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We write to welcome you and your wife to Cambodia, and to summarize what we perceive as some of the most pressing human rights issues affecting Cambodia.

Cambodia is currently facing its most serious crisis since the 1997 coup, which constitutes a backward slide in the country’s democratization. The international community, notably the UN, made significant contributions to bringing peace and the concept of democracy and rule of law to Cambodia. Sadly, the hard-won steps which have been made toward pluralistic democracy are now in danger. In particular, efforts to promote Human Rights are deteriorating.