Thu, 02 Sep 2010
DPA
Phnom Penh - A coalition of human rights organizations has called on the Cambodian government to release a human rights activist jailed this week.
In a statement released late Wednesday, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights, and the World Organisation Against Torture, criticized Monday's two-year sentence handed down to Leang Sokchoeun.
Leang Sokchoeun, a staffer with local rights group Licadho, was arrested in May accused of involvement in the distribution of anti-government leaflets and charged with disinformation.
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In a statement released late Wednesday, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights, and the World Organisation Against Torture, criticized Monday's two-year sentence handed down to Leang Sokchoeun.
Leang Sokchoeun, a staffer with local rights group Licadho, was arrested in May accused of involvement in the distribution of anti-government leaflets and charged with disinformation.
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