We support the call made by Saro Sivatha, leader of the Cambodian Students Movement for Democracy (report, South China Morning Post, February 20), for the Khmer Rouge leaders to face trial in an international court.
Under their constitution, the people of Cambodia are entitled to demonstrate.
This is a right which the government should respect. It was wrong not to allow a demonstration calling for the trial to take place. It sets a dangerous precedent for future administrations.
Hun Sen's Government enacted laws requiring prior approval for holding demonstrations; these laws should be rescinded.
Even though those accused of crimes against humanity may now be advanced in age and suffer from poor health, it does not change the nature of these crimes, which resulted in the deaths of two million Cambodians.
Any accusation of interference in the internal affairs of Cambodia, made against any organisation such as ourselves, the Humanist Association of Hong Kong and Humanist International, is not valid.
