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Water Cannon Crackdown on Cambodian Land Activists

29 May 2013
Radio Free Asia
Economy and commerce / Gender / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Women in development
Adhoc / Boeng Kak / Boeung Kak / Borei Keila / City Hall spokesman Long Dyman / development projects / Factories / forced evictions / Garment factories / Human Rights / land activist Yorm Bopha / land and housing rights / land disputes / Land Rights Activist Tep Vanny / LICADHO / Long Dyman / minimum wages / Pa Socheatvong / Phnom Penh / Phnom Penh City Hall / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Phnom Penh municipal governor Pa Socheatvong / Police / protests / Resettlement / stun batons / Supreme Court / Supreme Court of Cambodia / Tep Vanny / Thmar Koul / wages / water cannons / Yorm Bopha

Cambodian police used water cannons Wednesday to disperse around 200 women demanding a quick resolution to long-running land disputes, knocking at least three of the protesters, including a 72-year-old, unconscious. The move came two days after authorities used stun batons to disperse a protest over wages ...

http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/land-05292013164116.html

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