Friday, December 20, 2013

Activist’s Facebook firestorm



David Boyle, The Phnom Penh Post
Fri, 20 December 2013

A vicious backlash on social media has seen angry messages escalate to death threats against human rights activist Ou Virak in reaction to his call for opposition leader Sam Rainsy to stop inciting discrimination against the Vietnamese.

Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, has been attacked on his Facebook page in comments ranging from disappointment to outright vulgar abuse. Read more click here