Cambodia: Free Opposition Leader Kem Sokha

Politically Motivated Solitary Detention Heightens Health Concerns.

Bangkok – Cambodian authorities should drop all charges and immediately release the opposition leader Kem Sokha, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 22, 2018, Cambodia’s Supreme Court will consider the latest bail request from Sokha, head of the since-dissolved main opposition party, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). He has been held on fabricated charges for 11 months in the remote Tboung Khmum province.

Read the full story: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/08/21/cambodia-free-opposition-leader-kem-sokha

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