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Wednesday 19 November 2014

Cambodia's government uses courts to silence critics: U.N. rapporteur

GENEVA Tue Nov 18, 2014
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives before voting at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh August 26, 2014.   REUTERS/Samrang Pring
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen arrives before voting at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh August 26, 2014.
CREDIT: REUTERS/SAMRANG PRING

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(Reuters) - Cambodia's government is using the country's judiciary to silence opposition parties and other critics of its policies, a United Nations investigator said on Tuesday.
Nepalese-born barrister and academic Surya Sabedi, said the situation was highlighted by a recent series of arrests that were promptly followed by mass trials and convictions for participation in peaceful protests.
Cambodian officials in Geneva were not immediately available to comment.
"It saddens me to see the courts being used again and again as a tool of the executive," Sabedi said.
"Those who seek to exercise fundamental freedoms can be arrested, charged and swiftly convicted on little or no material grounds," he said.
Sabedi is a special rapporteur on Cambodia for the U.N.'s Geneva-based Human Rights Council. His statement was issued by the office of the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.
Cambodia's prime minister Hun Sen, once a commander in the communist Khmer Rouge which ruled the country through terror in the late 1970s, has often been accused by international rights groups of running a dictatorship.

The recent arrests - in a country which has seen booming foreign investment in the past decade - were the latest in a crackdown on government opponents since protests, officially dubbed an insurrection, in the capital Phnom Penh in July
In such cases, judges bent to the will of the government, Sabedi indicated. "The recent conduct of the courts demonstrates once again the need for an independent judiciary in Cambodia," the British-based international law professor said.

(Reporting by Robert Evans; Editing by Louise Ireland)

5 comments:

. said...

Damn you one-eye viper! The world justice will convict you for your crimes against humanity [the Cambodian people]!

For Zion Sake said...

Ah....the world justice? from what I know there aren't seem to be much justice in this world. Sure, Vietnam will bring PM Hun Sen to justice soon, right? Oh, how about Thailand...are they included in this world's justice? Now---The Big One...China, hoooray! UN.. United Nothing? But justice will be had for Khmer people if 500 million more can be found to fund Khmer Rouge trial.

Salvation will have to come from the king of Israel in the near future.

Gog

Unknown said...

Why is this guy mentioning some imaginary king of israel? This is about the Khmer people, real people, not some fable middle eastern story about a middle eastern man.

. said...

Beats me.Lol!

For Zion Sake said...

World Justice is just...a fable lie by the evil one. Israel is doing fine because their fable king is alive to aid them in their fights against their many foes. Israel government brought justice to the Holaucost survivors by go after those criminals themselves, no UN needed. Trust, me I know how things will end.

Magog