UN Human Rights Envoy arrived in Cambodia
Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Camboida visited officially during 2 weeks to determine the priority in the field of human rights in order to establish a plan to help support the improvement of the human rights situation and the reform of the National Assembly and the judiciary in Cambodia, including [...]
Cambodian Opposition-affiliated Journalist Jailed for Disinformation
On June 26, 2009, opposition-affiliated Khmer Machach Srok newspaper director Hang Chakra was convicted in absentia of disinformation, sentenced to one year in prison, and fined 9 million riel (USD $2,250). Hours later, Hang Chakra was arrested in Cambodia’s Northeast Battambang province and taken to Prey Sar prison.
Hang Chakra had originally been summoned to the [...]