The women have been peacefully protesting for years for a final resolution for the community at Boeung Kak Lake, where thousands of people have been forcibly evicted from their homes since August 2008. This report gives an update on their struggle and the situation of the lake community. And it provides an overview of the events of May 2012, which culminated in the conviction of the 13 women, and the context in which these events took place: a disturbing deterioration in Cambodia’s human rights situation, with freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly curtailed. The report concludes with a series of recommendations for the Royal Government of Cambodia and the international community, to find a resolution for the lake community and stop Cambodia’s human rights situation from deteriorating further.