Fear, Arrests Keep Cambodians Quiet Decade After Critic's Murder
Rights groups say Cambodia has four times as many political prisoners as in 2016, as authorities continue arresting critics and shuttering independent media.
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Arrests, assassinations, silence — Cambodia’s critics pay heavy price a decade after Kem Ley
PHNOM PENH, July 25 — Union leader Chhim Sithar served two years in prison after going up against the Cambodian government. Today, she is still making her voice heard, but it is getting riskier.“Freedom in Cambodia has been shrinking and it is very difficult to speak out,” she told AFP at a demonstration this month marking 10 years since the murder of Kem Ley, a prominent government critic gunned down in the capital.“We are really worried,” said…
Fear, arrests keep Cambodians quiet decade after critic's murder
"Freedom in Cambodia has been shrinking and it is very difficult to speak out," she told AFP at a demonstration this month marking 10 years since the murder of Kem Ley, a prominent government critic gunned down in the capital. "We are really worried," said the 37-year-old, who was jailed after leading a strike at the nation's largest casino, which authorities deemed illegal. Since Kem Ley's death, former Cambodian leader Hun Sen and his son, Pri…
Chhim Sithar spent two years behind bars for organizing a strike. Even today, she manifests but fear is growing in a country where... Read more In Cambodia, criticizing power can cost you freedom appeared first on Le Singulier.
"Freedom of expression has declined in Cambodia," she told AFP at a recent demonstration in Phnom Penh marking the tenth anniversary of Kem Ley's murder, a government critic."We're really worried," she added.
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