Five Cambodian land activists were arrested in a continuing clamp down by government authorities on public dissent.
The five activists were detained as they prepared to rally in front of the French Embassy reported the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (LICADHO).
The activists were from the Boeunh Kak community, who have seen hundreds of acres of their residential land appropriated for private development.
LICADHO said that those arrested today included prominent activists Tep Vanny and Yorm Bopha, who was previously named a ‘prisoner of conscience’ by Amnesty International.
The five activists were detained as they prepared to rally in front of the French Embassy reported the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights (LICADHO).
The activists were from the Boeunh Kak community, who have seen hundreds of acres of their residential land appropriated for private development.
LICADHO said that those arrested today included prominent activists Tep Vanny and Yorm Bopha, who was previously named a ‘prisoner of conscience’ by Amnesty International.