The U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, Maina Kiai, has sent his third thematic report to the U.N. Human Rights Council following trips to various countries, including a three-day visit to Cambodia in February.

The report focuses on groups that Mr. Kiai, a Kenyan lawyer, considers most at risk when they try to exercise the right to assembly and association.

“The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned about the use of police violence, harassment and judicial intimidation against assemblies held by women in many parts of the world,” the report says.

“In Cambodia, for example, female land-rights activists have been targeted for violence, harassment and arrest on numerous occasions.”

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