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Cambodia Art IDed in British Museum UK
Mission to UN Woodward No Answer
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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GATE, August 9 – The US on
August 8 announced the
repatriation and return to
Cambodia of 30 Cambodian
antiquities seized by the
Southern District of New York
U.S. Attorney’s Office, which
held a ceremony which Inner
City Press attended. Its
coverage was picked up in the
Denver Post, here.
After the
ceremony, in preparation for
which Inner City Press learned
that UK institutions including
the British Museum have been
asked by Cambodian authorities
to return looted art but have
yet to do so, Inner City Press
asked the UK Mission to the
UN:
"Press request,
on deadline just after US SDNY
press conference with
Cambodia's Ambassador to the
US on US return of looted art,
on what the UK has done on
Cambodia's request
To: Jaclyn Licht, Sorcha
Lowry, Isabella Olex,
Barbara.Woodward, Mungo
Woodifield
This is a Press
request, on deadline just
after US SDNY press conference
with Cambodia's Ambassador to
the US on US return of looted
art, on what the UK has done
on Cambodia's request, here.
This
follows up on Inner City
Press' March-April 2022 formal
request, reiterated by this
email, to the UK mission
to ensure Press access to UN
and UNSC press availabilities,
given that Inner City Press is
accredited not only in SDNY
(today's presser) but also for
example the IMF, where it
asked Managing Director
Georgieva by WebEx about the
economy, here.
What explains the ongoing ban
of Inner City Press by the UN
(and UK mission) other than
corruption and censorship? On
deadline, thank you in
advance."
More than
24 hours later, no answer at
all from the UK Mission and
its Ambassador Barbara.Woodward.
Rogues and censors.
Speaking at the
ceremony was Keo Chhea,
Cambodian Ambassador to the
United States, who introduce
his minister's video
presentation which said Hun
Sen has brought peace to the
country. Peace through
censorship? The ceremony had
no mention at all of the
United Nations much less its
dubious UNESCO. We'll have
more on this.
The (dropped)
criminal case was US v.
Latchford, 19-cr-748
(Torres)
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