US/ASEAN: Rights Should Top Sunnylands Agenda

Expand Left: Prime Minister Hun Sen has ruled over Cambodia for more than 30 years, using violence, intimidation, and politically motivated arrests and prosecutions against all perceived opponents. ©2015 Reuters/Olivai Harris Right: Prime Minister Gen. Prayut Chan-Ocha of Thailand, who took power in a 2014 military coup, has presided over a relentless crackdown on peaceful dissent and assembly. ©2014 Reuters/Damir Sagolj (Washington, D.C.) – United States President Barack Obama should make human rights a central and public focus of the upcoming summit of Southeast Asian leaders in the United…

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