In the incident of beating of two opposition lawmakers, a Cambodian court has charged three men.

The three accused were charged with two counts of intention to commit violence and one count of intention to commit property damage. The lawmakers, Nhoy Chamreoun and Kong Sakphea of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, were dragged from the vehicles and severely beaten as police looked on. The lawmakers received treatment for their injuries in Thailand.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concern over the “organized attack” on the opposition politicians in Cambodia.

 Cambodia has had a history of human rights abuses that have continued to alarm rights organizations around the world. In March Cambodia’s Parliament passed two controversial new election laws that rights groups criticized as ill-conceived and potentially damaging to free speech.