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Troops withdrawn from Vietnam border, no drones shot down

Most of the troops sent to the eastern border with Vietnam to shoot down drones have since been withdrawn and that no drones were destroyed, military officials told CamboJA. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/troops-withdrawn-from-vietnam-border-no-drones-shot-down/

NGOs want government, Italy to halt reopening of intercountry adoptions

Reopening intercountry adoptions will put Cambodian children and their families at risk, a group of NGOs said in a statement Wednesday, urging the Cambodian government to stop the process. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-want-government-italy-to-halt-reopening-of-intercountry-adoptions/

Five representatives of citizens detained by Battambang Provincial Court for violating private land economic concessions

Five out of six people’s representatives were remanded in custody on Friday, June 23, in connection with a case of encroachment on state-owned private land leased to the Rath Sambath Company in Ota Teak village, Ta Tok commune, Samlot district, Battambang province. ...

Sok Savy
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/five-representatives-of-people-were-detained-by-the-battambang-provincial-court-violated-to-abuse-the-private-companys-land/

PM recommends reconstruction of Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) to resume and drop three charges against employees of the institution after the Ministry of Interior temporarily suspended operations earlier this month. ...

Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/pm-hun-sen-calls-for-reinstatement-of-ccfc/

Civil Society and Opposition Candidates Concerned Over New Electoral Law Amendments

Opposition political party and civil society leaders expressed concern that the National Assembly’s passage of amendments to the electoral law will restrict the rights of citizens to run as candidates in future elections. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/civil-society-and-opposition-candidates-concerned-over-new-electoral-law-amendments/

Gun-wielding rubber firm workers clear more Jarai farms in Ratanakiri land dispute

Gun-toting workers acting on behalf of a well-connected rubber firm have continued to clear the farmlands of a Jarai community in Ratanakiri province’s Andong Meas district, videos shared with CamboJA show. ...

Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/gun-wielding-rubber-firm-workers-clear-more-jarai-farms-in-ratanakiri-land-dispute/

Satellite data shows protected areas faced brunt of deforestation in 2022

New satellite data reveals that Cambodia’s remaining dense forests were further depleted last year, with four major protected areas and national parks registering higher deforestation than in 2021. ...

Andrew Califf
https://cambojanews.com/satellite-data-shows-protected-areas-faced-brunt-of-deforestation-in-2022/

Puma-supplier employees lose their jobs again in alleged union-busting

Thirteen employees at a Puma-supplying factory have lost their jobs after participating in a union election earlier this year. ...

Phon Sothyroth
https://cambojanews.com/puma-supplier-employees-lose-their-jobs-again-alleged-union-busting/

Policy improves garment workers’ safety but leaves bus drivers deep in debt

An ongoing NGO and Labor Ministry initiative aims to make garment workers’ commute safer by shifting their daily transportation from typically flatbed trucks to enclosed buses, but the costs of the expensive upgrades are being placed on drivers. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/policy-improves-garment-workers-safety-but-leaves-bus-drivers-deep-in-debt/

Hun Sen speaks out about Phnom Penh houses confiscated by construction company

A group of over 1,000 families in Phnom Penh effectively advocated for the Prime Minister to speak out after they say the construction company Borey Piphup Thmey violated their contracts and seized their homes. ...

Den Seymar
https://cambojanews.com/hun-sen-speaks-out-about-phnom-penh-houses-confiscated-by-construction-company/

Union gives bus company ‘one last chance’ to finish negotiations

Giant Ibis Transport has again delayed negotiations with 30 laid off union members who say they are owed years-worth of wages and benefits. ...

Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/union-gives-bus-company-one-last-chance-to-finish-negotiations/

Kandal residents protest new land filling near airport development

Kandal village residents protested on Thursday against the filling in of land near their homes at the $1.5 billion airport development project, with a company official saying they were only filling the homes of three people who had agreed to leave the site. ...

Runn Sreydeth and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-residents-protest-new-land-filling-near-airport-development/

Police arrested 3 Bunong over land dispute in Mondulkiri province

 Three Bunong indigenous family members were arrested by Mondulkiri provincial police on Sunday over a land dispute in Chamkar Te Village, Spean Thmor Commune. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/police-arrested-3-bunong-over-land-dispute-in-mondulkiri-province/

Nearly 70 families in Koas Kralor district protest for Battambang Provincial Authorities to provide legal land titles

About 69 families protest in front of Battambang Provincial Administration to demand the authorities to issue legal land title that has been cleared since 2012 on 254 hectares of land at Phnom Snor, Samrong village, Chhnal Moan commune, Koas Kralor district, Battambang province, on the ...

Sok Savy
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/nearly-70-families-in-koh-kralor-district-protest-for-battambang-provincial-authorities-to-provide-legal-land-titles/

Phnom Penh memorial marks third anniversary of Thai activist’s abduction

Cambodian activists called for government accountability at events held on Sunday to mark the disappearance of Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai activist who was allegedly abducted in Phnom Penh in 2020.  ...

Sovann Sreypich and Leila Goldstein
https://cambojanews.com/phnom-penh-memorial-marks-third-anniversary-of-thai-activists-abduction/

Koh Kong families settle years-long land dispute involving U.K. sugar conglomerate

In Koh Kong province, 200 families embroiled in a conflict over land allegedly stolen by sugar producers in 2006 have finally reached a settlement in late 2022. The NGO Equitable Cambodia released a statement announcing the settlement this week. ...

Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/koh-kong-families-settle-years-long-land-dispute-involving-u-k-sugar-conglomerate/

Three CCFC members released on bail after confessing crimes

Three detained land rights activists from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) were released on bail Tuesday evening after confessing to plotting and incitement and publicly apologizing to Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/three-ccfc-members-released-on-bail-after-confessing-crimes/

Environment ministry condemns Mother Nature activists after receiving petition

The Ministry of Environment condemned the environmental group Mother Nature Cambodia after its youth activists delivered a petition Monday to halt state land grants to private companies in Kirirom national park, according to a statement. ...

Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/mother-nature-activists-deliver-petition-environment-ministry-threatens-arrests/

NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar sentenced to two years in prison

Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced NagaWorld union president Chhim Sithar to two years in prison after convicting her of incitement and social unrest on Thursday for leading a strike which has been ongoing since December 18, 2021. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/nagaworld-union-leader-chhim-sithar-sentenced-to-two-years-in-prison/

Interior ministry accuses detained land rights activists of “Peasant Revolution”

Three Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) staff members detained on Wednesday were allegedly plotting a Pol Pot-style “peasant revolution” based on evidence authorities found during a training workshop, Interior Ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak told CamboJA. ...

An Vicheth
https://cambojanews.com/interior-ministry-accuses-detained-land-rights-activists-of-peasant-revolution/

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