International Finance Corporation’s watchdog is probing claims loans aimed at hard up are harming communities.

International Finance Corporation’s watchdog is probing claims loans aimed at hard up are harming communities.

Opposition leader back in court after almost two years during which the government continued its crackdown on critics.

Activists, rights groups say COVID-19 law is now being deployed by the government as another tool to curtail freedoms.
![According to Vitit Muntarbhorn, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Cambodia, the COVID-19 law led to the arbitrary arrest of more than 700 people since March of this year. [Cindy Liu/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-04-16T090030Z_407901278_RC2XWM9ESOU8_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CAMBODIA-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Historic agreement was forged in spirit of post-Cold War optimism, but was tested almost immediately.
![Cambodians are still awaiting the multiparty democracy envisaged under the Paris Peace Agreement that was signed 30 years ago on October 23 [File: Heng Sinith/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AP17153351634540.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Rong Chhun is accused of ‘incitement’ and faces up to two years in prison if convicted.
![Rong Chhun, centre, one of Cambodia's most prominent union leaders is facing a court verdict on Wednesday [File: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/000_1VX9Z9.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
NGO that forced government into U-turn over controversial dam is latest target of deepening crackdown on dissent.
![Environmental campaigners are being jailed as the Cambodian government continues to crackd down on dissent [File: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/000_1VU6XI.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Government using punitive laws to tackle surge in coronavirus cases, as closure of markets leaves people hungry.
![Villagers stand behind a lockdown barrier to ask for food donations after their village has been closed for more than two weeks inside a red zone with strict lockdown measures during the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 30, 2021 [Cindy Liu/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-04-30T043230Z_215449060_RC246N94Q1B6_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-CAMBODIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The Southeast Asian nation is battling a surge in COVID variant cases traced back to a quarantine breach.
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The CNRP has been outlawed, its leaders jailed and exiled, functionaries targeted, but it continues to survive.

The two were arrested in a late night raid during 2017 political crackdown and accused of spying for the US.
