International rights groups have urged the World Bank to condemn Cambodia’s repression and legal harassment of human rights organizations for their criticism of the government.
In a joint statement on Oct. 21 to the bank president Ajay Banga, 163 rights groups highlighted the worrying escalation in the repression of critical voices in Cambodia in recent months.
“We call on the World Bank Group leadership to demand that these attacks be stopped,” they said in the statement, published on its website by the FORUM-ASIA rights organization.
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