Acting head of state Say Chhum has pardoned Thak Lany, a former Senator from the former Sam Rainsy Party, following a request from Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Brothers in court for shooting 14-year-old dead with air gun
Sun, 7 March 2021
Kambol district police have sent two brothers to Phnom Penh Municipal Court on March 8 after they were arrested in Lech Wat village, Kambol commune in Phnom Penh’s Kambol district for using an air gun to shoot and kill a 14-year-old boy on March 6.
Police Chief Hang Mony said on March 7 that the brothers were identified as Dut Sokuntheara and Dut Sokun Ravan. The victim is a 14-year-old boy Saroeun Buntha, studying in 8th grade at Bek Chan Secondary School and living in the relief non-governmental organisation Hope Cambodia. The two suspects were sent to court on March 8.
Cambodia’s Lies About ‘Coup’ Case and Verdict
March 05, 2021
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“[T]he authorities have acted in accordance with legal procedures, and the courts conducted the trial based on procedure and made decisions based on the facts and existing legal aspects.”
False On March 1, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Sam Rainsy, the acting president of the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), in absentia to 25 years in prison for an alleged 2019 plot to overthrow the government.
Eight other CNRP leaders were sentenced in absentia from 20 to 22 years for attempting to “attack” the government. All are banned from voting or participating in future elections.
Saturday, 6 March 2021, 6:10 pm
GENEVA (5 March 2021) – UN human rights experts today
deplored the disproportionate prison terms handed to exiled
senior leaders of the disbanded Cambodian National Rescue
Party (CNRP) and called on the Government to protect
freedoms of association and expression to ensure democratic
processes and political activities.
The experts said
the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s verdict could potentially
deprive their right to engage in public affairs. Since June
2019, more than 150 people associated with the CNRP have
been arrested detained, and subjected to judicial
proceedings.
On 1 March, the court convicted nine
senior leaders of the former CNRP in absentia on charges
GENEVA (5 March 2021) – UN human rights experts today deplored the disproportionate prison terms handed to exiled senior leaders of the disbanded Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) and called on the Government to protect freedoms of association and expression to ensure democratic processes and political activities.
The experts said the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s verdict could potentially deprive their right to engage in public affairs. Since June 2019, more than 150 people associated with the CNRP have been arrested detained, and subjected to judicial proceedings.
On 1 March, the court convicted nine senior leaders of the former CNRP in absentia on charges related to “attempt to commit a felony” and “attack and endanger institutions of the Kingdom of Cambodia” under Articles 27 and 451 of the Cambodian Penal Code. This is related to their plan to return to the country to take part in Cambodia’s political life, which was publicised on social