🚨 #WhatisHappeninginCambodia Hay Vannith, Brother of Cambodian Activist, Arbitrarily Arrested and is in Detention 🚨

🗣️On  the 16th of August Fulbright Recipient Scholar and Civil Servant of the Cambodian Ministry of Health was arrested due to claims of him being a political activist. This is because he is the brother of Hay Vanna, the Leader of Cambodia National Rescue Movement in Japan, and Board Member of the Khmer Movement for Democracy. Hay Vanna, alongside his parents, resides in Japan as he possesses Japanese citizen

⚠️Whilst Hay Vannit is not involved in the actions of his brother, he has constantly faced harassment and threats and was planning to flee to Thailand. However, he was arrested and detained on the Poi Pet border (Cambodian side). As of today, the Cambodian authorities have not announced/confirmed his detention. Thus, he has disappeared and his arrest and detention remain arbitrary. 

🚩Hay Vanna announced on his Facebook page about Hay Vannit’s disappearance and may be arbitrarily arrested and detained. Hay Vanna called for the release of his brother, urging that he is not an activist and should not be arrested under such charges. 

This unfair arrest needs to be accounted for and Hay Vannit needs to be released!

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