Activists’ Jail Sentences Under Review

A Cambodian court is asked to re-examine the jailing of Boeung Kak land activists. Cambodian authorities have asked a court to review the jailing of 13 women involved in a land dispute as protests over their sentences escalated with over 100 demonstrators threatening Thursday to march on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence. The Phnom Penh court has been asked to revisit the case of the jailed activists from the Boeung Kak lake community, Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said, denying that the review was related to pressure from the U.S. “I just received new information that the Ministry of Justice is requesting that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court resolve the case,” Hor Namhong told RFA in an interview Wednesday. “This is not because of someone’s intervention; this is because of the government’s goodwill.”…

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