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Jarai Villagers Ask UN for Help in Land Fight

31 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Forests and forestry / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development
community forest / community land / Company 72 / Day Dong Yoeung Company / Disputed Land / ELCs / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai minority / ethnic Jarai villagers / Forest / land conflicts / land disputes / land protests / Lom village / Lom Village Chief / Lom Villagers / NGO-led Workshop / O’Yadav district / Paknhai commune / Phnom Penh / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Romas Chvat / Sev Hlin / student volunteer program / Stung Treng / Stung Treng Province / UN / United Nations / Vietnamese company / villagers

More than 300 ethnic Jarai families from Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district in longstanding land disputes with two Vietnamese land concessionaires submitted a petition to UN human rights officers yesterday asking for help. Village representative Romas Chvat said locals were participating in an NGO-led workshop on protest ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165970/National/jarai-villagers-ask-un-for-help-in-land-fight.html

Arrests Threatened In Ratanakkiri

15 May 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crime and law enforcement / Economic land concessions and plantations / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development
Adhoc / Adhoc Senior Investigator Chan Saveth / Company 72 / deforestation / ELCs / ethnic Jarai / ethnic Jarai villagers / ethnic minorities / evictions / Farm Land / forced evictions / Forest / forest clearing / Forestry Administration / Land rights / Lom village’s Forestry Protection Committee Leader / Lom Villagers / Men Sarun Co Ltd / O’Yadav district / O’Yadav District Governor Dork Sar / Paknhai commune / protected area / protected forest / protests / Ratanakkiri / Ratanakkiri Province / Sav Finh / Vietnamese company / Vietnamese Company 72 / villagers

Provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri have warned ethnic Jarai villagers that they will be arrested if they continue to stop bulldozers belonging to a Vietnamese company from clearing forest in O’Yadav district’s Paknhai commune, community leaders said yesterday. Sav Finh, leader of Lom village’s forestry protection committee, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051565625/National/arrests-threatened-in-ratanakkiri.html

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