human rights defender
Yim Leanghy
Actions and Campaigns
Yim Leanghy
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER
Urgent support needed
Legal aid and humanitarian support
Organization affiliation
- Mother Nature Cambodia
HRD's year of birth
1989
HRD's Gender
Man
Type of HRD
- Social and community leader
HRD's thematic area of engagement
- Environmental rights
HRD's geographical origin
Urban
Current Status
In prison (sentenced)
HRD's bio and work
Mr. Yim Leanghy was born in 1989, in Prek Bak village, Koh Thom commune, Koh Thom district, Kandal Province. He studied International Studies at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. In 2018, during his fourth year at university, he volunteered at the Youth Resources Development Program (YRDP). After graduating in 2019, he worked at the Cambodia Youth Network (CYN) until October 2020, when he joined Mother Nature Cambodia. Currently, Leanghy is the Vice President of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA).
Detained since
Jul 2, 2024
Sentence
8 years imprisonment
Latitude: 11.496511565872467
Longitude: 104.57365879721986
Geolocation of detention
Country or area of detention
Region of detention
- Asia: South-eastern Asia
Recent case update / evolution
Yim Leanghy was sentenced to 8 years in prison for the plotting and insulting the king by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on 2 July 2024.
Any other relevant documents
Attachments
Documented by
- Country(ies) of nationality
- HRD's year of birth
- 1989
- HRD's Gender
- Man
- 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
Mr. Yim Leanghy was born in 1989, in Prek Bak village, Koh Thom commune, Koh Thom district, Kandal Province. He studied International Studies at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. In 2018, during his fourth year at university, he volunteered at the Youth Resources Development Program (YRDP). After graduating in 2019, he worked at the Cambodia Youth Network (CYN) until October 2020, when he joined Mother Nature Cambodia. Currently, Leanghy is the Vice President of the Khmer Student Intelligent League Association (KSILA).
- HRD's geographical origin
- Urban
- Country or area of detention
- Region of detention
- Asia: South-eastern Asia
- Location of detention - City/Town
- Kampong Spue
- Location of detention - Facility
- Kampong Spue Provincial Prison
- Geolocation of detention
Latitude: 11.496511565872467
Longitude: 104.57365879721986
- Geolocation of detention
- Detained since
- Jul 2, 2024
- Current Status
- In prison (sentenced)
- Charge(s)
- Subversion
- Sentence
8 years imprisonment
- Recent case update / evolution
Yim Leanghy was sentenced to 8 years in prison for the plotting and insulting the king by Phnom Penh Municipal Court on 2 July 2024.
- Protection actions and campaigns
- Urgent support needed
Legal aid and humanitarian support
- Any other relevant documents
- Documented by
- Consent status
- Consent to register, store and publish the information
Supporting files
sorted by
Date added
10 relationships, 9 entities