US Embassy urged to stop ‘disrespecting sovereignty’

[geovalin]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation called on the US Embassy in Phnom Penh on Saturday to respect the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations after it called former opposition leader Kem Sokha “an innocent man” – a move deemed to be “disrespecting Cambodia’s sovereignty”.

 

The ministry expressed “great surprise and concern” over the embassy’s comments on Friday that there was “No evidence. No trial. No justice” in the case of Sokha, who is currently on bail awaiting trial on a treason charge.

 

The ministry’s rebuke came after the US Embassy posted a message on its official Facebook page saying: “Did you know Kem Sokha has now been in detention for nearly 18 months? That’s 530 days of captivity.

 

read more https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-embassy-urged-stop-disrespecting-sovereignty

[Cereal]

And how long have some of the "enemy combatants" been in Guantanamo Bay without charge or seeing a lawyer????

[Lacessit]

5 minutes ago, Cereal said:

And how long have some of the "enemy combatants" been in Guantanamo Bay without charge or seeing a lawyer????

Not sure one can equate that with Sokha. AFAIK he hasn't been conspiring to blow up innocent people.

[Benmart]

3 hours ago, Cereal said:

And how long have some of the "enemy combatants" been in Guantanamo Bay without charge or seeing a lawyer????

Check who is being detained/jailed in both instances and the reasons behind it. 

[nahkit]

7 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Not sure one can equate that with Sokha. AFAIK he hasn't been conspiring to blow up innocent people.

And you absolutely know for sure that all the detainees in Guantanamo were conspiring to blow up innocent people?

 

Yeah, must be true, the US government never lies.

[Redline]

13 hours ago, Cereal said:

And how long have some of the "enemy combatants" been in Guantanamo Bay without charge or seeing a lawyer????

No Cambodians there