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No political prisoners here, says ruling party
As outrage still reverberates among opposition supporters over Tuesday’s conviction of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists on “insurrection” charges, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has warned that questioning the verdict will imperil the ongoing “culture of dialogue”. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-political-prisoners-here-says-ruling-party
A prisoner’s heartbreak
Holding her husband’s hand through prison bars yesterday, Tith Narin delivered the heartbreaking news – their eldest son was dead.Narin’s husband, Ouk Pich Samnang, was one of 11 Cambodia National Rescue Party activists convicted on Tuesday for his alleged role in a protest that turned ...
Chhay Channyda and Alice Cuddy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-heartbreak
Cambodian opposition party leader decries sentences as act of repression
The leader of Cambodia’s opposition party on Thursday denounced the conviction and sentencing of 11 party activists to prison terms of up to 20 years for participating in a protest that turned violent as a “brutal act of repression.” ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/opposition-party-leader-decries-sentences-as-act-of-repression-07232015161915.html
Cambodian court sentences opposition party activists on ‘insurrection charges’
A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced 11 opposition party activists to prison terms of up to 20 years on insurrection charges for participating in a protest that turned violent, prompting the defendants’ lawyers and rights groups to denounce the harsh penalties. ...
Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/court-sentences-opposition-party-activists-on-insurrection-charges-07212015164619.html
