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Human rights in Cambodia

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Cambodian soldiers carry aid, to be used to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, from a Chinese military plane as a Chinese soldier wearing a protective suit looks on at Phnom Penh International Airport on April 1, 2020. – China’s Ministry of Defence provided on April 1 medical equipment to the state-run Preah Ket Mealea military hospital to support the fight against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images)

Press Release

Proposed Emergency Powers in Cambodia Would Obliterate Human Rights

April 2, 2020 | Cambodia

A vendor is wearing a mask in Cambodia — PHNOM PENH, March 25, 2020 — A vendor wearing mask is seen in front of the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 25, 2020. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he is considering to put the country in a state of emergency after a spike of COVID-19 cases. Cambodia has recorded a total of 93 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 to date. (Photo by Mao Pengfei/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Mao Pengfei via Getty Images)

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Overcrowded detention centers in Cambodia a “ticking time bomb” for COVID-19 amid raft of “fake news” arrests

March 27, 2020 | Coronavirus

Press Release

Cambodia: Release of Kem Sokha must be made permanent

September 10, 2018 | Cambodia

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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms

February 22, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International

February 18, 2016 | Child Marriage

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Report

Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016

February 18, 2016 | Annual Report

Report

Use of Force – Guidelines for Implementation of the UN Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by law enforcement officials

September 2, 2015

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Press Release

Cambodia: Quash ‘insurrection’ ruling against opposition activists following unfair trial

July 21, 2015 | Fair Trials

Report

State of the World 2014/2015

February 25, 2015

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Cambodia Must Investigate Protest Killings by Security Forces

January 3, 2014 | international justice

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Report

Annual Report: Cambodia 2013

May 16, 2013

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Press Release

Two Cambodian Women Campaigning Against Forced Evictions Must Be Released

December 19, 2012 | children’s rights