human rights defender
Seng Chan Theary
Actions and Campaigns
Seng Chan Theary
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal assistance.
HRD's year of birth
1971
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Lawyer
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Seng Chan Theary, also known as Theary Seng, is a prominent Cambodian-American human rights activist and lawyer. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Michigan Law School. Theary Seng has been deeply involved in human rights advocacy. She served as the executive director of the Centre for Social Development and the founding director of the Center for Cambodian Civic Education (CIVICUS Cambodia). She is known for her outspoken criticism of the Cambodian government. Her activism has led to her being a high-profile figure in the fight for democratic reforms in Cambodia. In June 2022, she was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of treason and incitement, a conviction widely condemned by human rights groups and the international community. https://www.thearyseng.com/biography
Detained since
Jun 14, 2022
Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Treason
Sentence
6 years imprisonment
Latitude: 11.557900560316286
Longitude: 104.73238975595758
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: South-eastern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Phnom Penh
Location of detention - Facility
Correctional Center 2 in Phnom Penh
Recent case update / evolution
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court opened the mass trials against former CNRP’s activists since January 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak. In December 2021, the Phnom Penh court resumed the mass trial against former CNRP officials and political activists, including Chantheary, after a long delay attributed to COVID-19. After the trials were conducted consecutively, on June 14, 2022, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted 51 former CNRP officials and supporters of plotting and incitement under articles 453, 494 and 495 of the Cambodian Criminal Code for allegedly supporting Sam Rainsy's planned return to Cambodia in November 2019. The court sentenced 12 defendants to a prison sentence of eight years, 20 defendants to a five-year prison sentence which was suspended, and 19 defendants to a prison sentence of six years. The court also ordered the arrest of Ms. Seng Theary who was sentenced to six years in prison.
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- HRD's year of birth
- 1971
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Lawyer
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Civil and political rights
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Seng Chan Theary, also known as Theary Seng, is a prominent Cambodian-American human rights activist and lawyer. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Michigan Law School. Theary Seng has been deeply involved in human rights advocacy. She served as the executive director of the Centre for Social Development and the founding director of the Center for Cambodian Civic Education (CIVICUS Cambodia). She is known for her outspoken criticism of the Cambodian government. Her activism has led to her being a high-profile figure in the fight for democratic reforms in Cambodia. In June 2022, she was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of treason and incitement, a conviction widely condemned by human rights groups and the international community. https://www.thearyseng.com/biography
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: South-eastern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Phnom Penh
- Location of detention - Facility
- Correctional Center 2 in Phnom Penh
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 11.557900560316286
Longitude: 104.73238975595758
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jun 14, 2022
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Creating disturbances
- Treason
- Sentence
6 years imprisonment
- Recent case update / evolution
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court opened the mass trials against former CNRP’s activists since January 2021 but was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak. In December 2021, the Phnom Penh court resumed the mass trial against former CNRP officials and political activists, including Chantheary, after a long delay attributed to COVID-19. After the trials were conducted consecutively, on June 14, 2022, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted 51 former CNRP officials and supporters of plotting and incitement under articles 453, 494 and 495 of the Cambodian Criminal Code for allegedly supporting Sam Rainsy's planned return to Cambodia in November 2019. The court sentenced 12 defendants to a prison sentence of eight years, 20 defendants to a five-year prison sentence which was suspended, and 19 defendants to a prison sentence of six years. The court also ordered the arrest of Ms. Seng Theary who was sentenced to six years in prison.
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- Urgent support needed
Legal assistance.
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