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Cambodia End Threats to Opposition Lawmaker
In a speech on April 29, 2009, Hun Sen said that it would be “as easy as ABC” to have the parliamentary immunity lifted for Mu Sochua, a National Assembly member. This would permit the government to bring criminal charges against her and prosecute her for publicly criticizing the prime minister. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned Sochua to court on May 7.
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Cambodia: End Threats to Opposition Lawmaker One of Parliament’s Few Women Faces Criminal Defamation Suit
(New York) - Prime Minister Hun Sen and other senior members of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) should stop threatening to orchestrate the removal of lawmakers’ parliamentary immunity in order to silence government critics, Human Rights Watch said today.In a speech on April 29, 2009, Hun Sen said that it would be "as easy as ABC" to have the parliamentary immunity lifted for Mu Sochua, a National Assembly member. This would permit the government to bring criminal charges against her and prosecute her for publicly criticizing the prime minister. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has summoned Sochua to court on May 7.
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OHCHR statement on Press Freedom
The High Commissioner for Human Rights stressed today that the safety and protection of journalists are indispensable bases for the full protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression. OHCHR welcomes that journalists in Cambodia do not routinely face prison sentences for their professional activities, but it is clear that serious restrictions continue to limit press freedom and freedom of expression.
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2009 LICADHO Report: Cambodia’s Media Continues to be Attacked, Threatened and Censored
Cambodia’s media is often described as one of the freest in the region, especially relative to the likes of Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos or China where the media is all but controlled by the government1. But the reality is that Cambodia’s media still exists in a repressive environment where the government controls the majority of the media. Those that it does not control, it is not afraid to attack, threaten or censor.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Cambodia: Why Should a MP Defamation Plaintiff be Sued and Have Her Immunity Suspended?
At a news conference on 23 April 2009, Ms Mu Sohua, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), flanked by her lawyer, announced that she was going to file a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen. This decision followed a public speech Hun Sen had made in which he attacked the opposition and made offensive remarks against an unnamed woman who Mu said was no other woman than herself. The next day, Hun Sen was making preparations for a counter-lawsuit against her and her lawyer for defaming him during that news conference.
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Families in Cambodia at risk of forced eviction
Amnesty International is calling on the Australian Government to urge Cambodian authorities to prevent the forced eviction of a community of around 80 families living near the new Australian embassy on the riverfront in central Phnom Penh.
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Intimidation Against Opposition MP Threat to Lift Mu Sochuas Immunity
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MS last Thursday announced her intention to sue the Prime Minister for defamation, in connection with comments he made in a public speech in Kompot province on April 4. Within 24 hours of this, a pro-government television station quoted a Prime Ministerial adviser as saying the government would counter-sue Mu Sochua and that all Cambodian People’s Party( CPP) MPs would support the lifting of her immunity.
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Intimidation Against Opposition MP: Threat to lift Mu Sochua’s Immunity
The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MS last Thursday announced her intention to sue the Prime Minister for defamation, in connection with comments he made in a public speech in Kompot province on April 4. Within 24 hours of this, a pro-government television station quoted a Prime Ministerial adviser as saying the government would counter-sue Mu Sochua and that all Cambodian People’s Party( CPP) MPs would support the lifting of her immunity.
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