Good News from our friends at Amnesty International...
Those who participated in Amnesty's write-a-thon last December will be pleased to hear that the Thai authorities recently released Sok Yoeun, a Cambodian opposition party member, ending his four-year imprisonment. His was one of several cases taken up by members across the country on December 10, 2003 to mark International Human Rights Day.
Sok Yoeun spent more than four years in a Thai prison while authorities sought his removal to Cambodia to face politically motivated charges. Since his detention began Amnesty members have been writing to the Thai government, urging them not to return Sok Yoeun to Cambodia where he would face an unfair trial and possible torture. In February 2003 the prisoner of conscience was released. He immediately flew to Helsinki for an emotional reunion with his wife, children and grandchildren who have settled there. Upon his arrival, he thanked Amnesty members, saying “I've been saved from the troughs of death, I will never forget this day in my life.”
