At 75, even jail can’t keep Mommy from Cambodia’s land-rights fight

24 November 2014
South China Morning Post
Gender / Human rights / Social development / The poor / Women in development
Boeung Kak lake community

Street vendor-turned-rights activist Nget Khun, known locally as “Mommy”, is a leading figure in Cambodians’ fight against forced evictions. And at 75, she’s just been jailed for a year. … Other activists say the sentencing of Mommy and other women from her Boeung Kak Lake community on “trumped-up” charges is the latest wave of repression against land-rights activists. Last week the United Nations called on Cambodia to stop “judicial harassment for political purposes” while European ambassadors met wit authorities over the jailings. …

 South China Morning Post News Staff
http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1647182/75-even-jail-cant-keep-mommy-cambodias-land-rights-fight