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Give yourself a mid-year boost and check-in to make the most…In a ruling condemned by rights activists and deemed “concerning” and “deeply worrying” by foreign diplomats, 10 members of environmental activist group Mother Nature Cambodia were sentenced to prison July 2.
PHNOM PENH — Ten members of the environmental activist group Mother Nature Cambodia have been sentenced to between six and eight years in prison after being convicted on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king., although the five hearings lasted scarcely longer than 22 hours total, and only five of the 10 defendants attended the hearings.
Spanish national Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson, Mother Nature Cambodia’s founder who was deported in 2015, was also sentenced in absentia to eight years and ordered to pay $2,500, as was another activist from the group, Sun Ratha. Police wait for the order to arrest Mother Nature Cambodia activists on July 2, 2024. Human rights observers have said the arrests were needlessly aggressive. Image courtesy of Licadho.show a mix of around 50 uniformed police and plainclothes security personnel charging at the four activists who were seated cross-legged on the pavement outside the court. Security personnel can be seen shoving supporters and yelling at reporters covering the verdict.
Phuon Keorasmey, 23, a prominent figure in Mother Nature Cambodia, is arrested on July 2, 2024. Image courtesy of Licadho. “Justice is dead,” reads a sign carried by Mother Nature Cambodia activists en route to court on July 2, 2024. Image courtesy of Licadho.The initial hearing on May 29 lasted roughly 2.5 hours, but the volume of supporters that gathered outside the court on that first day of the trial prompted police to close off the road to the court on June 5, the day of the second hearing.
Ly Chandaravuth, Long Kunthea, Phuon Keoreaksmey, Thun Ratha and Yim Leanghy of Mother Nature Cambodia say farewell to supporters before entering the court on May 29, 2024. Image by Gerald Flynn / Mongabay.
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