Monthly Archives: October 2011

Five Cambodian laws proposed or enacted since 2008 include dangerously vague or oppressive provisions that undermine freedom of expression, according to a new report released Wednesday from LICADHO, the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights. Since 2008, … Continue reading →

This afternoon in Washington, Freedom House and the Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) at the National Endowment for Democracy will host the panel License to Censor: The Use of Media Regulation to Restrict Press Freedom. Freedom House will be … Continue reading →

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s proposed ban on sending domestic workers to Malaysia should be accompanied by a major overhaul in protections for these workers, Human Rights Watch says. On October 14, Hun Sen promised an opposition lawmaker, Mu Sochua, … Continue reading →

As abolitionists around the world mark the 9th World Day Against the Death Penalty today under this year’s theme, “The Inhumanity of the Death Penalty,” Paris-based Quê Me: Action for Democracy in Vietnam and the Vietnam Committee for Human Rights called for an end to capital … Continue reading →

Ten international NGOs have submitted a joint letter to the Prime Minister of Vietnam calling for the release of human rights defender Professor Pham Minh Hoang, a dual French-Vietnamese citizen, who was sentenced to three years in prison last month. … Continue reading →