Cambodia: six environmental defenfers prevented to stage a demonstration to raise awareness on protected area
Event- Country
- Cambodia
- Initial Date
- Jun 22, 2020
- Event Description
Today, on 22 June 2020, a group of six environmental activists, including one monk, presented at Botumvatey Pagoda Park to exhibit images of Koh Kong Province�s Koh Kong Krao Island to the public. The exhibition of the pictures of Koh Kong Krao Island which started at around 4.30pm is part of their campaign called �Save Koh Kong Krao� in which they demand the Cambodian government to classify this island as a protected national sea park to enable it to preserve its natural resources. Authorities arrived to prevent the exhibition declaring that the youth group required prior permission from the Phnom Penh Municipality in order to display the images.
- Impact of Event
- 6
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Administrative Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- HRD
- Environmental rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 11.562751980727032
Longitude: 104.91465698465136
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 22 June 2020, six environmental defenders were prevented by the police from staging an event part of a campaign to preserve a natural site in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.