; Whereas Kem Sokha, the President of CNRP, was arrested on September 3, 2017, on false charges of treason and conspiring with the United States Government to overthrow the Government of Cambodia, and would face up to 30 years in prison if convicted; Whereas the United States Embassy in Cambodia has publicly called for the immediate release of Kem Sokha and the removal of restrictions on civil society; Whereas, on September 15, 2017, Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the withdrawal of all volunteers from the United States Peace Corps, which has operated in Cambodia since 2006 with 500 United States volunteers providing English language and healthcare training; Whereas the CNRP's previous leader, Sam Rainsy, remains in exile due to an outstanding warrant for his arrest in a politically motivated criminal case; Whereas the Government of Cambodia has taken several measures to restrict the media, especially through politicized tax investigations against independent media outlets that have resulted in the closure of The Cambodian Daily and Radio Free Asia in early September 2017; Whereas the Government of Cambodia has ordered several radio stations to stop the broadcasting of Radio Free Asia and Voice of America; Whereas, on October 16, 2017, the Cambodian National Assembly passed two repressive amendments to Cambodia's Law on Political Parties that allow authorities to dissolve political parties and ban party leaders from political activity, and which contain numerous restrictions tailored to create obstacles for opposition parties in an attempt to maintain the CPP's hold on power; Whereas, on November 15, 2017, Cambodia’s Supreme Court dissolved the CNRP, resulting in the expulsion of more than 100 CNRP party members from politics for 5 years, including the 55 elected CNRP members in the 123-seat National Assembly