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Kuy indigenous community holds a press conference in Phnom Penh to seek intervention to their land dispute linked to a senior provincial officer in Preah Vihear province, on March 3, 2025. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Kuy Indigenous Demand Resolution Over Land Dispute in Preah Vihear

4 Mar 2025 4:34 PM|
Khuon Narim|

Indigenous community members in Preah Vihear province sought intervention for their communal land, which has been allegedly cleared by a company said to belong to a senior provincial official — a claim that has been denied by another official on the basis that it involves individual developers instead.

A boy walks along a Phnom Penh street with a woman on September 20, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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43% of Children Under 14 Physically Disciplined at Home, Study Says

20 Sep 2022 6:14 PM|

Nearly half of Cambodian children aged 1 to 14 years old are disciplined in their homes using physical violence, a new government study says, with social norms remaining a key factor in why adults hit their kids.

The lions roundabout in August 2022 in Sihanoukville, where authorities in mid-September busted a compound for alleged illegal gambling, confinement, torture, human trafficking and other crimes. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Police Bust Compound for Trafficking, Advocates Remain Doubtful

20 Sep 2022 10:08 AM|

As officials publicize a crackdown on human trafficking and online scams, rights advocates have voiced doubt about the law enforcement measures, citing the likelihood that powerful elites are behind the far-reaching crimes.

Nine villagers from Kandal province who were arrested while protesting against a new airport were released on bail on September 20, 2021. Photo Supplied

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Nine villagers who protested against new airport to be tried

9 Sep 2022 9:42 AM|

The Kandal Provincial Court’s investigating judge Vann Sopanha has decided to send the case of nine people arrested after protesting against a new mega-airport project to trial, according to documents seen by CamboJA.

The Kouy Indigenous community in Bramer village protest over their land dispute, Tbeng Meanchey district, Preah Vihear province. February 2022. Photo Sut Savon.

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Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes

7 Sep 2022 9:16 AM|

The representatives of two different indigenous communities in Kampong Thom and Preah Vihear provinces are calling for government intervention to help solve long-running land disputes in their communities.

Buildings in which trafficked workers were detained for online scan operations in Sihanoukville. Supplied by Central

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Most scam compounds in Sihanoukville remain unnamed as authorities downplay human trafficking

4 Sep 2022 11:03 AM|

As authorities in Sihanoukville continue a crackdown on human trafficking rings, the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (Central) said it had found evidence that some cyber scam compounds have been able to continue to operate by shifting their front businesses.

Police arrest Seng Theary in front of Phnom Penh Municipal Court after a judge sentenced her to six years in prison. Photo taken on June 14, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Appeal Court refuses to release human rights activist Seng Theary

2 Sep 2022 9:55 AM|

The Court of Appeal on Thursday declined to release prominent Cambodian-American human rights advocate Seng Theary, who in June was found guilty of plotting and incitement to overthrow the government and sentenced to six years in prison.

A police officer stands in front of the Correctional Center Number 3, also known Trapaing Thlong prison, Picture taken September 6, 2017. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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14 convicted former CNRP members transferred to distant prison

31 Aug 2022 8:20 AM|

Fourteen imprisoned members of the outlawed opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party were transferred from Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison to Trapaing Thlong prison in southern Tboung Khmum province on August 21, with three saying they had experienced violence in their new prison — a charge officials deny.

Villagers stand near the remains of their huts, which they say authorities demolished last week, Picture taken August 24, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

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Sihanoukville residents evicted after four charged with encroaching private land

29 Aug 2022 10:40 AM|

STUNG HAV — Approximately 200 huts that officials say were built on privately owned land in the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone were cleared Thursday morning as part of an ongoing land dispute in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district.

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Kuy Indigenous Demand Resolution Over Land Dispute in Preah Vihear

Police Bust Compound for Trafficking, Advocates Remain Doubtful

Nine villagers who protested against new airport to be tried

Indigenous communities ask for government intervention in land disputes

Most scam compounds in Sihanoukville remain unnamed as authorities downplay human trafficking

Appeal Court refuses to release human rights activist Seng Theary

14 convicted former CNRP members transferred to distant prison

Sihanoukville residents evicted after four charged with encroaching private land

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