Peaceful protest turned away from Freedom Park

21 January 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Human rights / Social development
Boeng Kak community / Borei Keila community / Freedom Park / Khuong Sreng / Law on Peaceful Assembly / Phnom Penh Capital Hall

Some 50 Daun Penh district security guards and about as many riot police prevented 100 anti-eviction protesters from gathering at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Tuesday after the city deemed the gathering illegal. The protesters were from a number of eviction-hit communities, including the Boeng Kak and Borei Keila neighborhoods of Phnom Penh and communities in Preah Vihear province. … Contacted later in the day, Phnom Penh deputy governor Khuong Sreng said City Hall decided to deny the protesters access to Freedom Park because they had disturbed the peace on previous occasions. …

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