Police and other security personnel halted a group of mourners on the outskirts of Phnom Penh Sunday that had planned to hold a Buddhist ceremony for protesters killed in early 2014.
Police Block Mourners During Memorial for 2014 Killings of Workers
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Police look on as mourners participate in a Buddhist ceremony, for the brutal government crackdown during two days of rioting in January 2014, on Sunday January 3rd, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)
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A group of Cambodian monks hold a Buddhist ceremony for protesters killed in early 2014, as police and security personnel are seen surrounding the group, on Sunday, January 03, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)
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Venerable Luon Sovath, second from right, a monk and human rights defender, with camera in hand walks on after he was pushed off the street by security personnel, on Sunday January 3rd, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)
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In Leakhena, the mother of a worker who disappeared in the 2014 protest, sitting near her husband Him Soeurn, said she was disappointed the authorities blocked the mourning ceremony, on Sunday January 3rd, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)
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Am Sam Ath, chief technical investigator for the rights group Licadho, said authorities resorted to pushing and pulling mourners, rather than peaceful negotiations, on Sunday January 3rd, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)
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Vorn Pov, director of the development organization IDEA and a worker representative, center, shouted at authorities on Sunday as they sought to disperse the mourners, January 3rd, 2016. (Hul Reaksmey/VOA Khmer)