Cambodia: youth, monks arrested, questioned over protest
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- May 9, 2020
- Event Description
Several members of Cambodian youth group Khmer Thavrak including human rights activist Hun Vannak are arrested and held for hours of questioning at the Battambang provincial police station for their involvement in a peaceful protest calling on microfinance institutions (MFIs) and banks to suspend loan repayments among the economic crisis caused by COVID-19. Four monks from different pagodas were also threatened with expulsion from their pagodas for joining the non-violent demonstrations.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- NGO staff
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 13.100435998216135
Longitude: 103.19705091749124
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 May 2020, members of youth group Khmer Thavrak including Mr. Hun Vannak, were arrested and interrogated by the police for staging a peaceful protest calling on microfinance institutions to suspend the loans repayments due to COVID-19 crisis, while community-based monks were threatened with expulsion for joining the event in Battambang Province, Cambodia.