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Life after Borei Keila: Evictees lament a lack of jobs and infrastructure at relocation site
- Released Date: 16-Jan-2018
Some 16 kilometres from the centre of Phnom Penh, rows of faded white houses sit sleepily in the sun. Next to them is a small lake, its surface dotted with bits of rubbish.The fish in this lake provide income for some of the families who were relocat
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New Borei Keila offer rejected
- Released Date: 16-Jan-2018
Borei Keila residents have continued to reject compensation in exchange for leaving their land, claiming the latest offer was inadequate.
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Villagers seek help in land dispute with mining firm
- Released Date: 15-Jan-2018
Seven villagers from Preah Vihear travelled to Phnom Penh to deliver a petition on Friday asking the government to intervene in a dispute involving gold mining company Delcom, with local authorities turning up to question the wife of one of those del
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Villagers evicted from national park
- Released Date: 15-Jan-2018
Authorities are to force about 40 families in Koh Kong province to relocate from their homes in Botum Sakor National Park.
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Families leave illegally occupied land after warning
- Released Date: 14-Jan-2018
About 40 families living in Andoung Toek commune in Botum Sakor district in Koh Kong province decided to move their homes from the Botum Sakor National Park, which is state land, after authorities threatened to take action against them.
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Ethnic Phnong claim their forest land was grabbed by officials
- Released Date: 09-Jan-2018
An ethnic Phnong community in Kratie provinces Snuol district has accused local officials and soldiers of grabbing over 1,000 hectares of community forest and threatening the lives of local villagers for years, with the rights group Adhoc yesterday s
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Land for Borei Keila residents sold off
- Released Date: 08-Jan-2018
As Phnom Penh officials look to close the books on the long-running Borei Keila land dispute, evicted residents are balking for much the same reasons they have for the past 10 years: The compensation on offer is not what they were promised.
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Borei Keila eviction, 6 years on
- Released Date: 04-Jan-2018
Six years ago yesterday, hundreds of residents in Phnom Penhs Borei Keila neighbourhood were forcibly evicted and saw their homes destroyed in a single day, a grim anniversary that community members – many of them still awaiting compensation – gather
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Poipet families protest for help in land dispute
- Released Date: 03-Jan-2018
Some 30 families from Poipet citys Phsar Kandal commune yesterday protested in front of the Poipet Town Hall to demand intervention from authorities to resolve a land dispute with a man who claims to be an “adviser” to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
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Soldier suing Oddar Meanchey villagers over land dispute
- Released Date: 02-Jan-2018
A military lieutenant is suing 13 families in Oddar Meanchey for allegedly farming his land, which lies within a protected community forest in Anlong Veng district, local authorities confirmed yesterday.
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Disputes over land fall in 2017
- Released Date: 01-Jan-2018
The total number of land disputes and related protests fell in 2017, the Ministry of Land Management said while some NGOs claimed activists are to afraid of arrests to raise their concerns.
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As deadline passes, Borei Keila residents reject final offer
- Released Date: 25-Dec-2017
A deadline for a group of Borei Keila residents to accept compensation or leave their homes with nothing passed on Friday, with none of the residents agreeing to move to a resettlement site, and authorities saying they have no right to remain, but wi
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