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What no one in the room knew was that Mr. Kapoor was under investigation on two continents, suspected of running a $100 million art smuggling operation. via www.nytimes.com
The name of Malcolm Caldwell is remembered now by very few people: some friends, family, colleagues, and students of utopian folly. In the 1970s, though, Caldwell was a major figure in protest politics. He was chair of CND for two…
Yesterday, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) brought charges against two new suspects in only the third and fourth cases to be heard by the tribunal. The ECCC announced that former Khmer Rouge navy chief Meas Muth…
Karen Coates, a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, has a short piece at Slate on how a combination of informal land rights and the global rush for agricultural land is seperating Cambodian peasants from their traditional…
The University of Michigan Press has published a new book called Hybrid Justice: The Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia. The authors are John D. Ciorciari and Anne Heindel. The book is 464 pages long and sells from $85.00. We…
A United Nations independent human rights expert today urged Government and opposition parties in Cambodia to immediately negotiate an end to the ongoing impasse, saying political reconciliation is the “only way forward” for the country. Wrapping up week-long visit to Cambodia,…
Recent clashes in Cambodia, in which police were seen beating individuals with truncheons and shooting live ammunition and rubber bullets from close range, must be urgently investigated to ensure full accountability for the use of excessive force, the United Nations…
The International Court of Justice (CJ) has announced it will deliver its judgment in the case of Request for Interpretation of the Judgment of 15 June 1962 in the case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand) on Monday, November 11 at 10…
Kevin Voight has published International adoption: Saving orphans or child trafficking? on CNN.com. Srey Powers' earliest memories in Cambodia are "waking up each morning, climbing trees to forage for fruit and berries with my cousins, and sitting around a fire each…
