Monday, April 5, 2010

Adhoc halts ECCC outreach as programme’s funding dwindles

Thet Sambath

Phnom Penh Post

A LEGAL assistance programme run by local rights group Adhoc for victims of the Khmer Rouge has been suspended due to lack of funding, Adhoc representatives said Sunday.

Adhoc’s Khmer Rouge Trials and International Criminal Court Programme had been working since 2007 to monitor the Khmer Rouge tribunal, increase awareness of the trials and register civil party applicants. As of the end of March, however, the initiative does not have the funds to continue, project coordinator Latt Ky said.

“I am very worried that there is no one to donate funds to our project,” Latt Ky said. “If funds are not given, the victims ... will not have the ability to
understand the court’s procedure.”

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