Cambodian Prisons: Health and Human Rights Disaster lurking Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
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Cambodian Prisons: Health and Human Rights Disaster lurking Amid the Coronavirus Crisis
With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, a fragile economy, looming debt crisis, and numerous uncertainties, experts have predicted that if the conditions in Cambodia's overly crowded prisons with malnourished inmates remain unimproved, the coming health and human rights disaster will inevitably and irreversibly exacerbate the Coronavirus outbreak beyond the prison walls. This is the worst pandemic the world has ever seen, and as such, clinched fist dictatorship is less heroic than humanitarianism. It would be wise for the Prime Ministers administration to follow the example of numerous leaders around the world, seize the CoVID-19 pandemic opportunity to be sensible and compassionate, as well as ease the Interior Ministry's responsibilities by releasing prisoners and detainees - including those with short sentences, serving time for non-violent crimes, those who have served a significant amount of their sentence, vulnerable prisoners like nursing mothers, the old, the inmates with pre-existing respiratory illnesses, and foreigners. Of course, it would be great to release political prisoners as well, but that may be a far fetched fantasy. However, one bold humanitarian step is better than none.
Sangkran 2020 (Cambodian New Year) is around the corner. Usually, at this time of the year, the Prime Minister does a few goodwill deeds to please his people, including pardoning prisoners. Will he choose the right side of history along with many other world leaders like Indonesia's President Joko Widodo who released 30,000 prisoners in efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19? or will he wait for a cocktail of economic and pandemic disasters to force his hand like it happened in Iran, Columbia and Brazil? Thoughts are appreciated
Sangkran 2020 (Cambodian New Year) is around the corner. Usually, at this time of the year, the Prime Minister does a few goodwill deeds to please his people, including pardoning prisoners. Will he choose the right side of history along with many other world leaders like Indonesia's President Joko Widodo who released 30,000 prisoners in efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19? or will he wait for a cocktail of economic and pandemic disasters to force his hand like it happened in Iran, Columbia and Brazil? Thoughts are appreciated
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this invisible enemy will force the hand of any country.
another possible state of emergency fork is nationalising assets
nothing is safe be it local or foreigner.
businesses, bank accounts or condos. nationalising will mean the gov can take control of everything to fight the invisible enemy.
pssst...dont tell the gov about your stash of bullion. that will go first
another possible state of emergency fork is nationalising assets
nothing is safe be it local or foreigner.
businesses, bank accounts or condos. nationalising will mean the gov can take control of everything to fight the invisible enemy.
pssst...dont tell the gov about your stash of bullion. that will go first
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You need to look first to those in pre-trial detention; you're probably talking around 30% of the prison population. You'd start by organising bail for those in for minor crimes and work your way up. The challenge is to steadily increase the tolerance level of the government for bail provisions as the alleged crimes increase in severity.
Not sure why you've added foreigners in the list of those deserving release. All of the foreigners I knew who were/are in prison were in for a good reason. Many of the locals are not.
Not sure why you've added foreigners in the list of those deserving release. All of the foreigners I knew who were/are in prison were in for a good reason. Many of the locals are not.
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Agreed.
Look at the 1918 Influenza outbreak - often, erroneously, called The Spanish Flu due to news censorship of that period.
500 Million infected, 40+ Million dead, and all before cheap international airfare, travel, or even common automotive ownership.
Makes this 'pandemic' look like just an outbreak of The Clap' in BallSack Lane
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You're right. There are many in pre-trial detainees and courts almost never approve bail. It's either they have not yet fully grasped the concept of bail or they had bad experiences in the past. Either way, bail's not on the table for felony accusations. The problem is that Cambodia's 28 detention centers and prisons
combined only allow for an official capacity of 8,500 inmates. But there are over 36,500 locked up. That's more than 4 times what the facilities can handle. There have been outbreaks of scabies and tuberculosis which spread like wildfire. It is an indication that in this CoVID-19 era, we're awaiting nothing but great disaster and there's only one way to avoid it.
I added foreigners because they're not provided for in prison. Most of the tax/donation funded supplies to prison goes to the locals: Food, etc, so the foreigners have to cook their own food even without income. Imagine living like that for 20+ years. Some of the foreigners have served a significant portion of their sentence and need to be released, others have done nothing wrong but were sentenced without evidence in sham trials aimed at keeping and milking them within the justice system. Welcome to yet another piece of Scambodia
combined only allow for an official capacity of 8,500 inmates. But there are over 36,500 locked up. That's more than 4 times what the facilities can handle. There have been outbreaks of scabies and tuberculosis which spread like wildfire. It is an indication that in this CoVID-19 era, we're awaiting nothing but great disaster and there's only one way to avoid it.
I added foreigners because they're not provided for in prison. Most of the tax/donation funded supplies to prison goes to the locals: Food, etc, so the foreigners have to cook their own food even without income. Imagine living like that for 20+ years. Some of the foreigners have served a significant portion of their sentence and need to be released, others have done nothing wrong but were sentenced without evidence in sham trials aimed at keeping and milking them within the justice system. Welcome to yet another piece of Scambodia
Prahok wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:09 pmYou need to look first to those in pre-trial detention; you're probably talking around 30% of the prison population. You'd start by organising bail for those in for minor crimes and work your way up. The challenge is to steadily increase the tolerance level of the government for bail provisions as the alleged crimes increase in severity.
Not sure why you've added foreigners in the list of those deserving release. All of the foreigners I knew who were/are in prison were in for a good reason. Many of the locals are not.
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CoVID-19 is spreading faster and further than the Spanish flu did, and it hasn't even started yet. This RNA virus has proven unpredictable and tricky to understand. Except if people like Bill Gates are hiding something. All in all, it's too early to conclude there was worse pandemic in the past
Playboy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:46 pmAgreed.
Look at the 1918 Influenza outbreak - often, erroneously, called The Spanish Flu due to news censorship of that period.
500 Million infected, 40+ Million dead, and all before cheap international airfare, travel, or even common automotive ownership.
Makes this 'pandemic' look like just an outbreak of The Clap' in BallSack Lane
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^^ If you want to survive on this forum, you'll need to back up those claims with some hard facts. Otherwise , you'll just be tagged in the looney bin group along with the other nutters. Now what does Bill Gates have to do with this?
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He funds both the virus and the vaccine. Everyone knows that. But not everyone knows he also funds the WHO through big pharma. What could go wrong!
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^^ I don't know that so not everyone knows that. Again without giving facts you are coming across as a nutter. You're an American, I guess.
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People used to die of knob rot in those days. How many respirators did the British Army own?Playboy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:46 pmAgreed.
Look at the 1918 Influenza outbreak - often, erroneously, called The Spanish Flu due to news censorship of that period.
500 Million infected, 40+ Million dead, and all before cheap international airfare, travel, or even common automotive ownership.
Makes this 'pandemic' look like just an outbreak of The Clap' in BallSack Lane
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If your definition of "facts" is something you read from a source paid for by the establishment, then you might wanna reassess who comes across as a nutter. I'm a researcher, I go deeper to uncover facts... But on this one, you need no more than common sense. Bill Gates himself does not hide the fact that his "philanthropy" money is behind vaccine research and the big pharma companies that fund the WHO which was, by the way, an initiative of the rockerfellas. Now I know what you're thinking: "conspiracy theorist". Fire away with a highly functional sheeple neurological config. I'm at your service with "credible" references
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