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Call for End to Presecution of Tola Moeun
Name °ü¸®ÀÚ Date 2018-02-22 Hits 699

 

 

 

We, the undersigned global unions and international human rights and workers¡¯ rights organizations, call for the charges against Cambodian human rights defender Moeun Tola to be immediately dropped. As reported on January 18, 2018, in the Phnom Penh Post, prosecutors in Cambodia have sought criminal charges and an order for pre-trial detention against Tola and two other prominent civil society leaders, Pa Nguon Teang, an advocate for press freedom, and Venerable But Buntenh, an activist monk. Tola is the Executive Director of the Center for the Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), and is a renowned supporter of labor rights in Cambodia. On January 18, the Phnom Penh Court deputy prosecutor issued a preliminary charge for ¡°breach of trust¡± against the three men, who were all members of the funeral committee for murdered activist Kem Ley. The deputy prosecutor also recommended that they be placed in pre-trial detention. None of the men were in the country at the time of the announcement; they risk imprisonment for an indefinite period if they return. If convicted, they face imprisonment for up to three years. It is well known that Cambodia¡¯s courts are not independent, but rather are driven by the political interests of the ruling Cambodian People¡¯s Party. These charges constitute an attempt to silence and punish one of the country¡¯s leading independent voices for worker rights. As detailed in the Phnom Penh Post, the pretext for the changes is a criminal complaint filed against Tola by Pich Sros, the leader of the obscure Cambodia Youth Party. Last year, Pich Sros filed the first complaint against the country¡¯s main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party, and its leader Kem Sokha, which led to Sokha¡¯s jailing and the party¡¯s dissolution by the courts. The charges issued against Tola concern an unsubstantiated claim that he and the two other activists misappropriated funds raised for the funeral of Kem Ley, a well-known government critic who was assassinated in July 2016. Human Rights Watch has termed the charges ¡°politically motivated legal harassment¡± and an example of the government targeting civil society activists. Moreover, multiple members of Kem Ley¡¯s own family have repeatedly stated that there is no basis for the allegations, and that Tola and the other two accused leaders never handled any of the funeral funds. Further, the complainant politician, Pich Sros, neither took part in the funeral nor has any connections to Kem Ley¡¯s family. This case is emblematic of broader deterioration in the labor rights and human rights climate in Cambodia, where the government has closed down a number of independent media outlets, shut down the National Democratic Institute (NDI), dissolved the Cambodia National Rescue Party and arrested its leader on ¡°treason¡± charges, and engaged in politically motivated prosecutions against a number of human rights defenders and unionists. We, the undersigned organizations, are strongly calling upon the Cambodian government to respect fundamental human rights and to immediately drop the charges against Tola and his two co-defendants. We stand in solidarity with 35 Cambodian human rights organizations expressing similar concerns and call for action. Sincerely, Building and Wood Worker¡¯s International International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations Public Services International International Domestic Workers Federation Human Rights Watch Asia Floor Wage Alliance Clean Clothes Campaign Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility International Labor Rights Forum United Students Against Sweatshops Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity Maquila Solidarity Network National Guestworker Alliance Globalization Monitor Asian Transnational Corporations Monitoring Network National Economic and Social Rights Initiative Human Rights Now Jobs With Justice Coalition of Immokalee Workers People & Planet China Labour Bulletin Labour Education and Service Network Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour Korean House for International Solidarity Labour Action China Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangh Sedane Labour Resource Centre (LIPS) Tenaganita Womens' Force Action Labour Rights Labour Education Foundation MAP Foundation Trade Union Rights Centre Indonesia Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research The Cambodian Australian Federation T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights

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