Senate passage of Cambodian NGO is a bad sign for any democratic progress in troubled nation | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Phnom Penh (dpa) – The passage of a law on NGOs and local associations in parliament is the latest step in nearly a decade of official efforts to regulate the sector. NGOs flocked to Cambodia in the early 1990s when it began its transition to democracy under the auspices of the United Nations Transitional Authority, which…