Cambodia: ten EHRDs illegally detained
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Feb 18, 2020
- Event Description
Ten volunteer staff from a local wild life, forests and fisheries protection and conservation organisation are illegally detained by armed forces in Preah Sihanouk province’s Prey Nob district while monitoring sand-dredging activities in the coastal province. Af ter eight months in pre-trial detention, they are handed a suspended sentence of two years in prison.
- Impact of Event
- 10
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Denial Fair Trial
- Restrictions on Movement
- Rights Concerned
- Right to fair trial
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Armed forces/ Military
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 10.623411059376124
Longitude: 103.52127499450751
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 18 February 2020, ten environmental rights defenders were illegally detained by armed forces for monitoring sand mining related activities in the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia.
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