Publication : Press Release

Today, 15 November 2012, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) re-releases its “Analysis of the Legal Grounds for Conviction and the Fairness of the Judicial Proceedings in the Criminal Cases Against Sam Rainsy” – originally released in February 2011. Sam Rainsy, eponymous leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was convicted in 2010 on charges of (1) wrongful damage to property, (2) incitement to discrimination, (3) falsifying public documents, and (4) disinformation, in connection with his removal of a demarcation post on the Cambodia-Vietnam border and subsequent online release of maps to prove his allegations of Vietnamese encroachment into Cambodian territory. He was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment but remains in exile in France.

Information Source : CCHR Re-releases its 2011 Legal Analysis of the Charges Against Sam Rainsy and Asserts That not only His Charges but also His Recent Exclusion from the Voter List Is Politically Motivated

• CCHR