Live Blog: Cambodia's Opposition Returns

Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition founder Sam Rainsy, who has vowed to return to his home country, said he had been prevented on Thursday from checking-in for a flight from Paris to Bangkok, a Reuters witness said.

The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday afternoon issued a document voiding the passports of 12 people, including opposition leaders Mu Sochua and Eng Chhay Eang. The statement follows the detention of Mu Sochua in Malaysia, ahead of the opposition’s planned return to Cambodia on November 9.

Human Rights Watch Thursday morning called for the Cambodian government to allow opposition leaders to return from exile.