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Cambodian Dam Project Ignored Economic, Social, Cultural Rights, Report Says
A China-financed hydropower project in Cambodia’s northeast has uprooted thousands of local indigenous and ethnic minority people since its completion in 2018, and the developer and the Cambodian government ignored their ethical responsibilities to facilitate its completion, Human Rights Watch said in a report this week.
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Journalists harassed on the job as authorities clear homes for development at Boeng Tompun
Two journalists were stopped and harassed by Phnom Penh police and security agents on Friday while covering a land dispute between authorities and residents along Boeng Tompun lake.
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Poipet’s Border Casino Workers Are Out of Work, Out of Options
Poipet city’s casino industry, on the border with Thailand, has been hit hard by the pandemic. All casinos there were shuttered in late April as they became Covid-19 hotspots, and it’s been more than three months of scraping by for many of the thousands of casino workers who found themselves out of work.
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Cambodian migrant workers struggle to survive in locked-down Thailand
Since June 28, construction has been halted as Hong and 68 other Cambodian workers have been placed under lockdown as part of Bangkok’s sweeping push to halt the spread of Covid-19.
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District Officials Harass Journalists Covering Protest: Union
The Cambodian Journalists Alliance Association (CamboJA) condemned the Meanchey district authority on Friday for confiscating an identity card and pictures and videos from two reporters.
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Svay Rieng provincial authorities place canal land dispute protestors in COVID-19 quarantine
Vann Sophat, business coordinator and human rights officer at Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told CamboJA there are many cases where people have gathered to protest over land and have been restricted by regulations of the Ministry of Health.
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New CNRP-Linked Opposition Party Gathers 4,000 Thumbprints for Registration
A new opposition party by ex-CNRP officials has taken another step toward becoming formally registered with the Interior Ministry after submitting 4,000 supporters’ thumbprints, as it eyes alliances with other minor parties ahead of next year’s commune elections.
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Villagers Pressured to Take 900 Riel Per Sq M in Compensation: Representative
Village officials pressured some Svay Rieng residents to accept less than $0.25 per square meter to give up their land for a state reservoir, two community representatives allege, though a village chief denies there was any coercion.
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Government Cancels Siem Reap Port Project Held By Immigration Official
Prime Minister Hun Sen has canceled a tourism port development concession in Siem Reap province purportedly over a $1 million tax issue, a tax bill contested by the concessionaire who also works for the government.
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Ex-District Police Chief Under Investigation for Allegedly Clearing 87 Hectares
A former district police chief in Koh Kong province is under investigation for allegedly bulldozing 87 hectares of forest around the Dang Peng multiuse protected area.
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NGOs Launch Advocacy Campaign for Jailed Human Rights Defenders
Local NGOs on Aug. 10 launched a campaign calling for the release of Cambodian activists and human rights defenders who have been jailed and, in some cases, convicted for speaking out on environmental issues.
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 499 New Cases of COVID19; 882 Recovered; 17 Died
Cambodia reported 499 new cases of COVID19, 17 patients died, while 882 patients recovered on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health's press release dated 10 August 2021.
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Evicted Residents Label Government “Dictatorship” after Homes Destroyed
A land dispute stretching back to at least 2018 reached a conclusion on Aug. 4, 2021 when authorities demolished the remaining homes of Boeung Chhouk A in Russey Keo District, Phnom Penh.
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Oxfam urges government to use IMF COVID recovery fund transparently
Oxfam has urged the Cambodian government to ensure that a $240million debt-free fund announced by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to support Cambodia’ economic recovery is used to benefit all Cambodians affected by COVID-19.
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As Cambodia Sheds Factory Jobs, Family Farms Lose a Lifeline
Riya’s family is not unique in their economic struggles. Many of Cambodia’s smallholder- farming households send a daughter to work in a garment factory or a son to scale the scaffolding of a rising Phnom Penh skyscraper.
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Phnom Penh curfew and dining ban lead to rise in plastic waste
Phnom Penh’s plastic consumption appears to have risen sharply due to the increased demand for take-out packaging and COVID-19 personal protective equipment throughout the capital’s curfew and ban on dine-in eating.
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Gov’t rebuffs Human Rights Watch’s criticism about impact from Lower Sesan 2 Dam
The government yesterday refuted claims made by Human Rights Watch in a report which said: “The Lower Sesan 2 dam washed away the livelihoods of Indigenous and ethnic minority communities who previously lived communally and mostly self-sufficiently from fishing, forest-gathering, and agriculture.”
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TOP NEWS: Cambodia Reports 499 New Cases of COVID19; 882 Recovered; 17 Died
The government has refuted the concern made by five United Nations human rights experts who reported that Cambodian authorities are “targeting, threatening and criminalising” human rights defenders, saying the concern is “baseless”.
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Families of Jailed Cambodian Activists Call on Government to Drop Incitement Charges
The family members of seven young social and environmental activists arrested a year ago urged the Cambodian government on Tuesday to drop the incitement charges against them, echoing a letter by U.N. human rights experts calling on the government to hold their trial or unconditionally release the detainees.
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Dam in Cambodia a ‘Disaster’ for Local Communities: Rights Group
A Chinese-financed hydropower mega-dam in northeastern Cambodia has been a “disaster” for local communities, validating warnings that were made by activists and environmentalists more than a decade ago.
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