This month's newsletter, covering January 2023, focuses on the visit of the UN expert on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity to assess LGBT rights in Cambodia. It also reports on the socio-political panorama and the increasing harassment against opposition leaders as the country prepares for the upcoming national elections. Finally, this newsletter covers the so-called "Workers' Blood'' case and the pressure for CSOs to remove the rap video marking nine years since the violent events targeting worker strikers in Phnom Penh.