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Thu Feb 29

Cambodia’s new leader may sound like a reformer in Australia next week, but little has changed back home

Written by Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University

When Cambodia’s new prime minister, Hun Manet, visits Melbourne next week for the ASEAN Australia Summit, he may seem a welcome change from his long-serving authoritarian father Hun Sen. But hopes for a democratic and human rights renaissance in this genocide-ravaged and long-misgoverned country remain sadly misplaced.

Hun Sen, who had ruled...

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