Boeung Kak women kept away from NGO, reporters
Imprisoned Boeung Kak lake villagers, some crying, motioned to human rights representatives and Post reporters through a chain-link fence at Prey Sar prison on Tuesday. Their efforts to talk to the visitors were futile, however, as two guards stopped anyone from approaching the 13 women sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison last Thursday, or Ly Chanary, who was arrested the same day. Rights group Licadho put on an International Children’s Day show in the courtyard of Prey Sar’s CC2 complex for about 300 imprisoned youths and eight children being raised behind bars, as a show of a different kind played out nearby. The two guards, dressed in unmarked grey clothing distinct from regular guards at Prey Sar, ordered those who ventured near the fence closest to the Boeung Kak women to move away. ...
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