Court frees 13 Cambodian land eviction protesters
An appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of 13 women who were jailed for protesting being evicted from their homes without adequate compensation, in a case that had critics had highlighted as an example of injustice. The women cheered in the courtroom, their supporters applauded and observers from foreign embassies, including the United States, smiled in the audience after the judge’s ruling. “Finally, justice has been done for us,” defendant Heng Mom said tearfully, before being driven away again in a prison van. …
