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A picture showing Khmer Thavrak activists (from left), Sokun Tola, Svay Samnang, Chhoeun Daravy, Chhem Sreykea and Hun Vannak, outside the Bati district police station in Takeo province on August 16, 2022, the day four of them except Samnang were detained for questioning. (Licadho/Sok Raksmey)

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Khmer Thavrak Registers With Interior Ministry, Plans New Approach To Resolve Issues

22 May 2024 10:44 AM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Khmer Thavrak run by a group of youths has been at the forefront of raising human rights concerns in Cambodia. Recently, they registered as a non-profit organization with the Ministry of Interior to develop a better community, and eliminate illegal logging and wildlife crimes.

Students study at Chrakcha Primary School which is affected by the dust from Ly Yong Phat’s surgarcane factory in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district. Photo taken on January 18, 2022. CamboJA/ Khuon Narim.

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Dust from Ly Yong Phat’s Sugarcane Plantation a Hazard for School Children

21 Jan 2022 5:29 PM|

“We have to stay inside the classroom when the wind blows and we cannot even eat meals outside,” said one teacher.

A general view of the rice paddy fields on the Tonle Sap lake at Samraong Sen village in Kampong Chhnang province. Picture taken December 20, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Confiscation of flooded forest lands hit thousands of locals along the Tonle Sap

23 Dec 2021 8:28 PM|

“We do not oppose the government’s measure to protect the flooded forestland, but the government should allocate some land for people because we have farmed the land for a long time,” he said

Kak Sovann Chhay smiles as his mother Prum Chantha cries and hugs him after his release from jail in Phnom Penh, November 10, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Ratanakkiri environmental activist convicted of clearing forest as more activists released

11 Nov 2021 8:30 AM|

Environmental activist Chhorn Phalla was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of clearing state forest land in Ratanakkiri province. Civil society groups decried what they described as an attempt to silence an activist who had been working to protect Cambodia’s natural resources and indigenous land.

Met Malen patrols the forest and protects natural resources from loggers in Phnom Chreap Treyksan community, April 2020. Supplied

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Behind one young woman’s fight against illegal logging

5 Nov 2021 9:46 AM|

“We get a lot of threats from those criminals, they don’t cooperate with us,” she said. “They are not happy with us when we have arguments and remove their sawmills.”

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Khmer Thavrak Registers With Interior Ministry, Plans New Approach To Resolve Issues

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Behind one young woman’s fight against illegal logging

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