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1/6 In a telephone call with government officials made public Feb 14, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government must destroy the opposition, the CNRP, before the European Union withdraws the country’s free-trade privileges. #SamRainsy #Cambodia 
2/6 The statement amounts to an order to kill. Hun Sen’s willingness to resort to murder to eliminate critics has been shown many times in the past. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
3/6 The CNRP is supported by millions of Cambodians, and the party scored close to half the vote in both the national election of 2013 and the local elections of 2017. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
4/6 In that context, a call to destroy the opposition raises the danger of massacres in Cambodia unseen since the time of the Khmer Rouge. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
5/6 A basic role of government is to ensure the safety of it citizens. Cambodia’s government endangers them and so forfeits its legitimacy. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
6/6 The United Nations and the international community must act to defend the millions of Cambodians who are in danger at the hands of this dictatorship. #SamRainsy #Cambodia
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