Cambodian Monks Hold Hunger strike In Protest Against Dam Construction Plans

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - SEPTEMBER 13: Cambodian police forces block access to a protester to a planned hunger strike in front of the Chinese Embassy on September 13, 2014 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A planned hunger strike by Cambodian Buddhist monks in front of the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh was stopped by police forces. After being pushed away from the Chinese Embassy, Buddhist monks and protesters held the hunger strike in Freedom Park to protest against the planned construction of a dam in Koh Kong province's Areng Valley, which is to be build by a Chinese state-owned hydropower company. The monks are also protesting against China's abuse of human rights in Tibet and its oppression of ethnic minorities in China. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)