Quotes

"I not only weaken the opposition, I’m going to make them dead ... and if anyone is strong enough to try to hold a demonstration, I will beat all those dogs and put them in a cage."

— Hun Sen, January 20, 2011, responding to the suggestion that he should be worried about the overthrow of a dictator in Tunisia at the time of the “Arab Spring.”

"After 30 years of experience, there is no reason to believe that Hun Sen will wake up one day and decide to govern Cambodia in a more open, inclusive, tolerant, and rights-respecting manner. The international community should begin listening to those Cambodians who have increasingly demanded the protection and promotion of their basic human rights."

— Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch, January 13, 2015,

Worker Rights

Regional Influence

Democracy

Land Disputes

Comment