PHNOM PENH, NOV 28 – Six Cambodian activists charged with treason over Facebook comments critical of their government have been deported from Thailand to stand trial, a pro-democracy group said today.
The Khmer Movement Democracy, a movement founded by now-exiled opposition leaders, criticized the decision to return the four women and two men on November 24, claiming they would face ‘inhumane and undignified treatment’ in the overcrowded prison system. in Cambodia.
The activists are Pen Chan Sangkream, Hong An, Mean Chanthon, Yin Chanthou, Soeung Khunthea and Vorn Chanratana linked to the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was disbanded before the 2018 general election as part of a crackdown on the opposition. – AP