Tag: thumbprints

A Candlelight Party sign at the party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh on April 4, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Banteay Meanchey Court Charges Six Candlelight Officials With Incitement

15 Sep 2023 7:50 PM|
Phon Sothyroth|

Banteay Meanchey Court charged six Candlelight party officials with incitement and fraud and sent them to the provincial prison on Thursday evening, according to party…

Banteay Meanchey Candlelight Party Chief Sin Vatha, one of members detained over the weekend, spoke to party members in Banteay Neang commune, Mongkol Borei district on June 4, 2023. (Supplied)

Banteay Meanchey Police Detain 23 Candlelight Party Officials

11 Sep 2023 4:25 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Banteay Meanchey Provincial Police detained and questioned 23 Candlelight party officials over the weekend for allegedly lying to people while collecting thumbprints to establish a…

Khmer Thavrak activists (from left), Sokun Tola, Svay Samnang, who was not detained, Chhoeun Daravy, Chhem Sreykea and Hun Vannak, outside the Bati district police station in Takeo province on August 16, 2022, the day the four activists were detained. Licadho/Sok Raksmey

For Arrested Activists, Thumbprints on Police Contracts Are Often the Cost of Freedom

30 Nov 2022 9:51 AM|
Ngay Nai|

Human rights activists and lawyers say police station contracts have no legal basis, and are used by authorities to encourage admission of guilt and intimidate…