Civil Society (03rd – 07th, May, 2021)
More than 30 families from the Kreung indigenous community in Talat commune’s Rumpat and Talat villages in Stung Treng province’s Sesan district claimed that a private company had cleared their plantations.
An alliance of nearly 40 civil society organizations lauded the government’s successful ban on all forms of alcoholic drink advertising during the Covid-19 outbreak but called for a permanently ban.
Three Mother Nature environmentalists were sentenced to jail for 18 to 20 months for incitement over their activism, while two others, including the group’s founder, were also found guilty in absentia.
