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Joint Statement On Restriction on Freedom of Movement
Civil Society Organizations (CSO) condemn the representative of SOCFIN-KCD, who has prevented and prohibited the NGOs and people during their study visit to learn about the culture of indigenous people, mountains, forests, waterfall, and wildlife sanctuary which is located in Busra commune, Pichreada district, Mondulkiri province. The representative claims that this area is the company’s private property. On Jan 21, 2010, while a group of about 30 members of CSOs and ommunities from various provinces was traveling to study natural forest in Namlea mountain protected area in Bousra commune, suddenly, the Socfin-KCD company’s car with a representative namely Mr. Pierre was following the NGOs vehicle and stopped the trip showing an intimidated behavior. He also prevented the group from taking pictures of nature forests which he regards as private property of company and no once is allowed to enter the area.
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Joint Statement On Restriction on Freedom of Movement
Civil Society Organizations (CSO) condemn the representative of SOCFIN-KCD, who has prevented and prohibited the NGOs and people during their study visit to learn about the culture of indigenous people, mountains, forests, waterfall, and wildlife sanctuary which is located in Busra commune, Pichreada district, Mondulkiri province. The representative claims that this area is the company’s private property. On Jan 21, 2010, while a group of about 30 members of CSOs and ommunities from various provinces was traveling to study natural forest in Namlea mountain protected area in Bousra commune, suddenly, the Socfin-KCD company’s car with a representative namely Mr. Pierre was following the NGOs vehicle and stopped the trip showing an intimidated behavior. He also prevented the group from taking pictures of nature forests which he regards as private property of company and no once is allowed to enter the area.
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Rights Respecting Governments Should Speak Up to Protect Defenders
Governments responsible for serious human rights violations have over the past year intensified attacks against human rights defenders and organizations that document abuse, Human Rights Watch said today in issuing its World Report 2010.
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Joint Statement On Restriction on Freedom of Movement
Civil Society Organizations (CSO) condemn the representative of SOCFIN-KCD, who has prevented and prohibited the NGOs and people during their study visit to learn about the culture of indigenous people, mountains, forests, waterfall, and wildlife sanctuary which is located in Busra commune, Pichreada district, Mondulkiri province. The representative claims that this area is the company’s private property. On Jan 21, 2010, while a group of about 30 members of CSOs and ommunities from various provinces was traveling to study natural forest in Namlea mountain protected area in Bousra commune, suddenly, the Socfin-KCD company’s car with a representative namely Mr. Pierre was following the NGOs vehicle and stopped the trip showing an intimidated behavior. He also prevented the group from taking pictures of nature forests which he regards as private property of company and no once is allowed to enter the area.
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Press release on Svay Rieng Case in English
The Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee (CHRAC), a coalition of 21 NGO members, would like to officially announce to the public and members of local and international media that Mr. Sam Sokong, lawyer of the Cambodian Defenders’ Project (CDP).
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Open Budget Index 2010
The International Budget Partnership’s Open Budget Survey assesses the availability in each country assessed of eight key budget documents, as well as the comprehensiveness of the data contained in these documents.
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World Report 2010
In Cambodia, more than 60 community activists were imprisoned or awaiting trial during 2009—often on spurious charges—for helping to organize and represent ellow community members facing eviction or illegal confiscation of their land by private companies linked to high-ranking government and military officials.
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NGO Join Statistics Database Report on Trafficking and Rape in Cambodia 2009
This report presents data on trafficking for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and rape in Cambodia for the period between January and December 2009, which were collected from 27participating NGOs.
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Investment in Agriculture
The global land grab,2 to a great extent, has been spurred by the events surrounding the Food and Financial Crises of 2008. In response to the crises, many developing countries looking to regain their economic footing increased their openness to foreign direct investment (FD I) in emerging markets—particularly in agribusiness and tourism. As part of this trend, fertile land is being offered to investors, often at giveaway prices, and especially in Africa. These and other factors have ignited a global rush for the world’s farmland by investors in what has become known as the global “land grab” phenomenon.
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