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       Cambodia: Bail Denied for Activists Arrested During Labor Protest

   by VOA News

   A Cambodian court has denied bail for 21 activists and workers arrested
   during clashes with police at a labor protest last month.
   A defense attorney for some of the detainees said the appeals court
   judge rejected bail because he was afraid to "disturb public order."
   The attorney plans to appeal to Cambodia's supreme court.
   The activists were arrested during a deadly January 3 crackdown on a
   strike by garment factory workers in Phnom Penh.
   Five people were killed and 40 injured by an elite military unit that
   fired into the crowd.
   An ensuing crackdown led to a general ban on demonstrations that has
   seen many more detained and injured.
   Human Rights Watch has called on Cambodia to release the activists and
   lift the protest ban, which it has said is in violation of
   international law.
   The labor protests are linked to a wave of opposition demonstrations
   that have threatened the rule of longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen.
   The main opposition party has been demanding that Hun Sen step down and
   call new elections because of alleged fraud in July's parliamentary
   polls.
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