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Cambodia Sex Workers Group Wins HIV and Rights Award Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers Honored at AIDS Conference The Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW) is the recipient of the 2008 international Award for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and Human Rights Watch announced today. The award, which recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that protect the rights and dignity of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, was presented in Mexico City on August 6, 2008, at the XVII International AIDS Conference. August 6, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Cambodia: Threats, Intimidation Mar Campaign Unequal Media Access Hampers Opposition Parties As Cambodians head to the polls on July 27, 2008, conditions are not in place for free and fair elections, Human Rights Watch said today. The near-monopoly on broadcast media for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party’s (CPP), bias within the electoral apparatus, and harassment, intimidation, and coerced defections of opposition party members undermines the credibility of the national elections. July 25, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Two Cambodian Journalists Win Hellman/Hammett Writer’s Award Rights Group Honors Defenders of Independent Media in Cambodia Two young Cambodian journalists, Chheang Bopha and Duong Sokha, are among a diverse group of 34 writers from 19 countries to receive the prestigious Hellman/Hammett writer’s award, which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution, Human Rights Watch said today. July 22, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Short Biographies of Cambodian 2008 Hellman/Hammett Award Winners July 22, 2008 Special Focus Printer friendly version Cambodia: Murder of Journalist Jolts Run-Up to Election Son Also Killed in Attack Amid Intense Ruling Party Pressure on Opposition With less than two weeks before Cambodia’s National Assembly elections on July 27, the political climate has sharply deteriorated, highlighted by the killing of opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his son in a drive-by shooting on July 11 in Phnom Penh, Human Rights Watch said today. July 16, 2008 Press Release Also available in 
Printer friendly version Vietnam: Restore Full Freedom to Buddhist Monk Tim Sakhorn Human Rights Defender Released from Prison, but Whereabouts Unknown The Vietnamese authorities should immediately lift any restrictions on the liberty of Buddhist monk Tim Sakhorn, who was released from prison in Vietnam on June 28, 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. Sakhorn’s whereabouts are unknown. He was last seen in the company of government officials. July 2, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Cambodia: Release Jailed Editor Journalists and Opposition Members Under Attack as Elections Near The Cambodian government should release a jailed opposition newspaper editor and candidate, and end its intimidation of journalists and opposition party candidates in the lead-up to National Assembly elections in July, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. June 11, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Japan can help Cambodia's quest for justice By Sara Colm, Senior Researcher on Cambodia for Human Rights Watch Published in The International Herald Tribune/The Asahi Shimbun The long-delayed court process to bring Khmer Rouge leaders to justice is under way in Cambodia. May 29, 2008 Commentary Also available in
Printer friendly version Cambodia: Lift Ban on ‘Burma Daily’ Suspension Undercuts Credibility of ASEAN Initiative on Burma Cyclone The Cambodian government should stop protecting Burma’s junta from foreign press scrutiny by lifting the ban on copies of the Burma Daily, a new English-language insert in the Cambodia Daily newspaper, Human Rights Watch said today. May 23, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Cambodia: Infamous Grenade Attack Still Unpunished FBI Should Revive Probe of Alleged Perpetrators Promoted by Hun Sen The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should reopen its long-stalled investigation into the grisly grenade attack on an opposition party rally in Phnom Penh 11 years ago that left at least 16 dead and more than 150 injured, Human Rights Watch said today. The FBI investigation, which made significant progress in 1997, has been effectively abandoned. March 30, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Cambodia: Opposition Officials Arrested to Sway Elections Government Campaign to Coerce Defections to Ruling Party Politically motivated criminal charges against at least three opposition party officials are part of a ruling party campaign to weaken political rivals prior to national elections in July 2008, Human Rights Watch said today. March 23, 2008 Press Release Printer friendly version Killing Field Trials Donors must demand reforms before pledging funds By Sara Colm, senior researcher on Cambodia for Human Rights Watch Published in The Bangkok Post The long-delayed trials of the leaders of the Khmer Rouge began dramatically last week with a judicial ''re-enactment'' at the regime's notorious Tuol Sleng prison, where more than 14,000 people were tortured and executed from 1975-79. March 3, 2008 Commentary Printer friendly version Cambodia: Release Scapegoats for Labor Leader’s Murder Four Years On, Still No Justice in Killing of Chea Vichea Four years after the murder of Cambodia’s most prominent labor union leader, Chea Vichea, six leading international human rights organizations and the world’s largest trade union federation called on the Cambodian authorities to exonerate and free the two men unfairly convicted for the crime. January 21, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to Japan Foreign Minister Koumura Human Rights Watch sent this letter to Japan's Foreign Minister, Mr. Masahiko Koumura, regarding the January 16, 2008, Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo. January 15, 2008 Letter Also available in
Printer friendly version Japan: Mekong Meeting Should Not Ignore Rights Abuses Human Rights Watch Sends Letter to Foreign Minister Koumura The Japanese government should publicly urge the foreign ministers of Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam attending the Japan-Mekong Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo on January 16 to address human rights concerns in these Southeast Asian countries, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. January 15, 2008 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Cambodia: Ensure Safety of Buddhist Monks Prosecute Police Involved in ‘Burma-Style’ Crackdown The Cambodian government should ensure the safety of Buddhist monks whom police attacked during a peaceful protest, Human Rights Watch said today. December 21, 2007 Press Release Printer friendly version Cambodia: Leading Rights Groups Support UN Envoy Five leading international human rights organizations today called upon the Cambodian government to respect its international human rights commitments as well as United Nations officials mandated to monitor them. December 18, 2007 Press Release Also available in
Printer friendly version Letter to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong The ASEAN Charter Human Rights Watch wrote a letter to ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong urging him and other ASEAN Foreign Ministers to establish specific deadlines for implementing a binding human rights mechanism as part of the new Charter. November 15, 2007 Letter Printer friendly version Cambodia: “Anatomy of an Interrogation: The Torture of Comrade Ya at S-21 Prison” Kaing Kek Ieuv, alias "Duch." the former head of the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison, appeared in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal courtroom this month for the first time. As an insight into how the prison worked, what follows is a chapter from Sara Colm and Sorya Sim's book, Khmer Rouge Purges in the Mondolkiri Highlands, Region 105, soon to be published by the Documentation Center of Cambodia. November 7, 2007 Special Focus Cambodia: July 1997: Shock and Aftermath Published in Phnom Penh Post Ten years ago this month on July 5 and 6, 1997 all hell broke loose in Phnom Penh as troops loyal to Co-Prime Ministers Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen fought each other on the streets of Phnom Penh. Debate on what happened and why still continues. In this issue the Post presents two analyses. July 27, 2007 Commentary Also available in
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