Optics and Opacity: Breaking Down Meta’s Refusal to Suspend Hun Sen
An opinion piece by Daron Tan, ICJ Associate International Legal Adviser, Asia and the Pacific Programme, published on Tech Policy Press on 20 September 2023. (more…)
Region and country Archives: Cambodia
Cambodia: Human Rights Council should adopt meaningful resolution to address spiralling rights crisis
On 8 September, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 7 other organizations sent an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council to draw attention to the worsening human rights crisis in Cambodia, and to appeal for support for a resolution on strengthening and extending scrutiny of the situation at the 54th regular session […]
Cambodia: ICJ welcomes Oversight Board decision on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s violent speech on Facebook
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) welcomed the decision of the Oversight Board calling on Meta to immediately suspend Cambodian Prime Minister’s Hun Sen’s Facebook page and Instagram account for six months, in response to his posting of a video on 9 January with statements of intent to commit violence. (more…)
Southeast Asia: governments must act to counter abusive lawsuits brought by businesses targeting human rights and public interest advocates (SLAPPs)
“Business enterprises continue to use their clout to nullify the work of human rights and public interest advocates through abusive lawsuits (SLAPPs) and far more needs to be done by governments to protect against this practice,” said the panelists during the forum titled ‘Addressing SLAPPs Against Human Rights Defenders in South-East Asia: Challenges and Lessons […]
Cambodia: ICJ submits public comment to Oversight Board on the case of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s violent speech on Facebook
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has submitted a public comment to the Oversight Board in the case concerning a live video streamed on Hun Sen’s official Facebook page, where he threatened his political opponents to choose between the “legal system” and “a bat”. (more…)
Cambodia: Kem Sokha’s conviction is another assault on human rights, the rule of law and democracy
Today’s conviction of Kem Sokha by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on spurious charges of “conspiracy with a foreign power” under article 443 of the Criminal Code is a gross miscarriage of justice which should be overturned on appeal, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). (more…)