(New York) – Thai authorities should immediately and impartially investigate the attack on a Cambodian opposition activist who had sought refuge in Thailand, Human Rights Watch said today. Three Khmer-speaking men beat Phorn Phanna at around noon on August 22, 2023, in Rayong province, causing injuries to his face and chest. Phanna, 40, a member of Cambodia's opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, fled to Thailand in July 2022 to escape government persecution. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recognized him as a refugee.

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