Originally posted by Shambhala Sun
Cambodian Buddhist monk, “unjustifiedly”, detained!
Photo via dannyfisher.org
An official speaking for Cambodian human rights group Licadho has called the arrest
of Ven. Loun Savath, a human rights activist and Cambodian Buddhist
monk, “unjustified.” Savath was detained for taking photographs of
protesters and forced into a Land Cruiser by other monks, police, and
plainclothes officers outside a Phnom Penh courthouse. More than 60
protesters were gathered outside the court, calling for the release of
13 Boeung Kak women inside. Savath was banned last year from all pagodas in Phnom Penh by the Supreme Patriarch Nun Nget.
“All
of us believe that there’s absolutely no basis for them to hold
venerable Loun Savath, he did nothing, he was just standing there,” said
the Licadho official.
More than 60 protesters were gathered outside the court, calling for the release of 13 Boeung Kak women inside. Savath was banned last year from all pagodas in Phnom Penh by the Supreme Patriarch Nun Nget.
“All
of us believe that there’s absolutely no basis for them to hold
venerable Loun Savath, he did nothing, he was just standing there,” said
the Licadho official.
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