Showing posts with label Cambodian human rights activist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambodian human rights activist. Show all posts
Friday, February 10, 2012
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Wikileaks data leaked
The Voice of Russia
The Wikileaks website has come under hacker attack blocking access to all documents posted on the portal.
The website managers ask the users to create copies of the webpage located on other servers.
On Tuesday the US State Department lambasted the whistleblower website for posting a new batch of secret diplomatic cables, which this time contained the names of the State Department’s informants, among them a UN staffer posted in East Africa and human rights activists in Cambodia.
ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សាវ៉ាត នឹងបន្តការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនិងព្រៃឈើ - Ven. Loun Savath to continue defending human rights and forests
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| ព្រះភិក្ខុ លួន សាវ៉ាត ប្រោះព្រំដល់សកម្មជនការពារព្រៃឡង់។ រូបថត ជីវ័ន |
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
The Phnom Penh Post
To help or contribute to Ven. Loun Savath, please contact him at: sovath_loun@yahoo.com
សៀមរាបៈ សកម្មជនការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សព្រះតេជគុណ លួន សាវ៉ាត បានអំពាវនាវរកជំនួយដើម្បីគាំទ្រសកម្មភាពព្រះអង្គក្នុងការ ការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនិងព្រៃឈើ បន្ទាប់ពីព្រះអង្គត្រូវរារាំងពីរលើកមិនឲ្យគង់នៅក្នុងវត្ត នានានៅភ្នំពេញ និងខេត្តសៀមរាប។
ព្រះសង្ឃ លួន សាវ៉ាត ដែលសកម្មការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនិងការពារព្រៃឈើ ក្រោយសាច់ញាតិព្រះអង្គមានវិវាទដីធ្លីនៅក្នុងស្រុកជីក្រែង ខេត្តសៀមរាប ដែល បច្ចុប្បន្នពុំមានវត្តគង់នៅមានថេរដីកាថា បច្ចុប្បន្នព្រះអង្គអនុវត្តតាមឱវាទព្រះពុទ្ធជាម្ចាស់ ទីណាប្រជាជនជួបទុក្ខលំបាក ព្រះអង្គនឹងមានវត្តមាននៅទីនោះ។ បើទោះជាព្រះអង្គពុំមានវត្តសម្រាប់គង់នៅក្តី ប៉ុន្តែ វត្តអារ៉ាមស្ថិតក្នុងចិត្តរបស់ព្រះអង្គទៅហើយ។
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Hearing today in activist case [against the KDC company]
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| Sam Chankea, Adhoc’s provincial coordinator in Kampong Chhnang province (centre), speaks to reporters outside the provincial court earlier this month. (Photo by: Photo Supplied) |
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| Suy Sem (L) and his wife Chea Kheng (R) |
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
Kampong Chhnang provincial court is set to hand down a verdict today in a case against a local activist that rights groups have branded an attack on freedom of expression.
Sam Chankea, the Kampong Chhnang provincial coordinator for local rights group Adhoc, has been accused of defamation and disinformation by the development firm KDC International. KDC is owned by Chea Kheng, the wife of Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem.
The complaint against Sam Chankea stems from a December 2009 interview with Radio Free Asia in which he suggested that the clearance of disputed land in Kampong Tralach district by KDC may have been illegal.
Sam Chankea said yesterday that he was confident that the court did not have the evidence to convict him.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Rights activists barred from ASEAN leader talks: group
HUA HIN, Oct 23 (AFP) - Southeast Asian leaders have barred five out of 10 rights activists from attending rare face-to-face talks with them at a summit in Thailand, a rights group said Friday.
Leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were set to meet the so-called civil society representatives on Friday at the summit in the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin.
But the representatives from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Singapore were rejected at the last minute, said Debbie Stothard of the ASEAN People's Forum, which nominated the representatives.
"Five of the 10 civil society representatives selected by the ASEAN People's Forum have been rejected. The remaining five have been told that they will not be allowed to speak at the interface," Stothard told AFP.
"This is an outrageous development. It is a rejection of civil society and of the democratic process by which they were selected," she said.
