Terror used as pretext: report

29 October 2015
The Phnom Penh Post
Human rights / Social development
Ben Emmerson / United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism

Cambodia has been named among states accused of using counter-terrorism measures to clamp down on human rights and civil society in a report released this week by the United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism.

Speaking in New York on Monday, the British rapporteur Ben Emmerson warned that countries are increasingly employing security pretexts to stifle opposition and limit NGO activity in what he deemed an “ideological pandemic”. …

 Zoe Holman
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/terror-used-pretext-report

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