Boeung Kak Lake protester facing the cops (Photo: Uon Chhin, RFA) |
The Associated Press
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Human
Rights Watch is urging President Barack Obama to address Cambodia's
longstanding rights issues during his visit to the Southeast Asian
country, the first by a U.S. president.
The New York-based rights watchdog said in a report Tuesday that more
than 300 people have been killed in politically motivated attacks in the
past two decades under Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's rule.
It said officials responsible for extrajudicial killings and other
abuses have not been prosecuted, but instead were rewarded. Targets of
the alleged attacks were opposition politicians, activists and
journalists.
HRW's Asia director, Brad Adams, suggested that Obama demand that Hun Sen make genuine reforms to bring justice to the victims.
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