UN Rights Officials Want Serious Rights Reforms, Opposition Says

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the international community is now pushing hard for serious human rights reforms in Cambodia. Sam Rainsy, head of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, was this week in Geneva, where a UN human rights review of Cambodia took place.

The UN’s Human Rights Committee is asking for “judicial reform, elimination of corruption, respect of people’s rights to freedom of expression, and freedom of assembly,” he said. “But now [Cambodia] has not only failed to fulfill its promises, it is worse than before.” ...

Cambodia has promised reforms over the last four years, but has failed to implement them Sam Rainsy said. ...

Sok Khemara
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