Ethnic groups becoming media-savvy

18 January 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Social development
Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association / Chheang Vun / ethnic Jarai minority / ethnic Kreung minority / ethnic Phnuong minority / ethnic Por minority / ethnic Suoy minority / Human Rights Party / Indigenous Media Empowering Indigenous Voices / Kampong Speu / Kampong Speu Province / land disputes / Oral District / Pheap Sochea / Phnom Kravanh district / Phnuong / Pursat Province / rice paddies / Voice of America

One hot day in June, 2009, Ven Samin, a member of the ethnic Suoy minority in Kampong Speu province, grabbed her digital camera and headed out of the house. The 44-year-old arrived at a collection of damaged rice paddies in Oral district and began taking photos. … Not long afterwards, Samin said, officials acting as representatives for an agricultural company with which the ethnic Suoy villagers had been feuding told her she was not permitted to photograph the sites because she didn’t belong to an accredited news outlet. … Companies embroiled in land disputes with ethnic minorities will likely find themselves dealing with more Samins before long. Her actions represent changing attitudes among members of indigenous ethnic minorities in Cambodia. …

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