Cambodia clamps down on environmental activists

Observers see the threat to Cambodia's rule of law and civil society growing after members of an award-winning environmental group were convicted of conspiring against the state.

Ten members of the Cambodian environmental activist group Mother Nature were sentenced to six to eight years in prison in July for conspiring against the state.

Three of the members of the group were also convicted of insulting Cambodia’s king, Norodom Sihamoni.

The young activists had long campaigned against the destruction of natural resources across the Southeast Asian country and had openly suggested links to corruption.

In full: https://www.dw.com/en/the-systematic-evisceration-of-cambodian-civil-society/a-69643918

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