The Wildlife Trade around the Prey Lang Area in Cambodia
Thursday November 23rd, 2023
Press release on the dissemination of the investigation report: The Wildlife Trade around the Prey Lang Area in Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia- 14th September 2023 The Cambodian Youth Network Association (CYN) is pleased to announce that on September 15th, 2023, it will be hosting a presentation of the investigation report’s findings on “The Wildlife Trade around Prey Lang Area in Cambodia” and a discussion on community concerns.[…]
Forestry Crimes Up 15 Percent, Official Insists Large-Scale Logging Eliminated
Wednesday August 11th, 2021
Patrolers found more than 4,200 cases of illegal logging and other forestry crimes in the first half of the year, an increase of 15 percent, as authorities continued to say that large-scale timber trafficking had been eliminated in the country.
Civil Society Campaigns for Release of Environmental Activists
Tuesday August 3rd, 2021
The Ministry of Justice has dismissed the campaign saying that the only way to help the jailed activists is through the courts PHNOM PENH–Environmental youth groups and civil society groups on June 28 launched a campaign demanding the release of jailed environmental activists and calling for the charges, which have been widely regarded as politically motivated, to be dropped.
Five years after his murder, family and advocates still seeking justice for slain political commentator Kem Ley
Monday August 2nd, 2021
As they prepare for Saturday’s five-year anniversary of the murder of prominent political commentator Kem Ley, a broad coaltiion family members, friends and civil society groups of all kinds are calling on the government to provide “genuine justice” in a case that has drawn international attention.
Joint Statement On Call for a Transparent Investigation and a Stop to Grassroots Activism Interference following Hong Kong’s Seizure of More Than 211 Tons of Rare Timber Exported from Cambodia
Friday June 4th, 2021
Phnom Penh, May 27, 2021 We, the undersigned associations, unions, civil society organizations, environmental activists, acitizens, and international scientists are very concerned after seeing the press release issued by
102,436 Hectares of Prey Lang Were Converted into Agricultural Land and Resettlement Areas in the Last Two Decades
Thursday September 10th, 2020
A study authored by the Ecology Program of Jesuit Service Cambodia (JSC), in partnership with Cambodian Youth Network (CYN), of the change in forest cover in the Prey Lang Protected Area compared satellite imagery taken in the year 2000 and 2019, and found that 102,436 hectares of forest became barren or were converted into crops, plantations, and human settlement areas during that time period. This number of hectares represents around[…]
At Least 14 Activists Arrested in Cambodia since August
Thursday September 10th, 2020
An unprecedented string of arrests has taken place since early August 2020 and shows no sign of slowing down as the government targets youth and environmental activists. PHNOM PENH–Some 14 activists have been arrested by the Cambodian authorities over the course of the past month, with youth activists, environmentalists, politicians, a rapper and a monk being rounded up in the wake of outspoken unionist Rong Chhun’s arrest. Throughout August[…]
Release Imprisoned Activists and End Crackdown Against Young Cambodians
Wednesday September 9th, 2020
09-Sep-2020: We, the undersigned civil society groups, condemn the arrests of seven young activists over the past few days, and call for all charges against those imprisoned to be dropped immediately. We urge the government to end its campaign of fear and repression against peaceful youth and environmental human rights defenders, and ensure the rights of the Cambodian people to peacefully advocate for themselves, their families and their communities are[…]
Joint Statement: Draft Law on Public Order Violates Women’s Rights
Friday August 28th, 2020
As representatives of organizations working to promote women’s rights and gender equality in Cambodia, we wish to express our deep concern regarding numerous articles within the Draft Law on Public Order (DLPO), provisions of which violate women’s human rights. We therefore also endorse and echo the call made to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in a Joint Civil Society Statement on August 13, 2020, to scrap the draft law. We[…]
THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT MUST STOP BEATING AND ARRESTING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
Tuesday August 18th, 2020
August 18, 2020 – We, the undersigned civil society groups, strongly condemn the Cambodian authorities’ use of violence against peaceful demonstrators and the recent arrests of more than a dozen activists. Over the past few weeks, authorities have waged an increasingly brutal crackdown on peaceful protests that began after the arrest and imprisonment of union leader Rong Chhun at the start of August. Since Chhun’s arrest, six more individuals have been[…]