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American Danny Lee Pope, 60, was arrested in relation to human trafficking on March 2, 2019, in Phnom Penh. (Facebook)

Cambodia Downgraded in US Human Trafficking Report

Cambodia was downgraded to the “Tier 2 Watch List” in the latest U.S. human trafficking report, criticized for failing to act on debt slavery at brick factories and for using anti-trafficking laws against political opposition figures.

A hearing at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court (UNOHCHR)

Reshuffling of Judges Doing Little to Fix Pliable Courts

A policy to rotate judges and other court officials between provinces every four years has done little to tackle the roots of judicial corruption and court pliability in the face of government pressure, according to critics and legal experts.