"This really does not bode well. The irony is that ASEAN governments have committed themselves under their new charter to a 'people-centred' organisation but this is a radical undermining of that."
The snub came just hours before ASEAN leaders were set to launch the bloc's first ever human rights body, in an attempt to address criticisms that it is too soft on abusers such as military-ruled Myanmar.
In February, Myanmar and Cambodia both blocked civil society representatives from their countries from attending a similar meeting at an earlier summit in Hua Hin.
Leaders from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) were set to meet the so-called civil society representatives on Friday at the summit in the Thai beach resort of Hua Hin.
But the representatives from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines and Singapore were rejected at the last minute, said Debbie Stothard of the ASEAN People's Forum, which nominated the representatives.
"Five of the 10 civil society representatives selected by the ASEAN People's Forum have been rejected. The remaining five have been told that they will not be allowed to speak at the interface," Stothard told AFP.
"This is an outrageous development. It is a rejection of civil society and of the democratic process by which they were selected," she said.
"This really does not bode well. The irony is that ASEAN governments have committed themselves under their new charter to a 'people-centred' organisation but this is a radical undermining of that."
The snub came just hours before ASEAN leaders were set to launch the bloc's first ever human rights body, in an attempt to address criticisms that it is too soft on abusers such as military-ruled Myanmar.
In February, Myanmar and Cambodia both blocked civil society representatives from their countries from attending a similar meeting at an earlier summit in Hua Hin.
Friday, August 07, 2009
Human Rights Activist Pen Bonnar chased from Ratanakkiri with court action threat: Justice-à-la-Hun Xen?
In Court Deal, Investigator Leaves Province
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 August 2009
By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 August 2009
A prominent human rights investigator has been pulled from Ratanakkiri province after he came under investigation from the provincial court for incitement, officials said Thursday.
In a deal with the court, Pen Bunnar, an investigator for the respected rights monitor Adhoc, will be transferred to another province, Adhoc officials said.
Pen Bunnar had worked in Ratanakkiri, which suffers a high rate of land-grabs and other abuses, for the past five years.
He was charged with incitement of violence when he attempted to coordinate the assembly of 121 families in a dispute over 200 hectares of land with the DM Group, Ltd., in Lumphat district.
Chan Saveth, chief of Adhoc’s monitoring unit, said Pen Bunnar will be moved to Svay Rieng province and will be replaced by another investigator, Sam Arin, who will move over from Mondolkiri province.
Chan Saveth said Adhoc wished to “reduce the conflict” between his group and the provincial authorities “because the conflict benefits neither side.”
“To protect people’s interests, Adhco had to soften its stance to join and cooperate with the provincial authority in the direction of developing human rights,” he said.
Ratanakkiri judge Thor Saron said the court had advised an umbrella group of rights organizations, “particularly Adhoc,” to move Pen Bunnar “to solve the penal charge.”
“If Pen Bunnar has no duty in the territory of Rattanakiri province, it is easy to end the case and the court can compromise, drop his case and avoid [his] detention,” the judge said. “A newcomer has not made any mistakes in Ratanakkiri province, and a new person can make a good relationship with and work with all levels of the provincial authorities.”
Pen Bunnar told VOA Khmer Thursday he was leaving.
“I hope the natural environment will not be destroyed by illegal deforestation when I leave the province,” he said.
In a deal with the court, Pen Bunnar, an investigator for the respected rights monitor Adhoc, will be transferred to another province, Adhoc officials said.
Pen Bunnar had worked in Ratanakkiri, which suffers a high rate of land-grabs and other abuses, for the past five years.
He was charged with incitement of violence when he attempted to coordinate the assembly of 121 families in a dispute over 200 hectares of land with the DM Group, Ltd., in Lumphat district.
Chan Saveth, chief of Adhoc’s monitoring unit, said Pen Bunnar will be moved to Svay Rieng province and will be replaced by another investigator, Sam Arin, who will move over from Mondolkiri province.
Chan Saveth said Adhoc wished to “reduce the conflict” between his group and the provincial authorities “because the conflict benefits neither side.”
