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Cambodia passes law to strip citizenship from those who collude with foreign nations
The Straits Times
|August 27, 2025
Cambodian parliamentarians passed legislation on Aug 25 allowing people who collude with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law that rights groups fear will be used to banish dissent.
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PHNOM PENH - Cambodian parliamentarians passed legislation on Aug 25 allowing people who collude with foreign countries to be stripped of citizenship, a law that rights groups fear will be used to banish dissent.
All 120 lawmakers in attendance at the National Assembly session, including Prime Minister Hun Manet, voted unanimously to approve the Bill, empowering the authorities to strip nationality from citizens for "an act of collusion" with a foreign power.
Rights monitors have long accused Cambodia's government of using draconian laws to stifle opposition and legitimate political debate.
The law "will have a disastrously chilling effect on the freedom of speech of all Cambodian citizens", a coalition of 50 rights groups warned in a statement on Aug 24.
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