Tag: Human Rights

Authorities were stationed outside the house of Friday Women activist Prum Chantha in Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tompun II commune on November 12, 2022. Supplied.

As Biden Arrives for Asean Summit, Authorities Surveil Protester’s House

12 Nov 2022 7:27 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Activists this week sought the attention of world leaders attending the Asean summit in Phnom Penh, while authorities on Saturday surrounded the home of a…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the Asean summit in Phnom Penh on November 12, 2022. CamboJA/Sorn Sarath

In Cambodia, UN Chief Calls for More Civic Space, Defense of Rights Defenders

12 Nov 2022 2:08 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

Cambodia’s civic space should be expanded and human rights defenders protected, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in Phnom Penh on Saturday, adding that “everybody has…

Adhoc staffers Ny Sokha (left) and Yi Soksan (center) arrive at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh on November 4, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

Overturn 2018 Convictions of Adhoc 5, Lawyers Say at Supreme Court

4 Nov 2022 5:35 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Lawyers for five current and former staffers of human rights group Adhoc on Friday argued before the Supreme Court that their clients’ 2018 convictions should…

Khieu Samphan, the last living leader of the Khmer Rouge regime who was convicted by the Khmer Rouge tribunal, listens to the verdict in his final appeal hearing on September 22, 2022. ECCC

Tribunal Concludes, Upholding Last Khmer Rouge Leader’s Genocide Conviction

22 Sep 2022 3:45 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

The U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal on Thursday announced its final verdict against a senior leader of Pol Pot’s regime, upholding genocide and other criminal convictions…

Police arrest Seng Theary in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court after judge sentenced her to six years in jail. Photo taken on June 14, 2022. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

Appeal Court refuses to release human rights activist Seng Theary

2 Sep 2022 9:55 AM|
Khuon Narim|

The Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to release prominent Cambodian-American human rights advocate Seng Theary, who in June was found guilty of plotting and…