The main opposition Party in Cambodia, the Candlelight Party, has requested a meeting with the country's interior minister to regain its ability to run in future elections. The party was blocked from participating in the July parliamentary vote due to a bureaucratic hurdle – the need to reissue the party's original certificate of registration. The certificate was lost during a government raid in 2017. The request for a meeting comes as a Cambodian NGO released a report highlighting restrictions on fundamental freedoms, including freedom of association, in the country.

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