More Cambodian Activists Arrested Over 2014 Protests

Three activists from the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were arrested this week on charges related to violent demonstrations in July 2014, party officials and lawyers say. The arrests add to those already made in the wake of the demonstrations, which occurred near Freedom Park in Phnom Penh. At least 40 city security personnel were injured when demonstrators attacked them. Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday called for authorities to make more such arrests, following the...

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