Activists’ Jail Sentences Under Review

14 June 2012
Radio Free Asia
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land policy and administration / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
Boeung Kak lake community / Boeung Kak land activists / Cambodian court / demonstrators / Hor Namhong / Hun Sen / Hun Sen's residence / jailed activists / jailing / Land dispute / Ministry of Justice / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Prime Minister Hun Sen / The Phnom Penh court / U.S.

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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