Government legislation looks poised to create serious barriers to good work of Cambodian NGOs | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Phnom Penh (dpa) – A plan to tighten regulation of Cambodia’s 4,000 non-governmental organizations was slammed by rights groups Monday, but defended as necessary by the administration. Thirty development and human rights groups wrote to the National Assembly saying the bill, to be debated this week, included “onerous” restrictions on their work. The terms of the…