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Beyond Capacity 2011: A Progress Report on Cambodia’s Exploding Prison Population
Cambodia’s prison population is in the midst of an unprecedented population boom. Just seven years ago, the 18 prisons monitored by LICADHO were at roughly 100% of their collective capacity. Today, they are filled to roughly 180% of their capacity, making Cambodia’s prison system among the 25 most overcrowded in the world. This report provides an overview of the prison overcrowding crisis - its causes, its effects, and detailed statistics concerning the growing number of prisoners in Cambodia.
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CCHR Releases Report Examining the Citizenship Rights of the Khmer Krom in Cambodia
today releases a report titled “False Promises: Exploring the Citizenship Rights of the Khmer Krom in Cambodia” (the “Report”).The Report explores and analyzes the contradiction between the Royal Government of Cambodia’s (“RGC”) public confirmation that the ethnic Khmer from South Vietnam (the “Khmer Krom”) are Cambodian citizens, and the practical difficulties faced by the Khmer Krom who try to access the benefits of their Cambodian citizenship by applying for citizenship identity cards (“ID cards”) which are required to unlock the rights and benefits that are attached to citizenship/nationality such as employment, education, and property rights land rights.
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Cambodian Prison Overcrowding Crisis Only Getting Worse
One year after LICADHO warned that Cambodia’s prisons were in danger of becoming the world’s most overcrowded, the country’s inmate population continues to spiral out of control.
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Cambodian Prison Overcrowding Crisis Only Getting Worse
One year after LICADHO warned that Cambodia’s prisons were in danger of becoming the world’s most overcrowded, the country’s inmate population continues to spiral out of control.
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International Consortium Launches NGO Assistance Fund
Freedom House today announces the launch of an international consortium to support non-governmental organizations under threat around the world. The Embattled NGO Assistance Fund will help civil society activists withstand crackdowns and pressure, enabling them to continue their work to defend citizens’ rights and freedoms.
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International Consortium Launches NGO Assistance Fund
Freedom House today announces the launch of an international consortium to support non-governmental organizations under threat around the world. The Embattled NGO Assistance Fund will help civil society activists withstand crackdowns and pressure, enabling them to continue their work to defend citizens’ rights and freedoms.
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International Consortium Launches NGO Assistance Fund
Freedom House today announces the launch of an international consortium to support non-governmental organizations under threat around the world. The Embattled NGO Assistance Fund will help civil society activists withstand crackdowns and pressure, enabling them to continue their work to defend citizens’ rights and freedoms.
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Case Study Series: Loun Sovath
Continued threats are being made against the Venerable Loun Sovath by the national and local authorities and by the Buddhist “sangha”. Threatened with arrest and refused entry to his own pagoda and others around Phnom Penh, Loun Sovath is being forced to live in hiding as a result of trying to provide a voice for innocent people who are subjected to severe human rights abuses – in violation of his right to freedom of expression as enshrined in domestic and international law.
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