PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Cambodian court on Thursday cut the 20-year prison sentence handed down to a land rights campaigner for inciting villagers to secede, a case that attracted international condemnation, and he is likely to walk free this week.
Mam Sonando, a 72-year-old radio broadcaster, was convicted last year of leading a rebellion against the state in the eastern province of Kratie, where villagers were protesting against a company that encroached on their land to expand a rubber plantation.
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