Foreign Ministry strikes back at Subedi remarks

20 November 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Constitution and rights / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Social development
Koy Kuong / Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Surya Subedi / UN's Special Rapporteur for Human Rights

Foreign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong yesterday defended the independence of Cambodia’s judiciary following concerns raised by a UN official about the whirlwind imprisonment of 11 activists arrested for protesting last week. Kuong accused Surya Subedi, the UN’s special rapporteur for human rights, of making a habit of wrongly characterising normal court decisions as rights violations, following a statement Subedi released Tuesday. …

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