Over the past decade, governments have increasingly turned to arbitrary detention, cruelty, and even torture in order to combat drug abuse.
Posts Tagged “Cambodia”
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Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Cambodia, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, China, drug detention, drug policy, drug treatment, drug users, forced labor, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, human rights, international justice, Mexico, public health, Roxanne Saucier, Russia, torture, war on drugs
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James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, considers the significance of the trial of the top four surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, both for Cambodians and for the evolution of international justice.
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More than 30 years after the murderous Khmer Rouge were driven from power in Cambodia, the effort to bring justice to the victims stands on the brink of ignominious failure due to political interference from the Cambodian government and the indifference of the international community.
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The fate of five suspected perpetrators of mass atrocities remains undecided—and they may never reach trial because of interference from the Cambodian government.
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This week, more than 30 years since the Khmer Rouge was driven out of the city, the tribunal set up to try the architects of the regime's worst crimes finally delivered its first sentence. But does it amount to real justice for Cambodians?
Posted in: Asia, Rights & Justice
Topics: Cambodia, duch, ECCC, extraordinary chambers in the courts of cambodia, genocide, Heather Ryan, international justice, Khmer Rouge
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U.S. funds are being used to support compulsory "rehabilitation" centers in Cambodia, China, and Vietnam where people who use drugs are routinely beaten, raped, and otherwise abused.
Posted in: Asia, Health, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Cambodia, China, Daniel Wolfe, drug policy, drug treatment, HIV/AIDS, torture, Vietnam
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Throughout Southeast Asia, men and women who are caught using drugs are locked away in so-called rehabilitation centers where they are routinely tortured.
Posted in: Asia, Health, Rights & Justice
Topics: Cambodia, China, Daniel Wolfe, drug policy, human rights, torture