Cambodia: ESCR defender was intimidated by security guards
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Apr 25, 2014
- Event Description
Alleged acts of intimidation and threats against the Project Coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR). According to the information received, on 25 April 2014, Mr. Vann Sophath and his team visited the site of a land dispute case, to film a documentary about one of the concerned families, when he was intimidated by security guards. On 9 May 2014, Mr. Sophath's filming on site was interrupted again when armed security guards threatened him and forced him off the site. One security guard took pictures of Mr. Sophath and his car's number plate. Concern is expressed at the intimidation and threats of violence targeting Mr. Sophath while carrying out his peaceful work promoting and protecting the rights of the families on the disputed land.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Right to information
- Right to property
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 11.544872900000003
Longitude: 104.8921668
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 25 April 2014, Mr. Vann Sophath, a project coordinator of the Land Reform Project at the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), was intimidated by security guards while he and his team were filming a documentary about land dispute cases.