Statement

Immediately End Legal Threats Against ADHOC Staffer Soeng Senkaruna

Phnom Penh, 14 February 2024 – We, the undersigned organisations, associations, unions and communities, are outraged by the threats of legal action against Soeng Senkaruna, a senior staffer at the Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC), over comments attributed to him in a media article. Senkaruna is the Deputy Head of the Human Rights, Land Rights and Natural Resource Section and Spokesperson of ADHOC. He has for years courageously spoken out in defence of human rights and social justice.   The Cambodia Daily Khmer published an article on 2 February paraphrasing Senkaruna as saying th...