Thursday, September 2, 2010

Cambodia rights body decries worsening repression as staffer jailed

Wed, 01 Sep 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - A leading human rights group in Cambodia said Wednesday that activists are operating in an increasingly hostile environment there, characterized by physical violence, illegal arrests and trumped-up criminal charges.

Up to 60 human rights activists were currently in pretrial detention on a range of charges, according to the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights.

The report, Attacks and Threats Against Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia, highlighted a number of trends the league said were being used against those the government perceives as its critics.
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