Larry Diamond with Cambodian Human Rights Activist Mu Sochua

Fears are growing that Cambodia is coming under authoritarian rule. Prime Minister Hun Sen, the world’s longest-serving government leader, has dissolved the opposition party and started arresting its leadership in September 2017. Deputy opposition leader and human rights activist Mu Sochua, fearing imprisonment herself, went into exile last October. In this conversation with FSI senior fellow Larry Diamond, she talks about how Cambodia has changed the since the time Khmer Rouge genocide, how events on the ground are unfolding, and what steps she hopes the US and other governments will take in order to put Cambodia back on a path towards democracy.

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