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Case Analysis
Case Summary and Outcome
The Appeals Court of Phnom Penh upheld Tep Vanny’s conviction and sentencing of 30 months in prison for ‘intentional violence with aggravating circumstances.’ On February 23, The Phnom Penh Municipal Court had found Vanny guilty of assaulting security guards outside the house of Prime Minister Hun Sen in while trying to deliver a petition to the Prime Minister calling for the release of the fellow activist, Yorm Bopha. She was also forced to pay damages to the State as well as compensation payments to two members of the Daun Penh para-police who
Tep Vanny released by Royal Pardon
On 11 November , seven women land rights defenders Ms Tep Vanny, Ms Nget Khun, Ms Song Sreyleap, Ms Kong Chantha, Ms Pan Chunreth, Ms Bop Chorvy and Ms Nong Srengand were sentenced by Phnom Penh First Instance Court to one-year imprisonment and a fine on charges of obstructing public traffic after protesting in front of Phnom Penh’s City Hall.
On the morning of 10 November , the day before the protest, the seven women land rights defenders placed a wooden bed in front of Phnom Penh’s City Hall protesting against the repeated flooding of their homes in the Boeung Kak lake area. The land rights defenders demanded that the city authorities clear the surrounding drains immediately. As the activists reported, their homes were flooded with foul-smelling water for many days as a result of Boeung Kak lake being filled in as part of a development project backed by Senator Lao Meng Khin of Cambodia's ruling party. Since , almost 20, people have been forcefully evicted from the area in connection with the ongoing development project.
Later the same day, 10 November , the seven land rights defenders were detained by police following their protest in fro
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New information
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Sentencing / Arbitrary detention
Cambodia
February 9,
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, has received new information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Cambodia.
New information:
The Observatory has been informed by reliable sources about the sentencing of land rights defender and Boeung Kak Lake community representative Ms. Tep Vanny, in relation to a peaceful protest she attended in
According to the information received, on February 7, , the Supreme Court rejected Ms. Tep Vanny’s appeal against her conviction on charges of “intentional violence with aggravating circumstances” (Article of the Criminal Code) for her participation in a protest calling for the release of then-jailed Boeung Kak activist Ms. Yorm Bopha, in (see background information) and upheld her month prison sentence.
Ms. Tep Vanny has been arbitrarily detained in Correctional Centre 2 (CC2) prison in Phnom Penh since August 15, (see background information).
The Observato
Tep Vanny Sentenced to Prison
On 20 August , human rights defender Tep Vanny was released from prison after serving two years of her sentence, following a royal pardon from Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni. The royal pardon, requested by Prime Minister Hun Sen, was granted for two convictions; the first, a 30 month sentence for “intentional violence”, for which Tep Vanny had already been imprisoned, and the second, a six month sentence that had not been enforced yet.
Tep Vanny was unjustly arrested on 15 August while protesting against the arbitrary detention and sentencing of four human rights defenders in Cambodia under charges of “insulting a public official”. However, instead of releasing the human rights defender at the end of her sentence, the authorities reactivated an old case, and on 23 February , Tep Vanny was convicted by Phnom Penh Municipal Court for “intentional violence with aggravating circumstances” under Article of the Cambodian Criminal Code and sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment. She was found guilty of assaulting security guards during a protest outside the house of Prime Minister Hun Sen in Her appeals were rejected on multiple occasions desp
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