The Cambodian government has used the coronavirus outbreak to lock up opposition activists and others expressing concern about the virus and the government’s response, US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday (Mar 24).
Seventeen people have been arrested since late January for sharing information about the coronavirus in Cambodia, including four members or supporters of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), New York-based Human Rights Watch said.
They were charged with penal code violations including incitement, conspiracy, and spreading false information, the group said.
