A week before the scheduled start of a “plotting” trial against a group of young environmentalists, the court has switched judges and postponed the case as the defendants didn’t want the same jurist that previously convicted them of incitement, according to their lawyer.
Youth environmental activists advocating against the development of a Koh Kong island say they are facing threats and surveillance after authorities blocked an advocacy push at a Royal University of Phnom Penh event earlier this month.
A group of young environmentalists passed out pamphlets and posted banners this week in Phnom Penh to promote the protection of Koh Kong Krao island, urging people to support preservation of the largest island in Cambodia after the government gave development rights to a private company owned by tycoon Ly Yong Phat.
The Supreme Court upheld prison sentences against environmental activists, a prominent unionist and opposition-aligned protesters. The Labor Ministry reminded NagaWorld union leaders at a Friday meeting of the conditions of their bail application in March — where they had agreed they would try to convince their colleague to cease their near-daily protests.
The Supreme Court heard back-to-back appeals from high-profile cases involving Mother Nature activists, a senior unionist and two co-accused, and a group of activists convicted for a protest outside the Chinese Embassy in October 2020.
Army commander and Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet was invited to speak to journalists on press freedom day. A Mother Nature cofounder’s Supreme Court appeal was rejected Tuesday.
Four women activists say they joined the frontline of Cambodian demonstrations after witnessing different injustices, finding both stresses and pride in their work.
Activists who served jailtime delivered a petition to the Russian Embassy asking for peace in Ukraine, signaling their intent to continue speaking out.
A video that a previously jailed Mother Nature activist says he shot in January shows a Siem Reap sewage treatment pool teeming with fish.
Meanchey and Chamkarmon districts have started cleaning sewage systems last week, days after environmental activists identified seven locations in three districts where trash had clogged these canals.
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