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Cambodia PM calls for elimination of criminal defamation laws Chris Buell at 11:41 AM ET [JURIST] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen [BBC profile] has called for abolition of the country's criminal defamation law that was used to jail four government critics in January. Hun Sen said the offense should be made a civil one punishable by fine, continuing a softening of his initial support for the prosecutions [JURIST report]. Hun Sen called for the charges to be dropped [JURIST report], but a court refused [JURIST report] to do so, moving ahead with the proceedings. Link | 
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