Cambodia: Bail refused for 21 workers and human rights defenders

11 February 2014
FIDH
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Industries / Judiciary and courts / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Law and judiciary / Prisons / Social development / Social security and veterans / Unions
Boeung Kak lake community / Bou Sarith / Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) / Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) / Canadia Industrial Park / Chan Puthisak / Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) / Correctional Center 3 (CC3) / IDEA / Licadho Director Naly Pilorge / Phnom Penh Court of Appeals / Theng Savuen / Vorn Pov / Yon Sok Chea

The Cambodian government must immediately and unconditionally release the 21 garment workers and human rights defenders who have been detained since early January, FIDH and its member organizations Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) and Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) said today. …

On February 11, the Phnom Penh Court of Appeals refused to grant bail to 21 garment workers and human rights defenders detained in Correctional Center 3 (CC3) in Kampong Cham Province. The 21 men were not present at the closed-door hearing. On February 8, Bou Sarith and Yon Sok Chea, two of the 23 who had been arrested during a brutal crackdown on 2-3 January, were released on bail from CC3 and Kampong Cham prison respectively. …

 FIDH News Staff
http://www.fidh.org/en/asia/cambodia/14627-cambodia-bail-refused-for-21-workers-and-human-rights-defenders