What is 2013–14 Cambodian protests?
'''Cambodian protests''' or Anti-government protests, have been going on in [[Cambodia]] since July 2013. [[Demonstration]]s in [[Phnom Penh]] have taken place against the [[government]] of [[Prime Minister]] [[Hun Sen]]. These were because many reasons, including widespread [[:wikt:claims|claims]] of [[election]] [[fraud]] during the [[Cambodian general election, 2013|Cambodian general election of 2013]]. Protesters want the [[minimum wage]] raised to $160 a month. There is also resentment over [[Vietnam]]ese [[:wikt:influence|influence]] in Cambodia. Also, Cambodia is a very poor country and the government is not doing much to address the issues. The main opposition party, CNRP (Cambodia National Rescue Party), refused to participate in [[parliament]] after the elections. Major demonstrations took place all through December 2013. The government took action in January 2014. This led to the deaths of 4 people and the clearing of the main protest [[:wikt:camp|camp]]. ==Background== [[Hun Sen]] has been the prime minister of [[Cambodia]] for 28 years. He is the leader of the [[Cambodian People's Party]] (CPP). In 2013 he was challenged by [[Sam Rainsy]] leader of the [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]] (CNRP). On 28 July 2013 general elections were held in Cambodia. The ruling Cambodian People's Party claimed victory by winning 68 seats in [[Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Cambodia opposition claims massive poll fraud|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2013/07/201372931511970482.html|work=Al Jazeera|access-date=6 January 2014}}</ref> The Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 seats. They then rejected the election results and [[boycott]]ed the opening of parliament. The CNRP claimed there had been irregularities with the voting.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fuller|first=Thomas|title=Cambodian Opposition Rejects Election Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/world/asia/cambodian-opposition-rejects-election-results.html?_r=0|access-date=6 January 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2013-07-29}}</re