Publication : Press Release

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (“CCHR”) releases today – 3 January 2014 – a Briefing Note on the excessive use of force by security forces in 2013 in the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”). The Briefing Note finds that excessive use of force has been an all too common occurrence in 2013: at least 25 demonstrations were violently repressed, with authorities using electroshock weapons, guns, tear-gas, water cannons, and batons, to beat and disperse protesters.

Information Source : CCHR Releases a Briefing Note on the Excessive Use of Force Against Demonstrators in 2013 and Condemns Yesterday’s Violence

• CCHR