UN rights envoy Surya Subedi concerned by barricading of Cambodia’s Freedom Park
The UN human rights envoy to Cambodia says the space for democracy has shrunk following a bloody crackdown on protesters earlier this year. Months of anti-government protests boiled over in January this year, when police open fired on striking workers and opposition supporters. The next day, as anti-government demonstrators regrouped at a popular site they had occupied for weeks, security guards moved in to dismantle their camp. Surya Subedi, who is in Cambodia tracking the country’s progress on human rights, says the recent barricading of popular protest site Freedom Park has no justification. …
Tom Maddocks
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-25/un-rights-envoy-concerned-by-closure-of-cambodia27s-freedom/5547916
