Appearing in everything from music videos, to film, Sorvath's exploits in 2007 earned him the top honour at the Cambodian Film Festival. For Sovath, the biggest challenge was not simply becoming a ...

LOWELL — Authorities detained Cambodian monk Luon Sovath at a protest in Phnom Penh back in May, banning him from ever stepping foot inside any of the nation’s Buddhist temples. But speaking in Lowell ...

(From Attacks & Threats against Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia 2008-2009 -- September 2010) Sometimes the most effective defense of human rights begins with the simplest of questions. The latter ...

The trial of one of Cambodia’s leading human rights supporters failed to go ahead Tuesday, after the court ruled that the defendant - a famous Buddhist monk - had been mistakenly summoned. Luon Sovath ...

Amnesty International (AI)- Community Legal Education Center (CLEC)- Cambodian League for the Promotion & Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)- Civil Rights Defenders (CRD)- Asian Forum for Human Rights ...

Venerable Loun Sovath, a Cambodian Buddhist monk, was awarded the 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in a ceremony held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2nd October 2012. Venerable Sovath ...

A smear campaign linked to the Cambodian government went viral on the social media platform, sending an activist Buddhist cleric into exile to protect himself. By Hannah Beech and Sun Narin BANGKOK — ...

PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Loun Sovath lived the routine life of a Buddhist monk for many years in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh before he was drawn into the many battles over land ...

In just four days, the reputation of a Buddhist monk who had spent decades fighting for the human rights of Cambodians was destroyed. First, grainy videos appeared on a fake Facebook page, claiming ...

Last February Cambodia’s ruling party – the Cambodian People’s Party – claimed all 58 elected seats in the senate, a result that does not bode well for that country’s upcoming general election in July ...