Cambodia: Draft Penal Code: Criminal defamation

On April 28th, 2006 the Alliance for Freedom of Expression in Cambodia (AFEC), a network of 28 Cambodian civil society organizations, and ARTICLE 19, an international human rights NGO, welcome the decision of the Council of Ministers to amend Article 63 of the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional … [Read more...]

Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Pa Nguon Teang, Yeng Virak and others, human rights defenders | Letter

Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) President, Mr. Kem Sokha, and Mr. Yeng Virak, Director of Community Legal Education Center (CLEC) and member of organizing committee of the International Human Rights Day celebration on 10 December 2005, were arrested on separate occasions on 31 December 2005 … [Read more...]