UN human rights experts called Monday for an immediate end to the systematic detention and criminalization of human rights defenders, as well as excessive use of force against them.
Cambodian government has always rejected the United Nations (UN) report criticising the situation of human rights in the country, saying it does not have sufficient basis.
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U.S. lawmakers have called on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for tougher U.S. action against Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, urging stronger diplomatic engagement and the imposition of targeted sanctions against senior leaders of the country’s ruling party responsible for repression of the opposition party.
Government officials dismissed a call made by U.S. lawmakers, to review Cambodia’s privileged trade access and for targeted sanctions, as repetitive and the personal opinion of some American politicians.
The National Assembly of Cambodia issued a response to the eight US legislators who are lobbying the US Secretary of State for sanctions to be imposed on Cambodia, claiming “the alarming deterioration” of human rights and democracy in the Kingdom.
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Japan has extended its loan for Cambodia for $270 million to be used in Covid-19 response and economic revitalisation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said following the 12th virtual Mekong-Japan Summit on November 13.
The Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) on Nov. 19 sent its members a reminder that, while the country no longer benefits from the Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential trade scheme of the European Union (EU), this trade scheme will still apply to Cambodian exports to the United Kingdom.
