Children evicted from the Borei Keila community last week took part in a protest march in Phnom Penh yesterday. Children who said their school clothes and books were destroyed when their houses were bulldozed in Borei Keila last week shouted slogans about villagers they claimed were corrupt as families marched through Phnom Penh yesterday. More than 60 families converged on the city centre to make it clear they were refusing land in Srah Po village and Phsar Daek commune that Suy Sophan, the...
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JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT Civil Society Condemns Conviction of Human Rights Defenders Involved in Kampong Chhnang Land Dispute, Cambodia Phnom Penh 26 January 2011 We, the undersigned members of civil society, deeply regret the conviction on defamation charges of community representative Reach Seima and ADHOC staff member Sam Chankea, following their work to help the victims of a land‐grab in Kampong Chhnang province. The verdict is a setback for freedom of expression, and represents yet...
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Uganda's Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa and two other officials have resigned after being accused of corruption. Mr Kutesa, chief whip John Nasasira and junior labour minister Mwesigwa Rukutana said they had stepped aside to clear their names in court. They are accused of abuse of office as well as financial loss related to the 2007 Commonwealth summit in Uganda.
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