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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Sopheng Cheang

UN expert flags human rights concerns over Cambodia after talks with PM in Phnom Penh

Cambodia Human Rights - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A U.N. official said Friday that Cambodia faces serious human rights issues, including people being displaced by armed conflict, human trafficking by cyberscam operators and the jailing of those exercising their freedom of expression.

Former U.S. congressman Tom Andrews said he visited a relocation site on the Cambodian border where 20,000 people are still displaced by last year's conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. Many told him they had been unable to return to homes in territory now occupied by the Thai military.

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