Garment Waste From Walmart, Disney, Other Major Brands Continues to Fuel Cambodian Brick Kilns
“The future is yours,” a white cloth proclaims from the ground of a brick kiln littered with discarded garment waste. The scrap, bearing the logo…
Garment Waste From Walmart, Disney, Other Major Brands Continues to Fuel Cambodian Brick Kilns
“The future is yours,” a white cloth proclaims from the ground of a brick kiln littered with discarded garment waste. The scrap, bearing the logo of the Canadian backpack company…
HRW: Rights of Indigenous Chong Residents Violated in Southern Cardamom Carbon Offset Project
A new report alleges that conservation NGO Wildlife Alliance forcibly evicted, arrested and mistreated members of the Indigenous Chong community who live in the Cardamom Mountain National Park in the…
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World Bank: Higher Government Salaries Haven’t Improved Country Outcomes
A new report from the World Bank found that an increase in Cambodia’s government spending, fueled in part by across-the-board salary increases, has not resulted in better outcomes in the…
Conservation Group’s Militarized Forest Patrol Clashes With Villagers in Preah Vihear
A man in camouflage pants and a shirt labeled “U.S. Army” lunges at a villager, swinging a rattan stick in his right hand, handcuffs in his left. The shaky phone…
Human Rights Watch: Cambodian Government’s Claims of Democracy Do Not Reflect Reality
Cambodia’s 2023 election year was marked by attacks against government critics and independent media, according to a 2024 global Human Rights Watch (HRW) report published Thursday.
NGO Licadho Finds Child Labor, Debt Bondage in Cambodia’s Brick Factories
Child labor and debt bondage continue in Cambodia’s brick factories, according to a report published Monday by the human rights group Licadho. The organization also found garment waste from international…
Cambodian Land Disputants Head to Thai Court, Coca-Cola Documents in Hand
Hoy Mai sits on the floor in her spare brick house in Oddar Meanchey province in northern Cambodia. Spread out on a hammock, playing on a cell phone behind her,…
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UN Estimates 100,000 Trafficked Into Cambodian Scam Operations, Officials Ask “Where Are They?”
At least 100,000 people have been forced to carry out online scams in Cambodia, according to a UN Human Rights report released Tuesday, but Cambodian government officials say they want…
