News Nov 21, 2017 Sweden stops some new aid for Cambodia in protest over crackdown (Reuters) – Sweden said on Tuesday it was stopping new aid for Cambodia, except in education and research, and would no longer support a reform programme after the main opposition party was outlawed by the Supreme Court at the government’s request.
News Nov 16, 2017 Cambodia’s Top Court Dissolves Main Opposition Party (The New York Times) – Cambodia’s highest court on Thursday dissolved the main opposition party, eliminating the most popular and viable challenger to the country’s authoritarian leader before elections next year.
News Oct 31, 2017 Cambodia Is Becoming ‘Openly Authoritarian’ in Its Crackdown on Opposition The leader of Cambodia’s political opposition sits in solitary confinement in Correctional Center 3, a maximum-security prison near the Vietnamese border.
News Oct 13, 2017 World must wake up to crackdown in Cambodia, says exiled opposition politician A senior Cambodian opposition figure has called for the world to wake up to a calculated campaign by long-time prime minister Hun Sen to batter the remnants of its democracy ahead of elections next year.
