Eviction Protest Held Outside Donor Meeting
Anti-eviction activists from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak and Borei Keila neighborhoods, dressed as white doves, protested yesterday in front of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, where the country’s donors were meeting with top government officials to discuss the country’s reform targets.
Donning paper helmets shaped like doves’ heads and draped in white banners reading “Give Liberty” and “The citizens are not your enemies,” the 100 or so protesters attempted to deliver a petition to donors asking for the release of two fellow activists awaiting trial at Prey Sar prison. …
the protesters also wanted to bring donors’ attention to the government’s use of armed force against people during protests and land evictions, said Long Kimheang, communications officer for the NGO Housing Rights Task Force. …
