Cambodia: Let Opposition Leaders Return

Expand Police officers paint on barricades at a park near the residence of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen in preparation for Saturday's Independence Day event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Heng Sinith (Bangkok) – The Cambodian government should permit exiled opposition leaders to return to Cambodia and freely resume political activities, Human Rights Watch said today. As part of the crackdown on the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to arrest Sam Rainsy and other party leaders who plan to return…

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