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Cambodia: ‘AIDS Colony’ Violates Rights
The Cambodian government should urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created and immediately stop sending HIV-affected families there, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts said today in a joint letter to Cambodia’s prime minister and health minister.

UN Human Rights Council: 'Traditional Values' Vote and Gaza Overshadow Progress

Oct 2, 2009
Cambodia: ‘AIDS Colony’ Violates Rights

Jul 28, 2009
Cambodia: Political Pressure Undermining Tribunal

Jul 22, 2009
Cambodia: End Assault on Opposition, Critics

Jul 14, 2009

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Coercion, Threats, and Vote-Buying in Cambodia's National Elections

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UN Human Rights Council: 'Traditional Values' Vote and Gaza Overshadow Progress

Oct 2, 2009

The UN Human Rights Council concluded its session with mixed results. The council adopted helpful resolutions on the human rights situations in Burma, Somalia, Honduras, and Cambodia and unanimously supported resolutions on freedom of expression, migrants' rights, HIV/AIDS, and access to medicines.
Renew Mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia

Sep 30, 2009

Human Rights Watch calls on the Human Rights Council to renew the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia.
Solve Cambodia’s Land Crisis in Courts, Not with Bullets

Sep 12, 2009

When police opened fire on unarmed farmers protesting confiscation of their land in Siem Reap province on March 22 this year, four villagers were seriously wounded. Luon Men - shot in both thighs - will probably be disabled for life.
Cambodia: ‘AIDS Colony’ Violates Rights

Jul 28, 2009

The Cambodian government should urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created and immediately stop sending HIV-affected families there, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts said today in a joint letter to Cambodia’s prime minister and health minister.
Open Letter to the Government of Cambodia

Jul 27, 2009

In a joint letter to Cambodia’s prime minister and minister of health, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts call on the government to urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created at Tuol Sambo.
Cambodia: Political Pressure Undermining Tribunal

Jul 22, 2009

Pronouncements by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that the UN-backed tribunal on Khmer Rouge atrocities should not prosecute additional suspects call into question the court's independence.
Cambodia: End Assault on Opposition, Critics

Jul 14, 2009

The Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen should end its campaign of harassment, threats, and unwarranted legal action aimed at consolidating its rule by silencing the political opposition and peaceful critics.
Cambodia: Drop Charges Against Opposition MP and Her Lawyer

Jun 15, 2009

Cambodia's ruling party should cease its threats, harassment, and spurious legal action against opposition members of parliament and lawyers defending free expression.
Cambodia: End Threats to Opposition Lawmaker

May 5, 2009

Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior members of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) should stop threatening to orchestrate the removal of lawmakers' parliamentary immunity in order to silence government critics.
Anatomy of an Interrogation: The Torture of Comrade Ya at S-21

Apr 6, 2009

Kaing Kek Ieuv, alias "Duch," the former head of the Khmer Rouge's S-21 (Tuol Sleng) torture and interrogation center, is currently on trial by a UN-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh for crimes against humanity and war crimes. As an insight into how the prison worked, what follows is a chapter from Sara Colm and Sorya Sim's book, Khmer Rouge Purges in the Mondolkiri Highlands, Region 105, soon to be published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia.