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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, the undersigned groups, urge the Ministry of Environment to stop their campaign of harassment against local forestry activists and community members. On Friday morning, local officials working for the Ministry of Environment arrested five forestry activists who were wrapping trees in Buddhist cloth and collecting evidence of widespread illegal logging occurring inside Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary.
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High school graduates can now apply for full scholarships offered by 39 state and private higher education institutions. Hean Rangsey
Universities set to offer over 9,000 full scholarships
Wed, 6 January 2021
A total of 9,130 full scholarships are being offered by 39 state and private higher education institutions for the 2020-2021 academic year.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport urged students – all of whom have been allowed to skip Grade 12 national exams – to rush to apply for these seats.
A press release from the ministry detailed apportionment of the
scholarships into four groups, prioritising an allocation of 1,324 seats to female students, 1,738 to poor students and 578 to students from remote areas with the remaining 5,490 seats to be awarded to general students.
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A student studies in her classroom at Tuol Tompoung Secondary School in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district. Heng Chivoan
Students to learn info on human trafficking
Wed, 16 December 2020
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport and the secretariat of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) have cooperated to incorporate human trafficking-related lessons into the primary school and high school level curriculum next year.
Education ministry spokesman Ros Soveacha told The Post on December 16 that the ministry has disseminated contents on the relevant rights, laws and international conventions into some subjects such as social studies, ethics, civics in Khmer language and science.