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'Democracy is dead': Cambodian diaspora calls for boycott of national election

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Members of the Cambodian diaspora have rallied in Melbourne calling for free and fair elections in Cambodia. (Phillippa Carisbrook, SBS News).jpg

Members of the Cambodian diaspora have rallied in Melbourne calling for free and fair elections in Cambodia. Source: SBS News / Phillippa Carisbrooke

Members of the Cambodian diaspora have demonstrated in Melbourne, calling for a boycott of the country's upcoming national election. One of the world's longest serving Prime Minister's, Hun Sen, is running for re-election with no real rivals.

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Members of the Cambodian diaspora have demonstrated in Melbourne, calling for a boycott of the country's upcoming national election. One of the world's longest serving Prime Minister's, Hun Sen, is running for re-election with no real rivals.

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