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Calling for the peaceful return to Cambodia of opposition party members and democracy activists.

S. Res. 416 · 116th Congress · Nov 7, 2019 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the Senate—
(1)
urges the government of Cambodia to immediately and unconditionally—
(A)
release all political prisoners;
(B)
drop all politically motivated charges against the CNRP and civil society activists; and
(C)
restore full political rights to the CNRP;
(2)
deplores—
(A)
the deterioration of democracy and fundamental human rights in Cambodia;
(B)
the continued imprisonment and judicial harassment of journalists, prisoners of conscience, and other political prisoners by the government of Cambodia;
(C)
the breakdown of the rule of law and the lack of due process in Cambodia; and
(D)
the potential for mass arrests and violence if and when CNRP members currently overseas return to Cambodia;
(3)
holds Prime Minister Hun Sen directly responsible for the safety, health, and welfare of exiled CNRP leaders and their supporters upon their return to Cambodia;
(4)
calls on other governments throughout the Indo-Pacific to—
(A)
urge the government of Cambodia to allow the peaceful return of exiled CNRP leaders and their supporters; and
(B)
refrain from unjustly restricting the rights of CNRP members to travel to and through their countries as they return; and
(5)
recognizes, in the absence of systemic democratic reforms, the need for additional United States Government measures, including through legislation and executive action.