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Cambodia ruled through rights abuse: UN (AFP)
Filed: March 9th 2007: World

An oxcart leads a human rights march in Phnom Penh, February 2007. Systematic rights violations are key to the Cambodian government's grip on power, a United Nations envoy warned in a report accusing the administration of refusing to improve its rights record.(AFP/File/Tang Chhin Sothy)AFP - Systematic rights violations are key to the Cambodian government’s grip on power, a United Nations envoy warned in a report accusing the administration of refusing to improve its rights record.

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