PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
Mother and house wife Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years in prison and fined US$7500 under charges of intentional violence in September 2012. Yesterday, after a two-day appeal trial, her conviction was upheld, but reduced to two-years in jail.
Bopha was declared prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International and her arrest is seeing by human rights monitors as a persecution for her activism.
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Villagers demonstrate during a pacific protest in front of the Appeal Court in support of land rights activist Yorm Bopha. ©Erika Pineros
A monk supports Bopha’s demonstrators during a protest in front of the Appeal Court. ©Erika Pineros
A poster of Amnesty International’s prisoner of conscience Yorm Bopha and her son. ©Erika Pineros
Yorm Bopha’s supporters protest in front of the Appeal Court during Bopha’s appeal for bail. ©Erika Pineros
Yorm Bopha cries as she leaves the Appeal Court after being sentenced to two years in prison. ©Erika Pineros
Yorm Bopha’s supporters clash with police after hearing Bopha’s denied bail. ©Erika Pineros
Villagers protest the court’s decision on the case of land rights activist Yorm Bopha, who was sentenced to two years in jail. ©Erika Pineros
Yorm Bopha’s supporters make their way to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house after hearing Bopha’s denied bail. ©Erika Pineros
Yorm Bopha’s supporters protest near Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house after hearing Bopha’s denied bail. ©Erika Pineros
Tep Vanny protest along other villagers against the court’s decision on fellow landrights activist Yorm Bopha’s case. ©Erika Pineros
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