Kem Monovithya
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Monovithya Kem, born in 1981, is the eldest daughter of Cambodian politician and human rights activist Kem Sokha
. She successfully campaigned for her father's release from Cambodia's prison in 2006. She is American-educated and had been working as a social advocate in Cambodia and now lives in the United States.
She was an organizer and speaker for the 2006 campaign to free her father and four other Cambodian human rights activists where she lobbied international rights groups and the U.S. State Department and Senate for their support. A candelight vigil at the White House
, organized by United Cambodian International Council was also held to seek intervention from the U.S. to free the prisoners of conscience detained in Cambodia.
Kem Sokha
Kem Sokha is the President of the Human Rights Party in Cambodia. He was born on 27 June 1953 in Takéo, Cambodia.-Politics:National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2008–Present• LAND RIGHTS. Active opponent of illegal evictions....
. She successfully campaigned for her father's release from Cambodia's prison in 2006. She is American-educated and had been working as a social advocate in Cambodia and now lives in the United States.
She was an organizer and speaker for the 2006 campaign to free her father and four other Cambodian human rights activists where she lobbied international rights groups and the U.S. State Department and Senate for their support. A candelight vigil at the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
, organized by United Cambodian International Council was also held to seek intervention from the U.S. to free the prisoners of conscience detained in Cambodia.