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Document | Re-open the investigation into the murder of Chut Wutty

26 April 2024

Today marks 12 years since Chut Wutty was shot dead on April 26, 2012. Wutty was killed by In Ratana, a military police officer, in the Veal Bey area of Bak Khlong Commune, Mondol Seima District, Koh Kong province, while he accompanied two journalists from The Cambodia Daily investigating a forestry crime near a protected area in Phnom Kravanh mountain. Wutty’s death and the lack of justice for the murder have caused a great pain and sorrow for his family, friends, environmental activists, forest activists, forest communities, and their supporters.

The incident of Chut Wutty’s murder by a gunman serving in the military makes it clear that citizens' activism in the conservation of natural resources continues to be a target, facing intimidation, harassment and attack by forest criminals with close ties to the authorities.

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Media Album | Cambodians Call for Justice 12 Years After Murder of Chut Wutty

26 April 2024

Statement | Immediately Release and Drop Charges Against Human Rights and Environment Defender, Mr. Koet Saray

8 April 2024

Flash Info | President of Student Activist Group Arrested and Sent to Pre-trial Detention

7 April 2024 audio available

Statement | Strong Common Ground and Commitment to Further Steps in NCP Dialogue Relating to Microfinance Loans in Cambodia

19 March 2024 audio available

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Article | “Why Haven’t the Authorities Protected Me?”

30 November 2023

The Cambodian government’s endorsement of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in domestic violence cases – without ensuring access to courts and support services – is putting women’s and children’s lives at risk. Despite this, the government has now further entrenched this approach in a new Royal Decree.

Resources

Prisoners of Interest

Read through the list of politicians, activists and unionists unjustly arrested for their peaceful activism.

Keep track of court cases against human rights defenders, environmental campaigners and political activists.

Right to Relief

An interactive research project focusing on over-indebted land communities struggling with microfinance debt.

Cambodia's Concessions

Use an interactive map to explore Cambodia’s land concessions.

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RESEARCH

Bound by Bricks: An Opportunity to End Debt Bondage and Child Labour in Cambodia

Debt Threats: A Quantitative Study of Microloan Borrowers in Cambodia

Status Update: Harassment on Social Media in Cambodia

Right to Relief: Indebted Land Communities in Cambodia Speak Out