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On August 3, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Cambodia released a report on the state of press freedom in the Southeast Asian country.Prime Minister Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia since 1985 and turned the country into a de facto one-party state, has undermined press freedom to maintain his grip on power.With elections less than a year away, Cambodia’s rubber-stamp National Assembly (lower house) on August 7 approved a constitutional amendment that will allow Hun Sen to anoint his son as successor.The OHCHR report found that as Cambodia prepares for its general election in July 2023, press freedom is in a perilous state
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