Last Updated on 29 March 2013
Phnom Penh Post
By Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Shane Worrell
Beoung
Kak lake resident Tep Vanny beat out 10 international activists to win a
human rights award as part of the Movies that Matter Film Festival in
The Hague on Wednesday night.
Vanny, 32, who has been imprisoned,
beaten and threatened during years of protesting against land
evictions, was a protagonist in the documentary Even a Bird Needs a
Nest, which led to her winning the Amnesty International-sponsored
5,000-euro Golden Butterfly: A Matter of ACT Human Rights Award.
“I
wish to thank the jury for its choice, but I cannot be happy when I
know that my community continues to struggle for justice,” she said,
according to the blog of opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua, who attended the
ceremony.
Fellow
Boeung Kak activist Heng Mom said she was pleasantly surprised that
Vanny had won the award. “She has explained to international communities
there about our peaceful advocacy,” she said.
2 comments:
this lady has no clue on her EU trips,
she was looking dummy on photo was taken with EU colleagues on stage
brianless, no clue, no idea, no knowledges, etc...
then, when she came back from EU trips, she will declares her was successful,, suck, suck,,
What an uneducated person are you? If you’re living abroad you should know very well how to express your point of view to a poor and brave-heart lady like this, unless you keep your jealousy in your brainless head.
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