Cambodian political repression meets American human rights law in Long Beach
Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, is the President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), the country’s ruling party since 1979. In recent years, when an opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), started gaining momentum and making their voices heard, Sen’s government found an effective response. Taking a lead from China, it redefined political dissent as “insurrection,” made it a crime, and threw the opposition in jail. No one really cared much. At least they don’t have killing fields. …
Mary Wald
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-wald/cambodian-political-repre_b_9657752.html
