HRW says trial of Stung Meanchey pair ‘flawed’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has labeled the trial of two teenagers arrested during the lethal suppression of a garment sector strike in November 12 as “deeply flawed” and said that the pair should be spared prison sentences. In a statement Sunday, the rights organization claims that Vanny Vannan, 17, was mistakenly identified as a participant in the torching of police vehicles, and that Meas Nun, 14, has an intellectual disability and has not been afforded the legal protections appropriate for children under international law. … The HRW statement claims that video evidence absolves Vanny Vannan, a deliveryman, from police claims he had been part of an attack on police vehicles. It also says that Meas Nun, a scrap collector, had only been caught salvaging metal from a burned-out car and had only thrown rocks during the November protest, which was led by workers from the SL Garment factory. …
George Wright
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