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បន្ទាប់ពី​មាន​ភ្លៀង​ធំ​ ២ ​ថ្ងៃ​ជាប់ៗ​គ្នា​សំរាម​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​សង្កេតឃើញ​មាន​ហូរ​ពី​កន្លែង​នានា​មក​ផ្ដុំ​ពេញ​ប្រឡាយ ជាពិសេស​នៅ​បឹងត្របែក​បណ្ដាល​ឱ្យ​ចាល់​ជន់​លិច​ផ្ទះ​ពលរដ្ឋ​នៅ​ក្បែរ​នោះ​ជា​អ្វី​ដែល​​អាជ្ញាធរ​ស្ដីបន្ទោស​លើ​អ្នក​ចោល ...

សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​បាន​ប្រកាស​បិទ​បញ្ចប់​ដំណើរការ​ដោះស្រាយ​ផលប៉ះពាល់​ពី​គម្រោង​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​តំបន់​បឹងកក់​ជា​ផ្លូវការ ​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ បន្ទាប់ពី​ អ្នកភូមិ​បាន​តវ៉ា​អស់​ពេល​ជិត​មួយ​ទសវត្សរ៍ បើ​ទោះ​ជា​នៅ​មាន​គ្រួសារ​ខ្លះ​មិន​ទាន់​សម្រេច​ទទួល​យក​ និង​គំរាម​តវ៉ា​បន្ត​ទៀត​ក្ដី។ ...

​អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​របស់​ឧត្ដមស្នងការ​អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​ផ្នែក​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​មក​ដល់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ដើម្បី​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ការ​អនុវត្ត​ផ្នែក​គោរព​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​។​ ជាង​នេះ​ទៀត​ អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​រូប​នេះ​ ក៏​គ្រោង​នឹង​ជួប​សន្ទនា​ជាមួយ​ដៃគូ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នានា​ និង ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall yesterday defended the actions of police and security guards who blocked protesters as they tried to leave the capital’s Boeung Kak area before they stopped and searched an NGO’s vehicle. Dozens of Daun Penh district police, security guards and military police blockaded ...

Cambodian and international rights groups have renewed their calls for the release of Phnom Penh housing rights campaigner campaigner Yorm Bopha one year after her arrest, urging the public and national leaders not to forget her during the country’s current political deadlock. Global watchdog Amnesty International ...

The battle for Phnom Penh at Sunday’s national election will be fought out with the years-long Boeung Kak land dispute still unresolved, after the city’s governor announced yesterday a solution would be found only after the ballot, villagers said. Phnom Penh Governor Pa Socheatvong, who in ...

In the past few years, the explosive events at Boeung Kak lake – including violent evictions and arrests – have gone largely unreported outside the Kingdom’s independent media outlets. Outspoken community representative Tep Vanny has been under attack from her fellow Boeung Kak residents, who ...

At least two women were injured Monday as housing rights activists clashed with police in Phnom Penh. The activists had been demonstrating by sitting in a major street in front of City Hall to demand land titles in two ongoing land disputes in the capital, those ...

More than 100 police and security guards, including  riot squad members, were deployed to the capital’s Boeung Kak lake community yesterday to block a protest that, at times, involved only three shouting women. About 50 members of the Boeung Kak community tried to march from Village ...

The Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the guilty verdict for anti-eviction activist Yorm Bopha, but reduced her sentence from three-to two-years imprisonment, of which one year was suspended. The ruling means that Ms. Bopha will not be released until late 2014. Supporters and human rights groups ...

Responding to a new plan put forward by members of the Bo­eung Kak community and NGOs last month, Phnom Penh Municipal Hall announced on Friday that it had drawn up a list of all families who remain excluded from the 12.44 hectares Prime Minister Hun ...

Local authorities met with Boeung Kak community members yesterday to register villagers left out of the oft-criticised resettlement scheme as a first step to providing them with titles and onsite housing. More than 10 officials including police, commune and village chief, as well as representatives of ...

The coming sprawls of Phnom Penh’s new satellite cities will bring about not only opportunities but also challenges for the population. “Any urban area has to sprawl outside the main city areas so that it can keep up with the increasing demand of commercial land,” said ...

Phnom Penh’s new governor used his swearing in ceremony to Friday to boldly vow to solve some of the municipality’s longest-running and most high-emotive land disputes. Pa Socheatvong officially took over on Friday from outgoing governor Kep Chuktema, who served as the city’s chief for 10 ...

The World Bank has revised its growth prediction for Cambodia upwards to 7 per cent for 2013, from its January prediction of 6.7 per cent, a revision it attributes to the performance of the Kingdom’s agriculture, tourism and garment sectors. Cambodia’s outlook is generally positive, according ...

The Cambodian Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a jailed land rights activist’s appeal to be released on bail, drawing criticism from rights groups who said the whole case smacked of political interference and should be thrown out. “I am having heart, respiratory, and stomach ...

A bail hearing for imprisoned Boeung Kak lake land activist Yorm Bopha, 29, will be held this morning at the Supreme Court, her husband, Lous Sakhorn, said yesterday. Bopha was arrested on September 4 last year and charged with intentional violence over the assault ...

Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals, activists in Cambodia are calling on the government to be more open and transparent about land concessions, beef up mechanisms for resolving land disputes, and abide by the rule of law. It is estimated that ...

At least six people were seriously injured Wednesday in clashes between about 100 villagers demanding land compensation and 300 security personnel in front of the home of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, activists said. According to villager representative Tep Vanny, the evictees from Phnom Penh’s Boeung ...

Four families who were violently evicted from Borei Keila in January last year built shelters yesterday in the rubbish where their houses once stood, claiming the land still belonged to them. The evictees erected small frames on the land, in the capital’s Prampi Makara district, irritating ...

The U.N.’s expert on housing rights has cited the World Bank’s failure to help thousands of families evicted from Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood as a prime example of why the bank needs to make human rights a focus of its land sector programs worldwide. At ...

A mother of four, with the youngest on her hip, said she was not impressed by the palatial government buildings where Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Council of Ministers have their offices. Her own home is a wood-and-tin shack now partially buried under the ...

Nean Narin, a humble man and father of three children, says his family is going hungry. Narin lives in the village of Boeung Kak, situated on the edge of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. For years, he and other villagers relied on the Boeung Kak Lake ...