Families cut out of a government plan to give residents of Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak lake their long-awaited land titles protested again yesterday in front of the offices of the local commune chief.

About 30 environment officials, military police and police burned some 20 wooden homes to the ground in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district yesterday after villagers refused to obey a court decision ordering 400 families to make way for a conservation area, villagers and rights workers said.

Cambodia has "a long way to go" in protecting human rights and ensuring the National Assembly effectively monitors the executive branch, UN rights envoy Surya Subedi says in his most recent report.

A land rights NGO the government suspended earlier this month for its work with families being displaced by a railway project can re-register the organization once they make a public admission of wrongdoing, an Ministry official said Sunday.

As the creation of Cambodia’s first law on trade unions enters a final phase this week, labor activists and union said the draft law as it stands is in urgent need of revision, as it would cripple unions and severely undermine collective bargaining rights.

Government officials yesterday said they were moving ahead with the draft of a controversial law aiming to regulate the country’s 3,000-plus non-governmental groups and associations, after a group of international NGOs slammed the latest version.

លោក អ៊ូ វីរៈ ប្រធាន​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​កម្ពុជា ជឿថា ប្រទេស​ម្ចាស់ជំនួយ​ធំៗ​ទាំងនោះ រួមមាន​សហភាព​អ៊ឺរ៉ុប និង​សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ជាដើម អាចដាក់​សម្ពាធ​មកលើ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​បាន ប្រសិនបើ​កម្ពុជា នៅតែ​ចេញ​ច្បាប់​NGO ក្នុង​ទម្រង់​ដូច​សេចក្តីព្រាង​លើក​ទី​៣​នេះ​

A government spokesman has hit back at a coalition of 10 prominent rights groups that have urged Cambodia’s foreign donors to consider freezing funding if the controversial law on NGOs and association is passed in its current form.

លោកនាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន នៅក្នុង​កិច្ចប្រជុំ​គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​កន្លងមក​បាន ព្រមាន​ដក​ដី​សម្បទាន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ពី​វិនិយោគិន និង​បញ្ជា​អោយ​ក្រសួង​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​តាមដាន​ស្ថានភាព​ដួលសន្លប់​របស់​កម្មករ​។ ការព្រមាន​របស់​ប្រមុខ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល នៅពេលនេះ​បានធ្វើ​ឡើង ចំពេល​ដែល​បញ្ហា​ទាំងពីរ​នេះ​កក្រើក​ឡើង​។

More than 150 villagers from Kampong Cham province’s Chamkar Leu district gathered at Freedom Park in Phnom Penh yesterday morning to protest against a plan to relocate them from three villages they say they have lived in since 1979 to make way for a rubber plantation.