The imprisonment of political prisoners in Cambodia, including Cambodian-American citizen and lawyer Theary Seng, was the subject of a letter sent by Sen. Ed Markey to Secretary of State Antony Blinken earlier this month.
“Since November 2020, approximately 250 Cambodian civil society and opposition party leaders have been targeted in mass trials and faced other judicial harassment, leaving many imprisoned, in exile, or defecting from opposition parties,” Markey said in the letter dated Dec. 13. “In March 2022, 20 opposition members were convicted on fabricated crimes, including exiled leaders Sam Rainsy, Eng Chhai Eang, Ho Vann, and Mu Sochua.”
