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NGOs call on the government to restore human rights in Cambodia

Amid a visit by the Special Rapporteur to Cambodia, non-governmental organizations have asked the government to improve human rights conditions in the country, where freedom of expression and political rights continue to be undermined, along with the abuse of political opponents and the shutting down ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/ngos-call-on-the-government-to-restore-human-rights-in-cambodia/

PM Hun Manet aborts coal power plant project in Botum Sakor district

The new government has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in Botum Sakor district, Koh Kong province, deciding instead to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant. ...

Pok Ponlue and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/pm-hun-manet-aborts-coal-power-plant-project-in-botum-sakor-district/

Transparency International: Cambodia’s budget process lacks transparency and regulation

Cambodia’s budgetary process lacks transparency and sufficient regulation, according to a publication this month from the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) Cambodia. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/transparency-international-cambodias-budget-process-lacks-transparency-and-regulation/

More than 200 families in 2 villages in Saang district request the authorities to issue legal land titles

252 families in two villages in Teuk Vil commune, Saang district, Kandal province, asked the authorities to issue title title, claiming that they had occupied since 1979 and had a letter of occupation, but the authorities still refused to issue them while the authorities confirmed ...

Kheang Sokmean
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/more-than-200-families-in-2-villages-in-saang-district-ask-the-authorities-to-issue-land-titles/

Kampong Thom Provincial Court sentences two indigenous people to one year in land dispute

Kampong Thom Provincial Court sentences two indigenous representatives to one year in prison on “Violence against real estate owners” in connection with a land dispute with a rubber plantation developer. ...

Va Sopheanut
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/kampong-thom-provincial-court-sentences-two-indigenous-people-to-one-year-in-prison-over-land-dispute/

NGO Licadho finds child labor, debt bondage in Cambodia’s brick factories

Child labor and debt bondage continue in Cambodia’s brick factories, according to a report published Monday by the human rights group Licadho. The organization also found garment waste from international brands such as Reebok, Old Navy and Adidas fueling kilns in brick factories. ...

Leila Goldstein and Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/ngo-licadho-finds-child-labor-debt-bondage-in-cambodias-brick-factories/

APSARA brings lawsuit against Angkor Wat villagers for Obstructing Illegal Structure Demolition

A lawsuit has been filed by APSARA National Authority against seven villagers, including a commune police chief, who live around Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for allegedly inciting and obstructing public work in August. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/apsara-brings-lawsuit-against-angkor-wat-villagers-for-obstructing-illegal-structure-demolition/

No likelihood of EBA’s full reinstatement for now, says EU Ambassador to Cambodia

There is no confirmation that the EU would fully reinstate its preferential scheme, Everything But Arms (EBA), for Cambodia, said newly-appointed EU ambassador to Cambodia Igor Driesmans, while identifying four priorities in his mandate. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/no-likelihood-of-ebas-full-reinstatement-for-now-says-eu-ambassador-to-cambodia/

Hundreds of people near Angkor erupted in protest during the demolition of the Apsara Authority, accusing it of illegal construction

Hundreds of villagers from seven villages near Angkor in Khnat commune, Puok district and Teuk Vil commune, Siem Reap municipality, Siem Reap province, erupted in protest during the Apsara Authority’s demolition, accusing them of building illegally as they feared forced evictions and homelessness, according to ...

Kheang Sokmean
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/hundreds-of-people-near-angkor-erupted-in-protest-during-the-demolition-of-apsara-authority-accusing-it-of-illegal-construction/

Village ends logging, plants crops

In Trapaing Chor commune’s Sre Kin village, located in Kampong Speu province’s Oral district, certain community members have transitioned away from forest-related activities such as logging and wildlife hunting. Instead, they have embraced a new approach by forming a rotating cropping community. ...

Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/village-ends-logging-plants-crops

CSOs, political parties call for the restoration of democracy, human rights in line with Paris Peace Agreements

NGOs and political parties have called on the 18 signatories of the Paris Peace Agreements and Cambodian government to “restore democracy and respect human rights”. ...

Pok Ponlue and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/csos-political-parties-call-for-the-restoration-of-democracy-human-rights-in-line-with-paris-peace-agreements/

Expanding gold mine diverts stream in Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary

Dead fish and black water ran through the Por Roung river last year due to contamination upstream from an industrial Chinese-owned  mine, residents of Snang An village say. ...

