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…)
Yesterday’s mass convictions of opposition party members and human rights defenders on spurious charges should be overturned and the legal provisions used to prosecute them should be repealed or amended in line with international human rights law, said the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today. (more…)
On 14 November 2019, the ICJ called on the Government of Cambodia to drop apparently politically-motivated charges of treason against Kem Sokha, leader of the now-defunct Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). (more…)
