Human Rights Watch: Cambodia - Emergency Bill Recipe for Dictatorship
April 02, 2020
April 02, 2020
NEW YORK, April 2 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- COVID-19 Crisis Pretext for Hun Sen to Seek Unlimited Powers, Go After Critics
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The Cambodian government should withdraw its draft state of emergency law, which would empower Prime Minister Hun Sen to override fundamental human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said. On March 31, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved the "Law on Governing the Cou . . .
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- COVID-19 Crisis Pretext for Hun Sen to Seek Unlimited Powers, Go After Critics
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The Cambodian government should withdraw its draft state of emergency law, which would empower Prime Minister Hun Sen to override fundamental human rights protections, Human Rights Watch said. On March 31, 2020, the Council of Ministers approved the "Law on Governing the Cou . . .