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Cambodian authorities assist the Interim Observer Team (IOT) to inspect a village in O’Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey where the Thai military built a barbed wire fence to block a road and encircle a few villagers’ houses, August 14, 2025. (AKP)

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Authorities Oppose Land Titles to Thai Citizens; Thousands of Displaced People Remain in Shelters

25 Aug 2025 9:01 PM|
Sovann Sreypich|

Banteay Meanchey provincial administration on August 25 has objected to the Sa Kaeo provincial governor’s promise to give land titles to Thai citizens in Nong Chan village, Khok Sung district, Sa Kaeo province in Thailand, as it violated the Cambodia-Thailand memorandum of understanding in 2000, especially the demarcation by the Joint Border Committee (JBC).

Prime Minister Hun Sen gives a speech during a meeting with garment workers on June 3, 2023. (Hun Sen’s Facebook)

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Hun Sen Threatens to Dissolve NGOs That Don’t Report Financials

5 Jun 2023 5:49 PM|

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Cambodia's non-governmental organizations that they will be shut down if they fail to report their financial statements to the government, speaking at a meeting with…

Cambodian activists walk from Mekong Gardens to Chroy Changvar Bridge. Along the way they expressed their opinions about the disappearance of Thai activist Wanchalearm and urged the government to take action on his case, on June 4, 2023. (Sovann Sreypich/CamboJA)

Human Rights ·

Phnom Penh Memorial Marks Third Anniversary of Thai Activist’s Abduction

5 Jun 2023 10:50 AM|

Cambodian activists called for government accountability at events held on Sunday to mark the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Penh in 2020.

Indigenous Bunong villagers in Mondulkiri’s Roya Leu community confront environmental officials who they say were measuring their reserve forest lands on March 31. (Supplied)

Environment ·

Indigenous Peoples Fear Loss of Lands After Passage of New Law

2 Jun 2023 8:15 PM|

The indigenous community remains mired in a long-delayed Communal Land Title (CLT) registration process, while Environment Ministry officials, who came to measure lands around the village in late March, appear…

Rong Chhun marches with other activists from Phnom Penh to Pursat province calling for the release of political prisoners. February 1, 2023. (CamboJA/Pring Samrang)

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Candlelight Leader Rong Chhun Postpones Mass Protest After Hun Sen Threatens To Arrest Him

2 Jun 2023 5:36 PM|

Opposition Candlelight Party’s Vice President Rong Chhun postponed the mass rally he had planned for this weekend to protest his party’s disqualification from the July elections.

Farmland in Koh Kong province’s Chouk village returned to villagers in 2018 through a previous settlement, in a photo from May 31, 2023. (Supplied)

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Koh Kong Families Settle Years-Long Land Dispute Involving U.K. Sugar Conglomerate

2 Jun 2023 5:08 PM|

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable…

The Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh on September 10, 2021. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

National ·

Interior Ministry Orders Siem Reap NGO to Stop Conference

2 Jun 2023 7:02 AM|

The Interior Ministry issued a statement warning that it would take action against the Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies (CPSC) right before the organization was going to hold a…

Sam Rainsy meets with several members of Malaysian parliament in a personal visit. (Sam Rainsy Facebook)

National ·

Hun Sen Claims Sam Rainsy Expelled from Malaysia, But Contrasting Narrative Emerges

1 Jun 2023 5:58 PM|

Opposition figure Sam Rainsy came to Malaysia for a planned day-long “private visit” which included a “greet and meet” with three legislators on Tuesday and then returned to Paris the…

The outside of Correctional Center 1 in Phnom Penh, photographed on November 11, 2021. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

National ·

“Soaring Number” of Children Detained in Prisons, Rights Group Reports

1 Jun 2023 5:37 PM|

A “soaring number” of minors are being detained in the majority of prisons at an “alarming rate,” human rights NGO Licadho reported in a Thursday statement published on international Children’s…

Authorities Oppose Land Titles to Thai Citizens; Thousands of Displaced People Remain in Shelters

Hun Sen Threatens to Dissolve NGOs That Don’t Report Financials

Phnom Penh Memorial Marks Third Anniversary of Thai Activist’s Abduction

Indigenous Peoples Fear Loss of Lands After Passage of New Law

Candlelight Leader Rong Chhun Postpones Mass Protest After Hun Sen Threatens To Arrest Him

Hun Sen Claims Sam Rainsy Expelled from Malaysia, But Contrasting Narrative Emerges

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Authorities Oppose Land Titles to Thai Citizens; Thousands of Displaced People Remain in Shelters

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