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The office of VOD in Phnom Penh on February 12, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

12 Feb 2023 11:00 PM|
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Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the government will revoke the license for media outlet VOD in a Facebook post Sunday evening, after he previously demanded an apology for an article he claimed was inaccurate.

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Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

12 Feb 2023 11:00 PM|
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The nine buildings owned by Sokimex Investment Group chairman Sok Kong allegedly house foreign nationals not allowed to leave the compound and forced to engage in scam operations. (Jack Brook/CamboJA)

Human Rights ·

Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

9 Feb 2023 10:30 AM|
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Every day, crowds of tourists visit a popular sightseeing spot beside the five-star Thansur Sokha hotel and casino atop Bokor mountain to snap photos of temples, colonial ruins and the Kampot province coastline.

Bora, who was fired by his Puma-supplying shoe factory after helping form a union in late October last year, at his home in southwestern Cambodia’s Takeo province. (Jack Brook/CamboJA)

Human Rights ·

Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

8 Feb 2023 10:32 AM|
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In October 2022, Bora believed forming a union at his Takeo province shoe factory would help him and his colleagues gain better benefits.

Satellite imagery from Sentinel-2/European Space Station on January 15, 2023 shows deforestation inside the area in Stung Treng’s O’Svay commune granted as an Economic Land Concession. Supplied

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Government Approves New Economic Land Concession Despite Moratorium, Conflict Ensues

16 Jan 2023 10:38 PM|
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The government awarded a new Economic Land Concession (ELC) in March 2022 for the first time in nearly a decade and despite an existing moratorium on ELCs, government documents show.

The aftermath of the deadly fire at Grand Diamond City hotel and casino in Poipet on December 30. (CamboJA / Pring Samrang)

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Thai Fugitive Linked to Casino Fire Received Cambodian Citizenship, Shares Business Ties with Tycoon Ly Yong Phat

2 Jan 2023 8:50 PM|
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Fugitive Thai politician Vatana Asavahame, linked to management of the Poipet casino devastated by a deadly fire last week, received Cambodian citizenship in a 2008 royal decree, according to documents viewed by CamboJA.

Waiting for information outside Trach pagoda near the site of the fire, Ban Doch (right) holds a portrait of his niece, a worker inside Grand Diamond City casino and hotel who was missing as of early afternoon on December 30, 2022. (CamboJA / Pring Samrang)

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After Deadly Casino Fire, Families Search for Their Missing Loved Ones

30 Dec 2022 11:15 PM|
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After flames consumed Poipet’s Grand Diamond City hotel and casino, Keo Vandy arrived at nearby Trach pagoda early Friday morning to see if her husband was among the bodies brought for cremation.

A conservation ranger walking inside Prey Lang forest in Preah Vihear province on June 9, 2020. (CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan)

Environment ·

Nearly One Million Hectares of Protected Conservation Area Now Eligible for Privatization

20 Dec 2022 6:53 PM|
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More than 930,000 hectares of state public land inside protected conservation areas are now eligible for privatization, according to a November 30 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen.

A Phnom Penh office of microfinance institution LOLC (Cambodia) Plc, which as of February had an active loan of $32 million from Dutch social investor Oikocredit, photographed on April 6, 2021, (CamboJA/ Panha Chhorpoan).

National ·

Rights Groups File Complaint Against Dutch MFI Investor Oikocredit

12 Dec 2022 2:14 PM|
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Three NGOs filed a complaint Monday to a Dutch government watchdog accusing social investor Oikocredit of failing to conduct due diligence by investing in Cambodian microfinance institutions (MFIs) whose lending practices have been linked to rights abuses.

Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

Nearly One Million Hectares of Protected Conservation Area Now Eligible for Privatization

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Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

Prime Minister Hun Sen Shuts Down Independent Media VOD

Scams, Human Trafficking Thrived at Bokor Mountain Behind Tycoon’s Luxury Hotel

Authorities Aided Alleged Union-Busting at Puma-Supplying Factory

Government Approves New Economic Land Concession Despite Moratorium, Conflict Ensues

Thai Fugitive Linked to Casino Fire Received Cambodian Citizenship, Shares Business Ties with Tycoon Ly Yong Phat

After Deadly Casino Fire, Families Search for Their Missing Loved Ones

Nearly One Million Hectares of Protected Conservation Area Now Eligible for Privatization

Rights Groups File Complaint Against Dutch MFI Investor Oikocredit

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Nearly 8000 Cambodian Trafficking Victims Rescued from Abroad in 2022

Court of Appeal Denies Thach Setha Bail Request

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