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THIRD PARTY SCREENING: Why did Chut Wutty die? Logging and killings in Cambodia and beyond

THIRD PARTY EVENT ORGANISED BY GLOBAL WITNESS

On April 26th, Cambodian anti-logging activist Chut Wutty was killed by military police near one of the protected areas he was monitoring. The shooting was one of the most shocking episodes in the fierce battle to save the country’s forests from destruction by powerful, corrupt elites who have accumulated vast wealth from their plunder while the people remain devastatingly poor.

“Brief and largely transatlantic”: Visualising #Kony2012 on Twitter

Yesterday at the Frontline Club, there was a discussion about Invisible Children’s controversial Kony2012 video. Whatever else you think about it (and a lot of people have a lot of thoughts), the campaign has succeeded in raising awareness of the crimes of Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. I just thought I’d take the opportunity to flag […]