The 1995 press law permits the government to suspend publication of a newspaper for up to one month without a court order and subjects the press to criminal statutes. In recent years, authorities have temporarily suspended several publications. Hun Sen and his allies control the ten radio stations and six television stations. The constitution refers only to the rights of the ethnic Khmer majority, which complicates the legal status of the estimated 200,000 to 500,000 Vietnamese residents. Khmer Rouge guerrillas massacred scores of Vietnamese villagers in the 1990s.
Traditional norms relegate women to an inferior status, and domestic violence is common.
There are several thousand street children in Phnom Penh, and child prostitution is a significant problem. Several independent trade unions exist. Factory conditions are poor and employers flout international labor norms with impunity. Authorities barred the Free Trade Union of Workers, Cambodia s largest union, from holding a May Day march in Phnom Penh to protest against low wages and poor working conditions. Official corruption is widespread.