“To protect people’s interests, Adhco had to soften its stance to join and cooperate with the provincial authority in the direction of developing human rights,” he said.
Ratanakkiri judge Thor Saron said the court had advised an umbrella group of rights organizations, “particularly Adhoc,” to move Pen Bunnar “to solve the penal charge.”
“If Pen Bunnar has no duty in the territory of Rattanakiri province, it is easy to end the case and the court can compromise, drop his case and avoid [his] detention,” the judge said. “A newcomer has not made any mistakes in Ratanakkiri province, and a new person can make a good relationship with and work with all levels of the provincial authorities.”
Pen Bunnar told VOA Khmer Thursday he was leaving.
“I hope the natural environment will not be destroyed by illegal deforestation when I leave the province,” he said.
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
People Who Are Making a Difference in the World: Theary Seng
Theary SengThese people may not be famous. But they are making the world a better place by helping others. Excerpt from transcript of radio broadcast:
07 October 2008
VOA
VOICE ONE:
I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways.
...
(MUSIC)
VOICE TWO:
Theary Seng is a human rights activist working to heal her country, Cambodia. As a child, she lived through the rule of the Khmer Rouge during the nineteen seventies. During four years in power, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of at least one million, five hundred thousand Cambodians. Theary Seng's parents were among those killed. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge, she escaped to Thailand and then went to the United States. She attended law school and became a lawyer.
VOICE ONE:
Now, Theary Seng is back in Cambodia, supporting human rights as the head of the Center for Social Development. She is a critic of corruption and abuse wherever it exists -- in Cambodia and around the world. At a recent demonstration in Phnom Penh, she attempted to leave flowers to honor those killed in the civil war in the Darfur area of Sudan. But Cambodian government officials prevented her from doing so.
VOICE TWO:
Theary Seng takes a special interest in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. The court is starting to take legal action against former Khmer Rouge leaders for their crimes. She serves as an official representative for the victims.
She also has a television show. It seeks to find the country's next generation of young leaders. Theary Seng says her work is not to do anything big but to be a common citizen in her homeland where she suffered in the past.
THEARY SENG: "And now, I'm taking that suffering, and shaping it into hope, and trying to work with individuals who had not the time and space to heal that I've had."
...
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
This program was written by VOA correspondents and adapted by Shelley Gollust. Our producer was Mario Ritter. I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Barbara Klein. You can download audio and read scripts on our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.
07 October 2008
VOA
VOICE ONE:
I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we tell about five individuals around the world who are making a difference. They are making the world a better place by helping people in special ways.
...
(MUSIC)
VOICE TWO:
Theary Seng is a human rights activist working to heal her country, Cambodia. As a child, she lived through the rule of the Khmer Rouge during the nineteen seventies. During four years in power, the Khmer Rouge was responsible for the deaths of at least one million, five hundred thousand Cambodians. Theary Seng's parents were among those killed. After the fall of the Khmer Rouge, she escaped to Thailand and then went to the United States. She attended law school and became a lawyer.
VOICE ONE:
Now, Theary Seng is back in Cambodia, supporting human rights as the head of the Center for Social Development. She is a critic of corruption and abuse wherever it exists -- in Cambodia and around the world. At a recent demonstration in Phnom Penh, she attempted to leave flowers to honor those killed in the civil war in the Darfur area of Sudan. But Cambodian government officials prevented her from doing so.
VOICE TWO:
Theary Seng takes a special interest in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. The court is starting to take legal action against former Khmer Rouge leaders for their crimes. She serves as an official representative for the victims.
She also has a television show. It seeks to find the country's next generation of young leaders. Theary Seng says her work is not to do anything big but to be a common citizen in her homeland where she suffered in the past.
THEARY SENG: "And now, I'm taking that suffering, and shaping it into hope, and trying to work with individuals who had not the time and space to heal that I've had."
...
(MUSIC)
VOICE ONE:
This program was written by VOA correspondents and adapted by Shelley Gollust. Our producer was Mario Ritter. I'm Bob Doughty.
VOICE TWO:
And I'm Barbara Klein. You can download audio and read scripts on our Web site, voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English.
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