Land activists targeted, rights groups say
Prominent female land activists Tim Sakmony and Yorm Bopha, who have been locked in Prey Sar prison since their arrest in early September, will face court today on charges rights groups say have been fabricated to stop them and others from protesting. Hundreds of the women’s supporters from the dispute-plagued Borei Keila and Boeung Kak lake communities will gather outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court to await a decision on the women’s fate, Boeung Kak representative Tep Vanny said. “We will be there to support our fellow land activists and ask the court to drop their cases and release them,” she said. …
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