Justice elusive for women: org

9 March 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Gender / Social development / Women in development
Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC)

After 11 hours of escalation, some 30 armed security personnel stormed a home in Tbong Khmum province’s Memot district after responding to reports of a potentially deadly violent domestic altercation there, police said yesterday. … Dany’s case coincided with the Saturday release of rights group ADHOC’s most recent report on crimes against women in the Kingdom, which noted that while reported instances of domestic abuse had fallen in 2014, perpetrators often face impunity in Cambodia’s courts. In the past year, ADHOC received 149 complaints of domestic violence, 17 of which resulted in death. The figures represent a steep drop from the number of domestic violence cases reported in 2013, when the agency received 275 complaints. …

 Sen David and Kim Sarom
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