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Dozens of houses destroyed after Bassac river bank collapses following years of sand dredging

Kim Maneth had lived in her home along the river bank in Kandal province for four decades before it collapsed, along with dozens of other homes in an area where sand dredging has been rampant for years. ...

Sovann Sreypich and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/dozens-of-houses-destroyed-after-bassac-river-bank-collapses-following-years-of-sand-dredging/

Tbong Khmum Provincial Court questioned two community representatives in connection with encroachment on state land

Two community representatives in Memot district were questioned by the Tbong Khmum Provincial Court in connection with allegations of illegal encroachment on state land as they allegedly did not act as alleged. ...

Phon Sottyroth
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/tbong-khmum-provincial-court-questioned-two-community-representatives-in-connection-with-illegal-encroachment-on-state-land/

500 Kandal families petition authorities to halt evictions for airport development

Hundreds of families facing displacement from a $1.5 billion airport project in Kandal province petitioned the provincial governor Monday, requesting authorities grant them land titles and allow them to continue living on the land. ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/500-kandal-families-petition-authorities-to-halt-evictions-for-airport-development/

The cassava-boom undermining a leading conservation program

Sam Sak stands amidst a landscape of cleared earth, surrounded by cassava stems planted like flags to claim their place inside the Kulen Promtep Wildlife Sanctuary. ...

Jack Brook and Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/the-cassava-boom-undermining-a-leading-conservation-program/

Kandal airport developer begins direct negotiations with households seeking better compensation

Families facing eviction to make way for a $1.5 billion airport under construction in Kandal province continue to contest the compensation being offered by the project’s developer. This week the company began directly negotiating with some of the more than 60 families who had still ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/kandal-airport-developer-begins-direct-negotiations-with-households-seeking-better-compensation/

ADB warns Cambodia’s growth will be stunted by climate change

Cambodia’s long term economic growth faces significant threats from climate change and could dampen prospects for becoming an upper-middle income country in the coming years, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) report issued last week. ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/adb-warns-cambodias-growth-will-be-stunted-by-climate-change/

For overseas Khmer citizens, voting requires a costly trip home

Tuon Sopheara, a Cambodian migrant worker in South Korea, wants to vote in the upcoming July elections but cannot afford the plane ticket home. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/for-overseas-khmer-citizens-voting-requires-a-costly-trip-home/

Kem Sokha to appeal this week against treason conviction

 Ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha plans to submit an appeal this week against his treason conviction and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court 27 year home confinement sentence, according to his lawyers. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/kem-sokha-to-appeal-this-week-against-treason-conviction/

Former opposition activists arrested for Facebook posts insulting the king

 Two former opposition activists were arrested Tuesday and charged with incitement and insulting the King for Facebook posts commenting on the relationship between King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://cambojanews.com/former-opposition-activists-arrested-for-facebook-posts-insulting-the-king/

Private company receives nearly 13 hectares of riverside property, more than 300 families face eviction

More than 300 poor families face eviction to allow a private company to develop land in the Russei Keo district to the north of the Chroy Changvar bridge in Phnom Penh. ...

Khuon Narim
https://cambojanews.com/private-company-receives-nearly-13-hectares-of-riverside-property-more-than-300-families-face-eviction/

Koh Kong provincial authorities deny fainting and death due to land dispute protest in front of provincial hall

Koh Kong provincial authorities have denied that people fainted and died due to a protest in front of Koh Kong Provincial Hall on March 15, 2023, while protesters claimed that four people fainted and one died in hospital due to health problems during protests over ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/koh-kong-provincial-authorities-deny-fainting-and-death-due-to-land-dispute-protest-in-front-of-provincial-hall/

EU parliament urges end to political persecution, calls for free and fair elections

The European Parliament called on Cambodian authorities to release former opposition leader Kem Sokha and reinstate the court-dissolved CNRP for participation in the 2023 elections in a resolution on Thursday. ...

