Cambodia: community leaders threatened with legal actions
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Jan 4, 2019
- Event Description
Four community land representatives including Hoam Nai, Rom San, Say Tay and Srok Lang in Tbong Khmum’s Memot district are summoned to the Tonlung commune office for questioning over a long-running land dispute with businessman Chhun Savuth. The four representatives were forced to thumbprint a contract agreeing not to organize community protests or gatherings on penalty of legal action.
- Impact of Event
- 4
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Land rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 11.89600844245204
Longitude: 105.78148029950361
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 4 January 2019, four community-based and land rights HRDs were summoned by the local government and questioned over a long-running land dispute, agreeing they would not organise any community protest or they would face legal actions in Tbong Khmum Province, Cambodia.
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