The U.S. State Department has expressed\nconcern over the detention of political activists in Cambodia and urged Prime\nMinister Hun Sen\u2019s government to lift restrictions on members of the banned\nopposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Patrick Murphy, the newly minted US\nAmbassador to Cambodia, arrived in Phnom Penh on Wednesday night intending to\nstrengthen US-Cambodia relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US is allowing Sam Rainsy to use its\nterritory to carry out terrorist activities against Cambodia, government\nspokesman Phay Siphan charged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/bit.ly\/2msd5Y1<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2mmNakc<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2m5TA75<\/a>; https:\/\/bit.ly\/2msczZZ<\/a>; http:\/\/bit.ly\/2kpcTb6<\/a>; <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a meeting of prime ministers,\nCambodia\u2019s Hun Sen appeared to eliminate neighboring Laos as a potential route\nby which self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy could return to Cambodia as\nhe has pledged to do in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/bit.ly\/2krfD7T<\/a>;\nhttp:\/\/bit.ly\/2kqE999<\/a>; <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Cambodian government should end its\n“assault” on opposition members and drop all politically motivated\ncharges against them after a spike in arrests ahead of an exiled opposition\nleader\u2019s return to the country, a Southeast Asian rights group stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n