Cambodia: Environment Ministry urged to stop arresting and harassing forestry activists
6 minute read Cambodian villagers pray during a rally against the destruction of the Prey Lang forest, in front of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 18 August 2011, TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images Civil society groups in Cambodia denounced the arrest of five forestry activists who were collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging inside the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. This statement was originally published on cchrcambodia.org on 9 February 2021. We, th...
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