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Villagers taking fragments of rocks and bricks to fill the canal after the trucks they hired to fill a temporary sewage canal were blocked by the Meanchey authority, January 24, 2024. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Prek Takong Villagers Fear Losing Land Following Expiration Of A Land Lease Contract

25 Jan 2024 5:09 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Twenty five families in Prek Takong 1 village of Chak Angreleu commune are concerned about losing their plots of land, which were rented out to the Meanchey district authority to build a temporary sewage canal. However, the six-month tenancy agreement beginning March 2023 has expired and the authorities have yet to return the land to them.

Former Siem Reap airport staff protested in front of the airport to demand compensation on July 23. CTWF

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Laid off Siem Reap airport staff protest to demand full payment

23 Jul 2021 9:31 PM|

Former employees of the Siem Reap International Airport protested on Friday calling for what they say is payment owed to 130 workers who were laid off last year.

Pedestrians walk past the former Cambodia National Rescue Party headquarters in Phnom Penh. Picture taken on May 24, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Former CNRP Kampong Speu commune chief imprisoned

23 Jul 2021 7:08 PM|

A former opposition commune chief in Kampong Speu province was arrested and detained on charges of incitement on Thursday in connection with her alleged involvement in the planned return of former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy on November 9, 2019.

A ferry transports passengers across the Mekong River from Phnom Penh to Kandal province, on February 16, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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China, Cambodia reject US claims of Chinese cybertheft

23 Jul 2021 3:53 PM|

China’s embassy in Cambodia has dismissed allegations that Chinese hackers stole data on the Mekong River from Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and turned the table on the United States, calling it the largest source of cyber attacks in the world.

The floating homes of mostly ethnic Vietnamese residents evicted from Phnom Penh were blocked in the Mekong at Kandal province’s Leouk Dek district on the Cambodia-Vietnam border, Picture taken on June 28, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Floating communities receive COVID-19 vaccines after Phnom Penh evictions

22 Jul 2021 9:11 PM|

Roughly 170 of the largely ethnic Vietnamese people who were evicted from their floating homes in Phnom Penh to Kandal province’s Loeuk Dek district have now been vaccinated against COVID-19. The Association of Khmer-Vietnamese in Cambodia has estimated that about half of the ethnic Vietnamese living in Cambodia had been vaccinated.

A military truck carrying returning migrant workers from Thailand to a quarantine center in Banteay Meanchey province on June 10, 2021. CamboJA/ Vann Vichar

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Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears

22 Jul 2021 8:43 AM|

In April, 18-year-old Sophoth illegally crossed the Thai-Cambodian border to work at a factory. In July, he was arrested and sent back through a legal border checkpoint. His journey mirrors that of many Cambodian workers who continue to cross into Thailand each month despite the coronavirus-related border closures, in the hopes of earning a living wage.

Mother Nature activists arrive at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for a hearing earlier this year, Picture taken on March 31, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Three convicted Mother Nature activists handed an additional plotting charge

21 Jul 2021 9:08 PM|

Three environmental activists convicted earlier this year on incitement charges related to a planned protest have been handed a new charge of ‘plotting’ by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in connection with an ongoing case against four other activists.

Laborers work at a construction site in Phnom Penh, July 21, 2021. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Cambodia’s economic growth forecast downgraded as COVID-19 cases rise

21 Jul 2021 8:16 PM|

The UK-based Fitch Ratings credit rating agency has downgraded Cambodia’s economic outlook below the World Bank’s baseline forecast of 4 percent GDP growth for 2021 as the country continues to struggle with the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Villagers blocked road after soldiers shot and injured a man in a land dispute in Kandal province, June 3, 2021. Licadho

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Families affected by land dispute with Defense Ministry still wait for compensation

21 Jul 2021 7:00 AM|

Hundreds of families affected by a land dispute with the Ministry of Defense in Kandal province, are still waiting for compensation and a resolution six weeks after violence broke out.

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Prek Takong Villagers Fear Losing Land Following Expiration Of A Land Lease Contract

Laid off Siem Reap airport staff protest to demand full payment

Former CNRP Kampong Speu commune chief imprisoned

China, Cambodia reject US claims of Chinese cybertheft

Floating communities receive COVID-19 vaccines after Phnom Penh evictions

Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears

Three convicted Mother Nature activists handed an additional plotting charge

Cambodia’s economic growth forecast downgraded as COVID-19 cases rise

Families affected by land dispute with Defense Ministry still wait for compensation

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Prek Takong Villagers Fear Losing Land Following Expiration Of A Land Lease Contract

Laid off Siem Reap airport staff protest to demand full payment

Former CNRP Kampong Speu commune chief imprisoned

China, Cambodia reject US claims of Chinese cybertheft

Floating communities receive COVID-19 vaccines after Phnom Penh evictions

Migrants still slipping through closed Thai-Cambodian border, despite pandemic fears

Three convicted Mother Nature activists handed an additional plotting charge

Cambodia’s economic growth forecast downgraded as COVID-19 cases rise

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