01-Jan-2010
Publication : Report
However, the country is still in a state of abysmal lawlessness and ordinary Cambodians are powerless. There are no institutions in the country, which can offer them any kind of protection. The Cambodian police is in a rudimentary stage of development, is known to be corrupt and completely under the political control of the regime and those who are rich and powerful. Cambodian courts are also known to be corrupt and are used as instruments of political control by way of jailing opposition politicians; people resisting land grabbing; those who express independent opinions and civil society activists who express solidarity with victims of abuse of power.
Information Source : The State of Human Rights in Cambodia in 2010
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