event for the Mean Rith community members affected by the ongoing deforestation and other land conflicts in the area. Shortly after the venue was prepared, commune and district officials, as well as heavily armed police, intervened to disrupt the training event and threatened both organisation members with arrest if the event proceeded, claiming that the organisations had failed to satisfy notification requirements. However, these requirements do not exist as the Article 3 of the Law on Peaceful Demonstrations exempts organisers of notifying “education dissemination activities for social interests”, including training events. In addition, the organisers had previously informed provincial authorities about the event.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Officials move on Group 78

Yong, 18, whittles sticks used for holding baloons at her home in Group 78 on Wednesday. She says she has lived on the site for 14 years. (Photo: Rick Valenzuela)

Thursday, 09 October 2008
Written by Chhay Channyda and Sebastian Strangio
The Phnom Penh Post


Residents of the embattled slum community say local authorities have made house calls, asking them to accept relocation to the city's outskirts

LOCAL authorities have visited the Group 78 slum community in Tonle Bassac commune, asking residents to thumbprint documents promising to vacate their homes and relocate to the city outskirts.

Residents and housing rights advocates said that district and village officials, led by Chamkarmon Deputy Governor Mea Sopheap, had been visiting the community since Monday, pressuring residents to thumbprint documents and offering $5,000 and a 5-metre-by-12-metre plot in the Dangkao district in exchange for their waterfront homes.

"The officials threatened my mother to accept the offer, saying Group 78 would be evicted like the Sambok Chab community," resident Tan Khem Mony, 30, said Wednesday, referring to the forced eviction of more than 1,300 families in June 2006.

"It was intimidation. I cannot leave here because the offer from the authorities is too small to buy a new house."

Community representative Lim Sambo said that since Monday around 20 of the community's 88 families had been interviewed by officials, but he emphasised that residents were standing firm.

"What we want is land titles from the government," he said, referring to the Kingdom's 2001 Land Law, which allows peaceful, long-term residents to claim ownership over untitled land.

The residents of Group 78, who occupy a valuable strip of land near the National Assembly building, have come under increasing pressure to vacate their properties, which the municipality claims is a state road.

In June 2006, the 1,367 families from the adjacent community of Sambok Chap were forcibly driven from their homes on behalf of local developer Sour Srun company.

Divide and rule

Attorney Ly Ping, who represents the community, said the door-to-door tactics of the authorities were designed to undermine solidarity amongst the families remaining on the site. "They fear talking to the group because they are strong, so they try to divide everybody," he said.

Man Vunthy, a legal coordinator from the Community Legal Action Center, said the municipality had the right to ask people to leave, but should pay fair compensation in return.

"I think the authorities are trying to cheat people," he said.

"If they want to enlarge the road, people cannot stay, but they must pay fair and just compensation." He added that reimbursement at market prices was the only fair option. "According to a land appraisal in October 2007, land here is worth $1,200 per square metre, but now the land [price] has increased," he said.

But Ly Ping said that the municipality was not in a position to make fair rulings on urban land disputes. "It is a conflict of interests," he said.

"For example, villagers want to submit letters to ask for [land] titles, but how can City Hall approve these? City Hall wants this land, and they also have the power to develop it."

Mea Sopheap could not be reached for comment.