All 120 lawmakers in attendance at the National Assembly session, including Prime Minister Hun Manet, voted unanimously to approve the bill.
A coalition of 50 rights groups issued a statement on Sunday warning the law “will have a disastrously chilling effect on the freedom of speech of all Cambodian citizens”.
“The government has many powers, but they should not have the power to arbitrarily decide who is and is not a Cambodian.”
'Determined by law'
The unconditional right to citizenship was enshrined in Cambodia’s constitution, but lawmakers last month amended it to say “receiving, losing and revoking Khmer nationality shall be determined by law”.
Last month, Amnesty International called the legislation a “heinous violation of international law”.
“This has enabled the government’s authoritarian practices to continue unchecked, such as its persecution of opposition leaders, activists and independent journalists.”
Opposition leader Kem Sokha was sentenced in 2023 to 27 years in prison for treason -- a charge he has repeatedly denied -- and was immediately placed under house arrest. - AFP
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