Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A group of 10 land-rights activists were freed from Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison on Saturday afternoon after receiving a royal pardon that resulted from negotiations between opposition leader Sam Rainsy and Prime Minister HE over the past week.

The release of the activists — widely seen as political prisoners — comes just two days after lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties approved all nine members of the new National Election Committee, a central piece of the July political deal that ended the CNRP’s 10-month boycott of parliament.

The released activists include Tep Vanny and nine other members of the Boeng Kak community. Seven were jailed for placing a bed in the street during a protest on November 10, while the other three were arrested the next day during a demonstration to demand their release.

Emerging from Prey Sar’s Correctional Center 2 shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, the activists — Ms. Vanny, Nget Khun, Song Sreyleap, Kong Chantha, Pan Chunreth, Bop Chorvy, Nong Sreng, Heng Pich, Im Srey Touch and Puong Sopheap — were embraced by about 100 of their relatives, community members and CNRP officials.......

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Whatever the reasons - good news !

Those people who were demonstrating with dogs don't know how good they had it : https://cambodiaexpatsonline.com/newswor ... t4541.html

Demonstrating with a bed instead of a dog = 5 months prison, and that was with a "royal" pardon .