Ministry Announces Surprise Inspections of Prisons

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Khmer Times/Pav Suy

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – Rights group Licadho has welcomed an announcement from the Interior Ministry that conditions at prisons, social rehabilitation centers and drug rehabs will be improved to ensure that the rights of inmates, patients and others housed or confined at the centers will be respected.

However, the NGO – which monitors 18 of the country’s 28 prisons – said the August 7 announcement from Interior Minister Sar Kheng does not go far enough.

“We welcome the move by the ministry to take action to reduce human rights violations, but the ministry should look into other common problems in prisons,” said Am Sam Ath, technical coordinator at Licadho.

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