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Environmental activist Ly Chandaravuth arrives at the Appeal Court for their bail hearing on February 17, 2025. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

Appeal Court Rejects Mother Nature Activists’ Appeal for Release on Bail

The Court of Appeal denied bail to five environmental activists who were convicted of plotting to overthrow the government. The five appealed to the higher court to release them on bail to look after their family, including their elderly parents, and to continue their studies, as well as attend to personal health issues, but it was rejected.
Villagers at Koh Meas organize a protest asking authorities to issue them land title, February 16, 2025. (Supplied)

Families Protest Koh Meas Land Lease to Tycoon; Demand Land Titles

About 100 families in Chrouy Ampil village, Kbal Koh district organized a protest on February 16 to demand land titles in Koh Meas from the authorities. The residents claimed that they have owned the land in Koh Meas and farmed it for many years, but the government has now leased it to tycoon Khun Sear’s company for 50 years.
A Cambodian deminer holds a metal detector at a testing area in a minefield during a demonstration for the media at a demining center in Kampong Speu province, on November 27, 2011. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

CMAC Demining Work Boosted by Chinese Aid Amid U.S. Freeze, Civil Society Surveys Impact to Inform U.S. Government

The Chinese government granted $4.4 million to support Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s mine clearance work amid the suspension of U.S. aid, however, the funds cannot cover all halted projects, leaving many deminers in financial hardship. While civil society groups warn of broader impacts, they are surveying the effects which will be compiled and submitted in a letter to the U.S. government.