Andrew Califf, Seoung Nimol, and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/expanding-gold-mine-diverts-stream-in-prey-lang-wildlife-sanctuary/

7 Udom Sre Puos Community questioned by Kampong Speu Provincial Court in relation to land dispute

Seven villagers who are forest guards of the “Udom Sre Puos” community were questioned by the Kampong Speu Provincial Court on October 18 over a land dispute. ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/seven-people-from-udom-sre-puos-community-were-questioned-by-kampong-speu-provincial-court/

Giant Ibis Union’s fight remains as the company goes back on promise

 Living in a small concrete house with his wife and two young children, one kilometer away from Takhmao Bridge, ex-Giant Ibis Transportation employee Or Chanthy, 45, contemplates life’s challenges. ...

Eung Sea
https://cambojanews.com/giant-ibis-unions-fight-remains-as-the-company-goes-back-on-promise/

Cambodian kidney transplant victims stranded in India plead for PM Hun Manet’s intervention

Eighteen kidney transplant patients, who are stranded in India after being cheated by Phnom Penh-based Metro RLV Polyclinic, which allegedly absconded with $1 million paid by them, are pleading with Prime Minister Hun Manet to intervene in their case. ...

Khuon Narim and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/cambodian-kidney-transplant-victims-stranded-in-india-plead-for-pm-hun-manets-intervention/

Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court of Appeal releases two land activists in Koh Kong province

The Sihanoukville Provincial Court of Appeal has decided to release two land activists on bail on charges of incitement and defamation in connection with a long-running land dispute in Koh Kong province. ...

Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/appeal-court-in-preah-sihanouk-province-decided-to-release-two-land-activists-from-koh-kong-province/

Residents of some poor communities in Phnom Penh worried about evictions

Boeung Trabek community representative, Hour Seaklon, who is sitting in a house preparing vegetables for cooking with a sad face, told CamboJA that more than 40 families have not yet received land titles, despite promises from the authorities that will provide legal title after the ...

Runn Sreydeth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/residents-of-some-poor-communities-in-phnom-penh-worried-about-evictions/

Prey Lang Community Network finds illegal invasion of more than 30 hectares of forest land

Prey Lang Community Network in Preah Vihear province investigated forest crimes in Prey Lang area and found many crimes, including the encroachment of forest land in three locations of more than 30 hectares from October 1-4, 2023 for 3 nights and 4 days. ...

Pok Ponlue
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/prey-lang-community-network-finds-illegal-invasion-more-than-35-hectares/

Years-long mediation leaves Bunong farmers indebted to multinational rubber firm

More than a decade after subsidiaries of multinational rubber firm Socfin Group forcibly cleared and seized the farms, burial grounds and sacred forests of Bunong indigenous communities in Mondulkiri province, the company now seeks to collect tens of thousands of dollars from these farmers for ...

Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/years-long-mediation-leaves-bunong-farmers-indebted-to-multinational-rubber-firm/

Thach Setha sentenced to 18 months in prison, faces further charges

The Phnom Penh Municipal convicted Candlelight Party Co-Vice President Thach Setha last Thursday of issuing bad checks and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. ...

Khuon Narim and Hel Komsan
https://cambojanews.com/thach-setha-sentenced-to-18-months-in-prison-faces-further-charges/

Cambodia’s GDP growth likely 5.3% this year, say ADB, AMRO

Two international organisations have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth to be around 5.3 per cent this year as the economy continues to be impacted by lower than expected expansion in the industrial and agriculture sector in the first half (H1), stemming from the regional and global ...

May Kunmakara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodias-gdp-growth-likely-53-year-say-adb-amro

Indigenous people in a village in Ratanakiri province cut down trees at risk to pay off debts

Residents of a village in O’Yadao district, Ratanakiri province, due to debt, went to cut down trees in the community, transported them across the border and sold them to Vietnam in order to repay the bank, according to village and community authorities. ...

An Vichet
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/indigenous-people-in-a-village-in-ratanakkiri-province-cut-down-trees-at-risk-to-pay-off-debts/

Voice of Democracy to resume broadcasting overseas, unaffiliated with CCIM

The government-shuttered media outlet Voice of Democracy (VOD) announced it will resume broadcasting from the United States beginning in October, according to a Tuesday press release posted on the VOD Khmer Facebook page. ...

Khuon Narim and Jack Brook
https://cambojanews.com/voice-of-democracy-to-resume-broadcasting-overseas-unaffiliated-with-ccim/

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