Off the Streets: Arbitrary Detention and Other Abuses Against Sex Workers in Cambodia

*** News Conference Invitation ***

Off the Streets
Arbitrary Detention and Other Abuses Against Sex Workers in Cambodia

Human Rights Watch is pleased to invite you to the launch of a new report, "Off the Streets: Arbitrary Detention and Other Abuses against Sex Workers in Cambodia," to be held on July 20, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. The report documents the abuse of sex workers by police and other government officials, including beatings, rape, extortion, and arbitrary arrest and detention. The report also analyzes the impact of a 2008 law on trafficking and sexual exploitation, and urges the Cambodian government to end impunity by holding the perpetrators of these abuses accountable.

What: Release of the Human Rights Watch Report*:
"Off the Streets: Arbitrary Detention and Other Abuses against Sex Workers in Cambodia"

Who: Elaine Pearson, acting Asia director, Human Rights Watch
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director, Human Rights Watch

When: July 20, 2010 at 9:30 a.m.

Where: Baitong Restaurant
No. 7, Street 360
Boeng Keng Kang 1,
Phnom Penh

* The news conference will be held in English and Khmer.

For more on Human Rights Watch’s work on Cambodia, please visit:
http://www.hrw.org/en/asia/cambodia

For more information and to schedule interviews, please contact:

• In Phnom Penh, Elaine Pearson (English): +855-77-788-320 (mobile); or elaine.pearson@hrw.org
• In Phnom Penh, Sara Colm (English, Khmer): +855-12-804-755 (mobile); or sara.colm@hrw.org
• In Bangkok, Phil Robertson (English, Thai): +66-85-060-8406 (mobile); or phil.robertson@hrw.org