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Cambodia charges foreigners with making pornographic images
Prosecutors in Cambodia have charged 10 foreigners, including five Britons, with producing pornographic images after raiding a villa in Siem Reap. They were arrested on Thursday after images emerged of people apparently imitating sexual positions at a party in the north-western town. If convicted, they face up to a year in prison.
Two Canadians held in Cambodia for 'dancing pornographically'
A police release included photos of multiple clothed men and women straddling one another on the floor, some in sexually suggestive positions. Those photos are said to have been shared on social media prior to the arrests.
[...] [Joshua Kurlantzick, a senior fellow with the U.S.-based Council on Foreign Relations think tank,] said the Cambodian government is grappling with pressure to enforce more conservative values, an agenda that is at odds with the country's party-oriented reputation among young western travellers. Foreigners dressed in skimpy clothing while visiting religious and historical monuments have been one source of tension. "Cambodian officials have been a little frustrated," Kurlantzick said. "Partly through their own fault, they allowed a certain very seedy sex tourism culture to take place in (the capital) Phnom Penh."
He said that while the arrests are "pretty unusual," travellers should be aware that the Cambodian government is increasingly lashing out against all types of foreign influence, including boisterous tourists. "The overall environment in Cambodia has just become much more repressed over the last year," Kurlantzick said. "The country is potentially something of a tinder box because of that."
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Wednesday January 31 2018, @06:17PM (3 children)
Somehow, 'The law is the law.' doesn't seem very convincing. Perhaps it's because laws can be wrong, and no one - not even their citizens - should be subject to unjust laws. Ignoring such laws is actually a good thing. No one should be respectful to laws which violate basic liberties.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 31 2018, @08:21PM (2 children)
What gives you the right to go to another country and judge the laws that they have? Yes, laws can be wrong. However, laws are created by them, not you. The citizens of that land have decided how they want their culture to be, regardless of you fitting into that culture. If you don't like that, then don't go. Crying "foul" after the fact is just whining disguised as discourse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @01:34AM
Some laws are BAD...As an AMERICAN TEAR DOWN THOSE PRISON WALLS...
(Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:17PM
I'm a human being and I can have an opinion. That is sufficient. Anyone can judge anything.
Now let's move on to the next bit of authoritarian propaganda.
Unless they are significantly democratic (not even the US is, by the way), then no.
Furthermore, the majority should not be able to infringe upon people's fundamental rights, so it doesn't even matter if the country is democratic or not. Would you accept slavery if a majority agreed with it? Would you tell people to stop whining? It's the same awful logic. You're defending human rights abuses just because the majority might want them in some cases. If a majority wants human rights taken away, then I think the majority should be opposed.
That whining is completely valid when human rights are at stake. If that society doesn't care about human rights, then I believe they should be opposed by everyone and encouraged to improve.