ASEAN parliamentarians call on Cambodia to abandon restrictive, undemocratic NGO law

9 July 2015
Asian Tribune
Associations and other membership groups / Civil and political rights / Civil society / Freedom of association / Human rights / Law and judiciary / Law making process / Non-governmental organizations / Social development
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) / draft NGO law

ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) today called on the Cambodian government to abandon its proposed Law on Associations and Non-governmental Organizations (LANGO), arguing that the ruling party has pursued a fundamentally undemocratic course in attempting to secure the passage of a law that threatens freedom of association and expression in Cambodia. …

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