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Cambodia: Community support for deported anti-dam activist remains strong
“Support for Vocal Activist Still Strong in Areng Valley”, 26 February 2015
The government may have succeeded in deporting outspoken activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson…but support for the environmentalist and his cause remains strong in the remote valley he sought to spare from a proposed hydroelectric dam…Chong villagers in the valley…said they were upset to hear that Mr. Gonzalez-Davidson had been expelled and supported his work on their behalf —despite a petition authorities had brought around in search of his enemies…