Widespread illegal logging and the repression of environmental activism are among the grave threats to Cambodia’s Prey Lang rainforest, Amnesty International said today, one year after authorities banned environmental defenders from entering the Prey Lang wildlife sanctuary.

• Prey Lang at grave risk, one year after environmental defenders were banned from patrolling wildlife sanctuary
• Authorities cancelled local communities’ planned ceremony in Prey Lang today
• Proposed power line project threatens further deforestation

Read more on Amnesty International website