Indigenous Peoples Fear Loss of Lands After Passage of New Law
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…
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Candlelight Leader Rong Chhun Postpones Mass Protest After Hun Sen Threatens To Arrest Him
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.
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Koh Kong Families Settle Years-Long Land Dispute Involving U.K. Sugar Conglomerate
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…
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Interior Ministry Orders Siem Reap NGO to Stop Conference
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…
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Hun Sen Claims Sam Rainsy Expelled from Malaysia, But Contrasting Narrative Emerges
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…
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“Soaring Number” of Children Detained in Prisons, Rights Group Reports
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…
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Three CCFC Members Released on Bail After Confessing Crimes
Three detained land rights activists from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) were released on bail Tuesday evening after confessing to plotting and incitement and publicly apologizing to Prime…
Environment Ministry Condemns Mother Nature Activists After Receiving Petition
The Ministry of Environment condemned the environmental group Mother Nature after its youth activists delivered a petition Monday to halt state land grants to private companies and tycoons in Kirirom…
