NGOs Harassed Ahead of Summit

ថ្ងៃទី ១៤ ខែវិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ២០១២
វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី
ASEAN grassroots people's assembly / កិច្ចប្រជុំចង្អៀតរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីការបរទេសអាស៊ាន / ASEAN People's Forum (APF) / Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit / ទីក្រុង ប៉េកាំង / Brunei / ប្រទេសភូមា / សារព័ត៌មាន ខេមបូឌា អ៊ិចប្រេសញូវស៍ / មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សកម្ពុជា / សង្កាត់ចាក់អង្រែក្រោម / Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao / កិច្ចប្រជុំកំពូលអាស៊ីបូព៌ា / Independent Democracy of Informal Economic Association (IDEA) / ប្រទេសឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី / ប្រទេសឡាវ / ជំនួយពីប្រទេសម៉ាឡេស៊ី / Meanchey District / nongovernmental organizations / ភ្នំពេញ / rights groups / ប្រទេស សាំងហ្គាពួរ / សមុទ្រចិនខាងត្បូង / ប្រទេសថៃ / ប្រទេសហ្វីលីពីន / U.S. President Barack Obama

Cambodian authorities have disrupted several events held by nongovernmental organizations and have threatened to arrest anyone holding protests ahead of sensitive regional summits to be held in the capital Phnom Penh, rights groups said Wednesday. The Independent Democracy of Informal Economic Association (IDEA) said authorities in Meanchey district forced the owner of a local restaurant to shut down the meeting space he had rented to a group of NGOs ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the East Asia Summit from Nov 18 to 20. … Ngoung Mongtha, an IDEA official, told RFA’s Khmer service that hundreds of NGO officials met on Wednesday morning to discuss requests for a petition the group planned to submit to leaders of the 10-member ASEAN body during the summit. …

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/disrupted-11142012183518.html