Rights Groups Want Access to 23 Detained Prisoners

1 February 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Prisons / Social development
Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Labor Organization / CCHR / General Department of Prisons / Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association / Ministry of Interior / Sar Kheng / Vorn Pao

Two human rights groups on Friday appealed to Interior Minister Sar Kheng to intervene after the General Department of Prisons, which is part of the Interior Ministry, refused to allow representatives from their organizations to meet with some of the 23 union activists and protesters arrested in early January. In an open letter, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and the Cambodian Labor Organization asked why their attempts to meet with Vorn Pao, president of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association, and some of the other detainees, had been denied. …

 Lauren Crothers
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