US report details human rights abuses in 2014

27 June 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Human rights / Social development
U.S. State Department / UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights

The U.S. State Department released its 39th annual human rights report on Friday, reviewing abuses against the citizens of 199 countries and painting a forensic picture of the shortcomings of the Cambodian government’s efforts to protect the rights of its population. Under the heading “Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life,” the report on Cambodia focused on the January 2014 clash in which security forces shot and killed four protesters and injured 35 more on Veng Sreng Boulevard during raucous—and sometimes violent— demonstrations by garment factory workers. …

 Simon Henderson
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