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Community keen on protector role
Fifty-one families living in a sub-village within the Stung Sen Ramsar site in Kampong Thom province’s Kampong Svay district are requesting that the Ministry of Environment and relevant authorities designate the area as being community protected.
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Conservation area residents registered for land requests
The provinces of Koh Kong, Kep and Oddar Meanchey have completed a census identifying long-time residents of areas designated as protected natural land and conservation areas. This will enable them to apply for land allocation pursuant to an order given by Prime Minister Hun Sen on July 3, 2020, a senior official from the Ministry of Environment said.
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Villagers: Take action against KK land grab
More than 200 residents of Chroy Svay community’s Saray Khang Cheung village in Koh Kong province’s Sre Ambel district urged authorities and the provincial Department of Environment to take action against people who have encroached on the community’s flooded forest land.
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Family of Disabled Former Soldier Donates Land to The Village School
A disabled former soldier and his wife have provided 900 square meters of their land to build a new secondary school, hoping to contribute to the development of education in Cambodia.
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Civil society groups call for transparency in development projects
Several civil society groups said on Wednesday that grassroots communities lack access to information on significant development projects affecting their communities including economic land concessions, often with a serious impact on people’s livelihoods.
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Indigenous Patrollers Raise Alarm Over Keo Seima Encroachment
More than 100 hectares of Bunong community land and protected Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary forest are being cleared, a community patrol reported this week.
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Ex-Governor, Property Tycoon Receive Privatized State Land
A former Pailin governor and a real estate developer have received land that was formerly designated as state forest but had already been cleared, cultivated and sold by individuals, local officials said.
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Analysis: Coercion in Airport Land Deal Could Breed Fear, Mistrust
Vann Sophat, a project coordinator for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the airport case amounted to coercion against landowners to accept compensation as demanded by the authorities and the company. This violated the law and was a serious human rights violation, Sophat said.
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Charges dropped against Cambodian political researcher
A Cambodian court has dropped all charges laid against a prominent political researcher after Prime Minister Hun Sen took a personal interest in the case and asked authorities to consider withdrawing his arrest warrant.
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More Boeng Tamok Plots Go to Interior Ministry, Military Official’s Wife
Chak Sopheap, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, expressed regret about the government continuing to cut off Tamok lake, despite the government previously saying it would preserve parts of it for the public interest.
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Cambodian children face crisis from poor diets
Cambodian children under the age of two are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report released by UNICEF's global office today.
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Kampong Chhnang asks Interior Ministry to help resolve land dispute
The Kampong Chhnang Provincial Administration will ask the Interior Ministry to help resolve the land disputes of more than 500 families after residents protested to raise awareness of their complaint, according to the provincial governor yesterday.
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R’kiri environmental activist imprisoned for allegedly clearing forest land
Environmental activist Chhorn Phalla was arrested and placed in pretrial detention in Ratanakiri province on Monday on charges of clearing state forest land dating back to 2020. Phalla had returned to the province in February after being allegedly attacked and beaten at a public forum in July last year.
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Cambodians Relieved by Seng Sary’s Freedoms, but Questions Remain
Sopheap Chak, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights pointed to both the Cambodian Constitution and the range of international agreements Cambodia has signed that guarantee freedom of expression.
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Media growth prompts ethics call
An increase in the number of media outlets in the Kingdom is a testament to the degree of press freedoms granted to the media industry in the country, Ministry of Information spokesman Meas Sophorn said.
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Updated: Phnom Penh Court Drops Arrest Warrant Against Analyst After PM’s Appeal
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday decided to drop an arrest warrant against Thailand-based social analyst Seng Sary after Prime Minister Hun Sen made the suggestion in a Facebook post on Monday.
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Cambodian Woman in China pleads for help on TikTok
According to her TikTok’s video, the victim described her name as Ath Sopheak from Kampong Speu province’s Samraong Tong district, and her mother is Phi and father is Ol.
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Civil Society Groups Call for Proper Compensation in Kandal Land Dispute
As the land dispute between villagers and the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) continues without resolution, 31 civil society groups issued a joint statement on Sept. 21 urging the government and the OCIC to provide reasonable compensation for communities who face eviction in the wake of the new Phnom Penh International Airport currently under construction.
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Ratanakiri Police Arrest Land Activist
Environmentalist Chhorn Phalla has been arrested by Ratanakiri police after they called him in to update the address on his identification card, his lawyer said.
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Protestors block National Road 5 over land dispute
Protesters blocked National Road 5 on Sunday in Kampong Chhnang province’s Boribor district near the border with Pursat province for more than three hours before disbanding after the district authorities intervened.
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