Sorn Sarath and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/eu-parliament-urges-end-to-political-persecution-calls-for-free-and-fair-elections/

The majority of construction workers are still not registered for government benefits

On a Friday afternoon, Him Bunchhay wore no safety equipment as he laid bricks on the second floor of a residential building site in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district. ...

Sorn Sarath and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/the-majority-of-construction-workers-are-still-not-registered-for-government-benefits/

Detained ex-opposition leader Kem Sokha blocked from meeting with his lawyers

Former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers said in a Tuesday statement that they were denied access to their client in violation of his rights, preventing them from discussing a planned appeal against his treason conviction. ...

Sorn Sarath and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/detained-ex-opposition-leader-kem-sokha-denied-meeting-with-his-lawyers/

Indigenous communities urge action on collective land titles

Just 38 indigenous communities out of 455 have received communal land titles since the government first made them available in 2009, with indigenous activists and rights groups bemoaning the notoriously slow process. ...

Son Sarak
https://cambojanews.com/indigenous-communities-urge-action-on-collective-land-titles/

Report points to inadequate enforcement, legal flaws as reasons for entrenched domestic violence

 A new LICADHO report detailing the murders of 26 women and five children between January 2020 and June 2022 by current or former intimate partners reveals the persistence of domestic violence and flaws in law enforcement. ...

Seoung Nimol
https://cambojanews.com/report-points-to-inadequate-enforcement-legal-flaws-as-reasons-for-entrenched-domestic-violence/

Environmental activists align with government, launch new mother nature NGO

A former member of the prominent environmental group Mother Nature apologized to the government, denounced his former organization and announced he would start a new NGO with the same name in a video on February 28. ...

Khuon Narim and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/environmental-activists-align-with-government-launch-new-mother-nature-ngo/

Cambodia’s indigenous peoples struggle with digital literacy on eve of elections

Lek Karry has been using a smartphone for nearly two years but the grade 12 student admits she still struggles to distinguish between real and fake information online. ...

Tuy Engly
https://cambojanews.com/cambodias-indigenous-peoples-struggle-with-digital-literacy-on-eve-of-elections/

NagaWorld union leader defends strike’s legality on day two of trial

 On the second day of trial for nine NagaWorld union members accused of incitement, the Phnom Penh municipal court prosecutor claimed union leader Chhim Sithar had been directing an illegal protest while Sithar maintained she was merely participating in a legal strike aligned with labor ...

Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/nagaworld-union-leader-defends-strikes-legality-on-day-two-of-trial/

DNA test confirms one Cambodian died in Poipet casino fire, but more still missing

DNA testing last week revealed one Cambodian died in the December Poipet casino fire, Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities told CamboJA Monday. ...

Khuon Narim and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/dna-test-confirms-one-cambodian-died-in-poipet-casino-fire-but-three-still-missing/

Nine Boeng Tamok residents placed under court supervision, face additional charges

 Nine Boeng Tamok lake residents face charges of “intentional acts of violence and obstruction of public officials” and were placed under court supervision following a February 21 warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal court. ...

Phon Sotthyroth and Runn Sreydeth
https://cambojanews.com/nine-boeng-tamok-residents-placed-under-court-supervision-face-additional-charges/

11,177 hectares in Bokor National Park granted to tycoon Sok Kong

Oknha Sok Kong received 11,177 hectares of land inside Preah Monivong Bokor National Park via an August 4, 2022 sub-decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, published in the Council of Ministers’ Royal Gazette last week. ...

Khuon Narim and Phon Sotthyroth
https://cambojanews.com/11177-hectares-in-bokor-national-park-granted-to-tycoon-sok-kong/

Incitement trial begins for NagaWorld union leader and eight strikers

NagaWorld union leader Chhim Sithar and eight co-defendants appeared for their first day of trial in Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday. Sithar and all her colleagues, except for one, denied the incitement charges against them. ...

Khuon Narim and Sovann Sreypich
https://cambojanews.com/incitement-trial-begins-for-nagaworld-union-leader-and-eight-strikers/

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