human rights defender
Long Kunthea
Actions and Campaigns
Long Kunthea
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal aid and social assistance
Organization affiliation
- Mother Nature Cambodia
HRD's year of birth
1998
HRD's Gender
Woman
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Environmental rights
HRD's geographical origin
Rural
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Long Kunthea is a dedicated Cambodian environmental activist associated with the Mother Nature movement. Born in 1998, she became involved in environmental activism in 2017 after being inspired by a video from fellow activist Thun Ratha. Kunthea has been actively engaged in campaigns against environmental degradation, including issues like sand dredging and deforestation.
Her activism has led to significant legal challenges. In 2020, she was arrested and sentenced to prison for her involvement in peaceful protests advocating for environmental protection
Detained since
Jul 2, 2024
Charge(s)
- Subversion
Sentence
6 years imprisonment
Latitude: 13.791276399994446
Longitude: 105.01075783171358
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- South-eastern Asia
Location of detention - City/Town
Preah Vihear
Location of detention - Facility
Preah Vihear Provincial Prison
Recent case update / evolution
Thun Ratha was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the plotting by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on 2 July 2024.
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- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1998
- HRD's Gender
- Woman
- Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
- HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Environmental rights
- Organization affiliation
- Mother Nature Cambodia
- HRD's Picture
- HRD's bio and work
Long Kunthea is a dedicated Cambodian environmental activist associated with the Mother Nature movement. Born in 1998, she became involved in environmental activism in 2017 after being inspired by a video from fellow activist Thun Ratha. Kunthea has been actively engaged in campaigns against environmental degradation, including issues like sand dredging and deforestation.
Her activism has led to significant legal challenges. In 2020, she was arrested and sentenced to prison for her involvement in peaceful protests advocating for environmental protection
- HRD's geographical origin
- Rural
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- South-eastern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Preah Vihear
- Location of detention - Facility
- Preah Vihear Provincial Prison
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 13.791276399994446
Longitude: 105.01075783171358
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jul 2, 2024
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Subversion
- Sentence
6 years imprisonment
- Recent case update / evolution
Thun Ratha was sentenced to 6 years in prison for the plotting by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on 2 July 2024.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Legal aid and social assistance
- Any other relevant documents
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- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
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