Licadho President Pung Chhiv Kek told VOA Khmer Wednesday the increase was a result of a judicial system that was biased toward the rich or powerful. (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 01 September 2010
“Most of the violence has happened to community representatives in land grabs and in land violence against the Khmer Kampuchea Krom.”Cambodian human rights workers say they have faced increasing threats and pressure for doing their work over the past two years from police, courts and government officials.
In a report issued Wednesday examining the years 2008 and 2009, the rights group Licadho said it found “the intensified use of the courts as a weapon,... increased use of defamation and disinformation laws to restrict freedom of expression... [and] increased restriction on freedom of association and assembly.”
Licadho President Pung Chhiv Kek told VOA Khmer Wednesday the increase was a result of a judicial system that was biased toward the rich or powerful.
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