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Kambodscha. Cambodia: Abusive “war on drugs”, rife with torture and corruption, must be overhauled
Kambodscha. Cambodia: Abusive “war on drugs”, rife with torture and corruption, must be overhauled
The Cambodian government’s three-year long “war on drugs” campaign has fuelled a rising tide of human rights abuses, dangerously overfilled detention facilities and led to an alarming public health situation – even more so as the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds – while failing in its stated objective of curbing drug use, a new investigative report by Amnesty International published today reveals. (Amnesty International, UK, Index number: ASA 23/2220/2020, 12.05.2020)
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/05/cambodia-abusive-war-drugs-torture-corruption-must-overhauled/