“We have notified City Hall to allow us to organise a peaceful march and express our feelings,” Mr Mory said. “But instead of increasing cooperation and making it easier for us to express our opinions, City Hall is doing the opposite.”
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Surveillance up ahead of CNRP verdict
Sar Mory, deputy president of the Cambodian Youth Network, said roughly 30 security personnel also paid a visit to its offices at Solidarity House yesterday evening.
Government forms NGO panel seen by critics as way to legitimise CPP crackdowns
The composition of the “Civil Society Forum” came as no surprise to Sar Mory, deputy head of the Cambodian Youth Network, who said there was little expectation it would function as anything more than an extension of the government.
NGOs parse LANGO warning
NGOs huddled yesterday to make sense of a letter from the Interior Ministry asking them to comply with controversial provisions of the Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO),
Activists Raise Voices Online
Social media has become a common platform for activists and people who like to criticize the act of human rights violations and social injustice in Cambodia, because they can express their voices peacefully and have less confrontations with the authorities,” said Mr. Sar, whose NGO is one of #FreeThe5KH’s partners.
Police Attempt to Stop Screening of Banned Film
Several dozen students, monks and activists crammed onto the covered rooftop of the Solidarity House in Sen Sok district—which serves as the headquarters of the Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) and the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community—at about 5 p.m. for a clandestine screening of “I am Chut Wutty.”
Report Implicates Officials in Prey Long Logging
At the launch of the report in Phnom Penh on Monday, Sar Mory, vice president of the Cambodian Youth Network, which helped produce the report, said researchers also found that local government officials were working with timber dealers to log within the forest.