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21 Jul 2020

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Arab Network for Food Sovereignty – Regional; Article 19; ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR); Asian Democracy Network (ADN); Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA); Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL); Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP); Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC); Civil Rights Defenders; CIVICUS; Clean Clothes Campaign; EarthRights International; Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI); Fair Labor Association (FLA); FIAN Germany; Forest Peoples’ Programme; Front Line Defenders; Global Witness; Human Rights Now (HRN); Human Rights Watch (HRW); International Commission of Jurists (ICJ); International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH); International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX); International Service for Human Rights (ISHR); Pakistan Kissan Mazdoor Tehreek; People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) - Europe ; People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS) – Global; Pesticide Action Network Asia Pacific – Regional; Roots for Equity, Pakistan; Struggle to Economize Future Environment (SEFE), Cameroon; The B Team; World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Zambia Social Forum

33 leading organizations & MSIs call on governments to echo EU call for respect of human rights in Cambodia

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We, the undersigned...civil society organizations, urge your government to join the European Union (EU) in its call for the respect of human rights in Cambodia. On August 12, 2020, the EU will partially suspend Cambodia’s “Everything But Arms” (EBA) tariff preferences in response to...government’s “serious and systematic violations” of four human and labour rights conventions... In April, the Cambodian government used the Covid-19 crisis to adopt...draconian state of emergency law that provides the authorities with... unfettered powers to restrict freedom of expression... We...call on governments of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, Sweden, the Netherlands, the [UK], and the [US]...to join the EU in its call to the Cambodian government to take concrete action without delay, including to...: [R]elease all political prisoners, including...human rights defenders... and members of...political opposition; Cease harassment, arbitrary arrests, and physical attacks against [them]; Immediately drop...baseless treason charges against... Kem  Sokha; Conduct...investigations into attacks... and killings,...including of Dr. Kem Ley...; Repeal the Law on...State of Emergency...; Reverse the three rounds of amendments to the Law on Political Parties...; Significantly amend the Trade Union Law...; Repeal or significantly amend the Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations...;  Cease...arbitrary interference and surveillance of...media; Restore the work of the Arbitration Council...; Ensure prompt, fair and transparent resolution of all land conflicts; Cooperate with the... UN...

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