Now You Can’t, And Then You Can…
After the march and gathering of more than 9 people ban proclaimed by the Phnom Penh Municipality, it is hard to assess when the authorities will let their Communal ‘Security’ Officers loose on peaceful gatherings. When 11 people were arrested for a few hours day before yesterday, no one from the 50-something people from the Civil Society Organisation, representing some 180 NGO’s, was prevented from marching to 6 different embassies or agencies (German embassy, South Korean Cooperation Agency, South Korean, Australian, Russian and Thai embassies) to deliver a petition requesting the liberation of the 23 people jailed on January 2nd and 3d during the violent crackdown by the army on striking workers.
Correction: 11 people were arrested (and later released) last tuesday not day before yesterday.
Correction 2: the march delivered the petition to 7 places, not 6. The one I did not mention being the Malaysian embassy.
