Cambodia sentences green campaigners for 'plotting' over activism

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 02, 2024 9:20 pm

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — A Cambodian court Tuesday sentenced 10 environmentalists to between six and eight years in jail over their activism in a case condemned by rights campaigners as a 'crushing blow' to the kingdom's civil society.

The activists from Mother Nature, one of Cambodia's few environmental advocacy groups, denied charges of plotting against the state, which they said were politically motivated.

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