Monthly Archives: July, 2010
35 years imprisonment for the executioner of the Khmer Rouge
30 years in prison for Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, the head of the barbaric torture of the Khmer Rouge regime.
Sex workers are illegally arrested and detained
(Phnom Penh, July 16, 2010) – The Cambodian government should immediately initiate measures to end violence against sex workers and close the institutions of government, during which are detained the victims illegally and abused, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch called on the Cambodian government also set aside any provisions of the law to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation in 2008, because they encourage harassment and mistreatment by the police.
First Khmer Rouge Trial Verdict Announced
On 26 July a verdict was handed down in the case against Kaing Khek Ieu (Duch), the director of the notorious interrogation and torture centre, S-21.Duch was sentenced to 35 years in prison, but his sentence was reduced by