Publication : Report

On 24 May 2012, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced 13 women community representatives from Boeung Kak Lake in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh to two-and-a-half years in prison. They had been arrested during a peaceful protest to support some of those whose homes had been destroyed in the forced eviction of thousands of families living around the lake. On the day of trial, two other community representatives were arrested outside the court and charged with the same offences; after spending over 20 days in pre-trial detention, they were released on bail on 15 June 2012.

Information Source : Cambodia Imprisoned for Speaking out

• Amnesty International