Cambodia’s government has targeted about 50 people in its most concerted legal offensive against its political opponents since 2017, according to copies of court summonses. They all were charged with treason for taking part in nonviolent anti-government activities over the past three years.
Authorities claiming to be looking for weapons thwarted a small handful of supporters of the banned opposition CNRP from gathering outside the party’s former headquarters in Phnom Penh, the three-year anniversary of its dissolution.
Three small political parties, who won zero seats in 2018, have formed a pre-election coalition ahead of the 2022 and 2023 elections and expected their decision to contest jointly would improve their chances of winning parliamentary seats.
