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Indigenous group says it was pushed to withdraw complaint
- Released Date: 14-Aug-2017
Representatives of the Pu Nong indigenous community in Mondulkiri provinces Bou Sra commune have accused the director of the Provincial Rural Development Department of forcing them to withdraw a complaint over the prevention of their indigenous peopl
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Apsara Authority continues removing homes in Angkor
- Released Date: 14-Aug-2017
The Apsara Authority and Siem Reap provincial officials have demolished 49 homes out of 520 slated for removal within the Angkor Archaeological Park since Thursday, officials said yesterday.
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Angkor Park residents fear being evicted
- Released Date: 11-Aug-2017
As the Apsara Authority knocked down seven illegal structures in the Angkor Archeological Park yesterday, other residents expressed confusion over why they were first granted permission to build homes but are now being evicted.
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Speed up land titles: Indigenous groups
- Released Date: 10-Aug-2017
The Indigenous People Network and civil society organisations yesterday asked the government to speed up registration of indigenous collective lands.At a celebration of the 23rd International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples, in Kampong Thom prov
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Commune chief ordered to repair ADB-funded road
- Released Date: 10-Aug-2017
Kampong Cham provincial authorities have ordered a newly-elected commune chief to repair a road he had begun excavating to irrigate water away from villagers rice fields in Cheung Prey commune.
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Cambodia Court Rejects Jailed Land Activists Appeal
- Released Date: 09-Aug-2017
A court in Cambodias capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday rejected an appeal by land activist and rights campaigner Tep Vanny of her conviction on charges of “aggravated intentional violence,” drawing condemnation from rights groups who demanded she be free
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Meet between officials, dam villagers cancelled
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
A meeting between representatives of two ethnic minority communities in Stung Treng that will be affected by the official start of operations at the Lower Sesan II dam was cancelled yesterday after provincial authorities placed too many conditions on
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CNRP MP seeks clarity on sand-dredging ban
- Released Date: 01-Aug-2017
Opposition lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday submitted a letter to National Assembly President Heng Samrin to forward to Minister of Mines and Energy Suy Sem requesting more information on sand-dredging operations and a sand-processing facility in Koh Kon
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UN Officials Blocked From Villages Facing Threat of Flood
- Released Date: 26-Jul-2017
Authorities on Tuesday turned back U.N. human rights monitors heading toward a village expected to sink underwater as a new hydroelectric dam tested its floodgates, officials said.
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City Hall to Measure Land of Lake Families Fearing Eviction
- Released Date: 26-Jul-2017
Phnom Penh will begin measuring the homes of hundreds of families seeking land titles to stave off potential eviction by a massive real-estate project filling in a pair of lakes, a municipal government spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Officials stop outsiders travelling to Sesan dam
- Released Date: 25-Jul-2017
Provincial authorities deployed police and Military Police officials outside Kbal Romeas village in Stung Trengs Sesan district yesterday to prevent outsiders from entering villages threatened by flooding from the Lower Sesan II dam.
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Activist ‘threatened for tip over land clearing
- Released Date: 24-Jul-2017
An ethnic Kuoy activist in Stung Treng province says his life was threatened after he tipped authorities off to an alleged land grab on Saturday involving two suspects who remain at large.
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