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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/

Three detained CCFC staff face 10 years imprisonment on plotting, incitement charges

The president of Coalition of Cambodian Farmers Community (CCFC) and two of his colleagues were charged with plotting and incitement by the Ratanakiri provincial court on Monday, facing up to 10 years in prison, according to court spokesperson Keo Visoth. ...

Khuon Narim and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/three-detained-ccfc-staff-face-10-years-imprisonment-on-plotting-incitement-charges/

Three land rights activists detained, questioned by police after organizing training workshop

Kratie authorities detained and questioned 17 members of the land rights organization Coalition of Cambodia Farmers Community (CCFC) on Wednesday afternoon as the group returned to Phnom Penh by bus from a staff training workshop hosted in Ratanakiri. ...

An Vicheth
https://cambojanews.com/three-land-rights-activists-detained-questioned-by-police-after-organizing-training-workshop/

New policy may prevent opposition candlelight party from registering for elections

The leading opposition Candlelight Party is currently unable to register for the upcoming national elections due to a new policy by the National Election Committee, according to the party’s acting secretary general Kong Monika. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/new-policy-may-prevent-opposition-candlelight-party-from-registering-for-elections/

In closing arguments, prosecution frames NagaWorld gatherings as incitement, union leaders claim lawful strike

NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar and eight union co-defendants requested acquittal for their lawful strike during Wednesday closing statements, while prosecutors compiled a collage of evidence to portray the labor struggle as an act of incitement. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/in-closing-arguments-prosecution-frames-nagaworld-gatherings-as-incitement-union-leaders-claim-lawful-strike/

Prime minister’s relative receives 30 hectares of Mondulkiri forest land

Government official Dy Panha received 30.79 hectares of land in northeastern Mondulkiri province cut from forest cover in a September sub-decree released publicly earlier this year.  ...

Eung Sea and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/prime-ministers-relative-receives-30-hectares-of-mondulkiri-forest-land/

Daun Ov community in Dangkor district has submitted a petition to the city hall to resolve the land issue

Nearly 80 people representing 56 families in Daun Ov community, Sangkat Cheung Ek, Khan Dangkor, who are worried about eviction, have urged the Phnom Penh authorities to expedite the issuance of land titles. And on-site development. ...

Phon Sotthyroth and Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/daun-ouv-community-in-dangkor-district-has-submitted-a-petition-to-the-city-hall-to-help-resolve-the-land-issue/

Opposition party members beaten and slashed in multiple assaults, NGO reports

A Candlelight Party youth organizer in Phnom Penh was buying a coffee on April 6 when two men in black sped towards him on a motorbike and pulled out a metal baton, striking him on the shoulder. ...

Phon Sotthyroth and Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/opposition-party-members-beaten-and-slashed-in-multiple-assaults-ngo-reports/

Environmental activists still demand finding those involved after 11 years of Chut Wutty assassination

About 30 young environmental activists have filed a petition to the Ministry of Justice urging an independent prosecutor’s office to find the perpetrators of Chut Wutty’s murder and bring them to justice after he was killed for 11 years. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/environmental-activists-remain-required-to-find-stakeholders-after-11-years-of-murder-of-chut-wutty/

Dozens of houses destroyed after Bassac river bank collapses following years of sand dredging

Kim Maneth had lived in her home along the river bank in Kandal province for four decades before it collapsed, along with dozens of other homes in an area where sand dredging has been rampant for years. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/dozens-of-houses-destroyed-after-bassac-river-bank-collapses-following-years-of-sand-dredging/

Tbong Khmum Provincial Court questioned two community representatives in connection with encroachment on state land

Two community representatives in Memot district were questioned by the Tbong Khmum Provincial Court in connection with allegations of illegal encroachment on state land as they allegedly did not act as alleged. ...

Phon Sottyroth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/tbong-khmum-provincial-court-questioned-two-community-representatives-in-connection-with-illegal-encroachment-on-state-land/

500 Kandal families petition authorities to halt evictions for airport development

Hundreds of families facing displacement from a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province petitioned the provincial governor Monday, requesting authorities grant them land titles and allow them to continue living on the land. ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/500-kandal-families-petition-authorities-to-halt-evictions-for-airport-development/

The cassava-boom undermining a leading conservation program

Sam Sak stands amidst a landscape of cleared earth, surrounded by cassava stems planted like flags to claim their place inside the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/the-cassava-boom-undermining-a-leading-conservation-program/

Kandal airport developer begins direct negotiations with households seeking better compensation

Families facing eviction to make way for a $1.5 billion airport under construction in Kandal province continue to contest the compensation being offered by the project’s developer. This week the company began directly negotiating with some of the more than 60 families who had still ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-airport-developer-begins-direct-negotiations-with-households-seeking-better-compensation/

ADB warns Cambodia’s growth will be stunted by climate change

Cambodia’s long term economic growth faces significant threats from climate change and could dampen prospects for becoming an upper-middle income country in the coming years, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report issued last week. ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/adb-warns-cambodias-growth-will-be-stunted-by-climate-change/

For overseas Khmer citizens, voting requires a costly trip home

Tuon Sopheara, a Cambodian migrant worker in South Korea, wants to vote in the upcoming July elections but cannot afford the plane ticket home. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/for-overseas-khmer-citizens-voting-requires-a-costly-trip-home/

Kem Sokha to appeal this week against treason conviction

 Ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha plans to submit an appeal this week against his treason conviction and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court 27 year home confinement sentence, according to his lawyers. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/kem-sokha-to-appeal-this-week-against-treason-conviction/

Former opposition activists arrested for Facebook posts insulting the king

 Two former opposition activists were arrested Tuesday and charged with incitement and insulting the King for Facebook posts commenting on the relationship between King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/former-opposition-activists-arrested-for-facebook-posts-insulting-the-king/

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