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Villagers try to stop Prek Pnov district authorities from building a flood mitigation canal, which would affect their homes, stalls and fishing area, February 27, 2024. (CamboJA/ Phon Sothyroth)

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Boeung Tamok Residents Protest Against Canal Project As Excavator, Authorities Descend

27 Feb 2024 10:37 PM|
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Three people were injured when a clash occurred between 40 Boeung Tamok residents and Prek Pnov district authorities as the latter comprising 50 officers began excavating the ground to build a canal early Tuesday morning.

Laborers work at a construction site in Phnom Penh on March 13, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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The Majority of Construction Workers Are Still Not Registered for Government Benefits

14 Mar 2023 2:55 PM|

Under the labor law, all workers are supposed to receive NSSF benefits. But many construction workers remain unaware of what they are owed by employers and most construction workers are not registered to receive NSSF benefits.

An indigenous group erects a sign to calling out the illegal grabbing of their collective land in Andong Kraloeng community, Mondulkiri province. Photo supplied.

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Indigenous Communities Urge Action on Collective Land Titles

13 Mar 2023 12:03 PM|

Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available in 2009, with indigenous activists and rights groups bemoaning the notoriously slow process.

A vendor prepares flowers for sale for a funeral ceremony in Phnom Penh on March 7, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Report Points to Inadequate Enforcement, Legal Flaws as Reasons for Entrenched Domestic Violence

10 Mar 2023 11:52 AM|

A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement.

Men drive past the Great Union Factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, which has had to suspend a number of its workers due to decreased orders, March 07, 2023. CamboJA/ Pring Samrang

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Government Announces Financial Support for Suspended Workers as Garment Sector Struggles Under Global Economic Blows

9 Mar 2023 8:43 AM|

Since November, factory worker Ouk Tharith, 40, has been relying on $30 a month from Great Union (Cambodia) Garment Co., Ltd in Phnom. Lacking sufficient orders, the factory has suspended operations three times in recent months, impacting some 1,072 workers. Tharith has taken a job as a cleaner — work that pays just $170 a month compared with the $300 she earned as a garment worker.

Prak Sophea shows the court summons she got from the court and her request for delay on February 25, 2023. (CamboJA/Phon Sotthyroth)

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Nine Boeng Tamok Residents Placed Under Court Supervision, Face Additional Charges

1 Mar 2023 9:04 PM|

Nine Boeng Tamok lake residents face charges of “intentional acts of violence and obstruction of public officials” and were placed under court supervision following a February 21 warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal court.

Keo Vandy holds a copy of her missing husband’s identification as she waits to hear news near Trach pagoda in Poipet on December 30, 2022. (CamboJA / Jack Brook)

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DNA Test Confirms One Cambodian Died in Poipet Casino Fire, But More Still Missing

27 Feb 2023 8:23 PM|

DNA testing last week revealed one Cambodian died in the December Poipet casino fire, Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities told CamboJA Monday.

The famous lions roundabout in Sihanoukville, the coastal city housing numerous scam compounds, on August 24, 2022. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Police Claim Japanese, Malaysian Nationals Removed From Compound Not Confined Against Will

6 Feb 2023 5:06 PM|

Police claim 19 Japanese nationals who were removed from a Sihanoukville compound last week were not held against their will and are being investigated for alleged criminal activity, according to National Police spokesperson Chhay Kim Khoeun.

CITA members, activists and Friday Women began their expected 210 kilometer march from Phnom Penh to Pursat, calling for the release of politicians and other activists from the prison, on February 1, 2023. (CamboJA/ Pring Samrang)

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Teachers Union Begins Social Justice March to Pursat

1 Feb 2023 7:28 PM|

A crowd of around 30 activists gathered at the base of Phnom Penh’s namesake Wat Phnom hill Wednesday before embarking down National Road 5 on a more than 200 kilometer journey by foot to Pursat province to promote social justice and morality.

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