Cambodia: New crackdown on protesters

13 November 2014
Human Rights Watch
Constitution and rights / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Social development
Boeng Kak / Brad Adams / Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian People's Party / Chuon Sovann / Hun Sen / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh municipal police

The Cambodian government is carrying out a new wave of arrests of opposition party and social activists. Cambodia’s donors should speak out against the government’s harassment, arbitrary detention, and summary trials of peaceful protesters and the government should end the crackdown. … The crackdown has been characterized by a range of human rights violations. State security forces have aggressively denied the right to peaceful assembly by violently breaking up peaceful protests. The authorities have filed trumped-up charges against protesters or would-be protesters. Those charged have been routinely denied bail, convicted after summary trials that did not meet international standards, and given maximum prison sentences. …

 Human Rights Watch News Staff
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/11/13/cambodia-new-crackdown-protesters