Cambodia: Quash Baseless Convictions Against Opposition

Hun Sen Uses Courts as Tool of Repression Ahead of July Elections

(New York) – Cambodian authorities should quash the politically motivated “insurrection” convictions against 11 members, supporters, and activists of Cambodia’s now dissolved main opposition party, Human Rights Watch said today. Cambodia’s Court of Appeal is scheduled to announce its decision on an appeal by the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) members, who had received sentences of from 7 to 20 years, on May 10, 2018.

Read the full story: https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/05/07/cambodia-quash-baseless-convictions-against-opposition

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