Sawathey Ek OAM is a lawyer, Principal of E K Lawyers (Sydney) and Spokesperson for the Cambodian Action Group and Cambodian Australian Federation Inc. Sawathey is a former refugee from Cambodia in 1983 and has recently been successfully coordinating with federal Cross Benchers, the Greens and the Labour Party to secure a motion passed in the Federal Senate on 25 June 2018. He is the founder of the Southeast Asian Network Founder & Hon. CEO He dedicates this piece to victims of conflicts and wars around the world-- particularly those unjustly killed and suppressed by their own leaders, including those advocating human rights values.