Cambodia's Sochua Calls for Clinton to Act

10/02/09
By Stephanie Guyer-Stevens
WeNews correspondent

Embattled Cambodian lawmaker Mu Sochua faces potentially dangerous fallout from her recent U.S. tour. But she takes home what she calls a promise by Hillary Clinton, an old ally, to investigate the country's human rights abuses.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)--Last week, Mu Sochua, the embattled Cambodian opposition lawmaker and longtime women's rights activist, left the United States facing an Oct. 2 court date in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

There, she will be appealing a guilty verdict in what human rights supporters have denounced as a sham trial.

She may also risk arrest for calling attention to human rights violations in Cambodia during her U.S. tour, which consisted of approximately 15 appearances, including a private meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sept. 10.

Just before her meeting with Clinton, Sochua gave an address in Washington, D.C., to the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights, a nonpartisan group that advocates for international human rights.

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