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របាយការណ៍របស់អង្គការសមាគមធាងត្នោត (STT) បានបង្ហាញឱ្យឃើញថា ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ដែលត្រូវបានបណ្តេញចេញពីផ្ទះសម្បែងដោយបង្ខំនិងដោយ​​គ្មាន​លំនៅឋាន​សមរម្យ​ កំពុងមាន​បញ្ហា​បំណុល ខ្វះ​​អាហារូបត្ថម្ភ ខណៈមានការ​រំខាន​ដល់​ការសិក្សារបស់កុមារ ហើយ​ពួកគេអាចធ្លាក់ទៅ​ក្នុង​ពលកម្មកុមារ។ ...

បន្ទាប់​ពី​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​ផលិតឱសថ​មួយ​នៅ​ខេត្ត​បាត់​ដំបង​បានធ្វើឲ្យ​​លេច​ធ្លាយ​កាក​សំណល់​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​បំពុល​ទឹក​ស្ទឹង​សង្កែ ក្រ​សួង​បរិស្ថានបាន​​ពិន័យ​លើ​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​មួយ​នេះ​ប្រហែល​កន្លះ​លាន​ដុល្លារ និង​បាន​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​ប្ដូរទីតាំង​ទៅ​ឆ្ងាយ ...

បន្ទាប់​ពី​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​ផលិតឱសថ​មួយ​នៅ​ខេត្ត​បាត់​ដំបង​បានធ្វើឲ្យ​​លេច​ធ្លាយ​កាក​សំណល់​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​បំពុល​ទឹក​ស្ទឹង​សង្កែ ក្រ​សួង​បរិស្ថានបាន​​ពិន័យ​លើ​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​មួយ​នេះ​ប្រហែល​កន្លះ​លាន​ដុល្លារ និង​បាន​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន​ប្ដូរទីតាំង​ទៅ​ឆ្ងាយ ...

ពលរដ្ឋ​រង​ផលប៉ះពាល់​គម្រោង​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ផ្លូវដែក​នៅ​ភូមិ​ ១៦ និង​ ១៧ ស្ថិតក្នុង​ខណ្ឌទួលគោក ជួប​មន្ត្រី​សាលា​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ដើម្បី​ស្នើសុំ​គោលការណ៍​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​នៅនឹង​កន្លែង បន្ទាប់ពី​ពួកគេ​បង្ហាញ​ជំហរ​បដិសេធ​ក្នុង​ការទទួល​យក​ដំណោះស្រាយ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​ប្តូរ​ទីតាំង​ឆ្ងាយ​ពី​ទីលំនៅ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​។ ...

Thousands of people have been evicted from their homes to make way for a Chinese development in Koh Kong province. But some of the families have returned to their land, leaving a relocation site they say was insufficient for their needs. For families like those of ...

The government does little to protect the rights and livelihoods of the country’s many ethnic minorities who are under constant threat from rapid development, representatives of indigenous groups said yesterday. “We have polices laws and guidelines to protect indigenous people, but we see that it doesn’t ...

About 200 people from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia affected by hydropower dam projects on the Mekong River and its tributaries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday to share their experiences of how their lives have been adversely affected since the dams were constructed. Speaking at the ...

The occupants of 90 Phnom Penh households whose homes were partially or completely dismantled to make way for the Railway Rehabilitation Project partly funded by the ADB have demanded the bank offer them fair compensation. In a letter submitted to the Inter-Ministerial Resettlement Committee, the ADB, ...

As work begins on Cambodia’s biggest dam, those advocating against its construction have warned that the region’s rush for hydropower will have a disastrous effect on millions of people who rely on the Mekong River to survive. Last month, workers began preparing an area in northeastern ...

Energy Minister Suy Sem yesterday defended a draft law on the financing of a massive dam project in Stung Treng province which is slated for debate at the National Assembly on Friday. Environmental groups have called debate of the law premature, as no consultation with local ...

Villagers facing relocation from the site of the planned Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng province were told last week that they would be moved 15 kilometres from the river they rely on for fishing, a commune chief said yesterday. Seak Mekong, commune chief in ...

Widely different interpretations of the government’s land policy were voiced at a conference on Land Security and Housing Rights on Thursday in Phnom Penh, with civil servants defending mass relocations, while rural evictees spoke of being forced into poverty due to loss of their land. ...

The massive and highly controversial Lower Sesan 2 Dam project took a major step forward yesterday with the inking of government power purchase agreements and an investment deal between Royal Group and a Chinese company. But details about the contracts, their implementation or the fate of ...

A project to rebuild Cambodia’s decrepit rail-system appears on track for completion, despite delays and difficulties relocating residents The ABC has been told of the $26 million originally allocated through AusAID, just over $14 million remains, and will go towards finishing tracks and building a bridge ...

Children played along the banks of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula yesterday, while their parents napped under the shade of their bright yellow and blue boat homes. But members of this Cham fishing community overlooking Phnom Penh’s city space said it was a very different scene on ...

More than 100 Cham fishing families who moor their boat homes on the banks of Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula have been ordered to relocate, with one official saying the fishing boats were spoiling the beauty of the riverbank and the area around the new hotel. “We already ...

Authorities have partially backed down on an order forcing 196 residents in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district to move their homes, but refused to scrap the plan completely when confronted at Chaom Chao commune hall yesterday. Phuong Sopheap, one of about 20 residents that congregated ...

A group of families whose homes are in the way of a municipal road-widening project rejected an offer from city hall on Friday to re­­­locate and receive financial compensation, representatives from the community said. Located on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in Tuol Kork district, community ...

More than 400 families in Kampong Cham province’s Chup commune had filed a complaint yesterday to local authorities over relocation orders issued last week, villagers said. Hom Hon, 55, a retired rubber plantation worker and former employee of Sopheak Nika Investment Group Company, said that on ...

More than 300 demonstrators yesterday marked the third anniversary of the forced eviction of Phnom Penh’s Dey Krahorm community, one of the city’s most violent land evictions. Five international rights groups also sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen urging the government to stop land ...

Women from Borei Keila who escaped Prey Speu social affairs centre last Wednesday made another impassioned plea for housing and compensation at rights group Licadho’s Phnom Penh headquarters on Friday. Armed with copies of a Borei Keila construction agreement from 2004 and in tears, they spoke ...

More than 130 families in Preah Vihear province who continue to defy eviction orders will not receive any compensation if they do not leave their homes by Friday, the Choam Ksan district governor has warned. Choam Ksan district governor Sok Hai yesterday said police and military ...

Years after their eviction from central Phnom Penh, families continue to trickle back into the city from their relocation sites on the city’s outskirts. They search for cheap rental rooms instead of houses like the ones they were driven out of, in some cases, by ...

More than 250 villagers blocked National Road 48 yesterday in Koh Kong province while protesting against their eviction from their Kiri Sakor district homes, slowing traffic for more than eight hours, officials said Prom Sann, a representative for the villagers, said the protesters represented 250 families ...