Joint Statement: Civil Society organizations Call for the Draft Law on Public Order to be Immediately Discard
Thursday August 13th, 2020
Phnom Penh, 13 August 2020 – We, the undersigned national and international organizations and communities, call on the Royal Government of Cambodia (“RGC”) to immediately discard the repressive draft Law on Public Order and uphold its obligations under international human rights law. The draft law contains an extensive array of provisions that effectively criminalize the legitimate everyday activities of many within the Kingdom of Cambodia (“Cambodia”), in violation of their rights to freedom of expression,[…]
Report shows 100,000 hectares of forest lost in Prey Lang
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
The Prey Lang Protected Area has lost more than 100,000 hectares of forest between 2000 and 2019, more than half of which became plantations, according to a report released August 10 by the NGO Jesuit Service Cambodia’s Ecology Program and the Cambodian Youth Network. To determine forest loss and recovery over the nearly two decade period, the Technical Report on Forest-Cover Change Detection in the Prey Land Protected Area of[…]
Prey Lang Forest Has Been Reduced by Nearly a Quarter over the Last 20 Years
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
It remains the last major lowland rainforest in Southeast Asia PHNOM PENH-Prey Lang Forest has lost 102,436 hectares of forest, that is, around 24 percent of its total land area over the past two decades, according to a report released on Aug. 10. The report Ecology Program of Jesuit Service Cambodia, which was produced in partnership with the Cambodian Youth Network, found that 102,436 hectares of forest became barren[…]
A new study found that, forest-cover of Prey Lang more than 10 ha were lost in last 20 years
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
Source: RFI
10 Ha, Prey Lang Sanctuary Area, were lost in last 20 years
Tuesday August 11th, 2020
លោក ស ម៉ូរី៖ «បើសិនបាត់បង់ព្រៃឡង់ទៅ នឹងបាត់ជីវៈចម្រុះ ធ្វើឱ្យបាត់បង់ដល់ជម្រកសត្វព្រៃជាង១០០ប្រភេទនៅក្នុងព្រៃឡង់។ ខ្ញុំគិតថា ការបាត់បង់ព្រៃនឹងប៉ះពាល់ទីជម្រាលហើយនិងការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទឹកស្ទឹងជីនិតនិងស្ទឹងសែន ដែលស្ទឹងទាំងពីរដើរតួនាទីសំខាន់ក្នុងផ្គត់ផ្គង់ទឹកក្នុងអាងទន្លេសាប។
102,436 Hectares of Prey Lang Were Converted into Agricultural Land and Resettlement Areas in the Last Two Decades
Monday August 10th, 2020
10 August 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[…]
Drop All Charges Against Arrested Union Leader Rong Chhun
Monday August 3rd, 2020
We, the undersigned civil society groups, strongly condemn the nighttime arrest of Rong Chhun and call on the Royal Government of Cambodia and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to immediately drop all charges against the union leader and release him from pre-trial detention. Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun was arrested by police at his home late on Friday night after the government’s Cambodia Border Affairs Committee publicly called[…]
Youths, Civil Society groups and Grassroots communities call for removal of development license from Koh Kong S.E.Z Co. Ltd and regulate Koh Kong Krao island as a national protected area.
Friday July 31st, 2020
We, the undersigned youths, civil society groups and grassroots communities, are very concerned by the Royal Government of Cambodia granting Koh Kong S.E.Z Col, Ltd, a company publicly known as being owned by Ly Yong Phat – a powerful tycoon widely known for his involvement in human rights abuses, land rights violations and the destruction of natural resources – the license to develop Koh Kong Krao island in Koh Kong[…]
Suspend development projects destroying the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands
Monday July 27th, 2020
New report reveals human rights abuses and environmental devastation as private developments threaten to flood Phnom Penh Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO), Cambodia Youth Network (CYN), Equitable Cambodia (EC), Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) More than one million people across Phnom Penh are facing the risk of increased flooding and over one thousand more families are at risk of evictions, loss of income and food[...]
Internet Code of Ethics Handbook
Wednesday May 27th, 2020
Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) is publishing a handbook on "Internet Code of Ethics". This handbook was developed as a guide for serving as a document to inform internet users about internet ethics, promote freedom of expression with respect and responsibility especially with the internet users and reduce an unethical and illegal changes among some internet users in Cambodia. The handbook on Internet Code of Ethics is developed in simple form[...]