Indigenous people Day March blocked in Mondolkiri

11 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Civil society / Ethnic minorities and indigenous people / Human rights / Social development
Cambodia Indigenous Youth Association / International Day of the World's Indigenous People / NGO Forum / Pheap Sochea / Tek Vannara / Yim Luch

Authorities in Mondolkiri province prevented hundreds of ethnic minority members from marching through Sen Monorom City to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous People on Saturday, claiming it would confuse tourists. Marches elsewhere were allowed to go ahead. Doung Pen said Sunday that he was one of about 700 indigenous Bunong who gathered in Sen Monorom Saturday hoping to march through the city to spread awareness of their group. He denied having any plans to turn the march into a demonstration against the industrial plantations in the province, which the Bunong accuse of stealing much of their ancestral lands. …

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