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Private property, public greed in Cambodia

9 May 2013
The Politico
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Exports / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Law and judiciary / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar / Trade
American Sugar Refining / Cambodia Daily newspaper / Cambodian Center for Human Rights / Cambodian Center for Human Rights president Ou Virak / CCHR / Chinese aid / Chum Bun Rong / Deputy Director Chum Bun Rong / Displacement / Disputed Land / Domino Sugar / ELCs / forced evictions / Khmer Rouge / Koh Kong / Koh Kong Provice / land compensation / Land Law 2001 / Land-grabbing / Laos / Myanmar / National Land Authority / New York / Ou Virak / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / sugar / sugar cane / Tate & Lyle / Tate & Lyle sugar / Thailand / The State Department annual Human Rights Report / TTY rubber company / United Nations / United States aid / Vietnam War

Mark Moorstein knew little about Cambodia before he got involved in a lawsuit on behalf of land owners there. But as it’s turning out, the suit could end up affecting most every country in Asia. Moorstein is a land-use lawyer in Northern Virginia who, like many ...

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/lawyer-works-to-put-end-to-cambodia-land-grabbing-90985.html#ixzz2SlF9JBUm

Tate and Lyle faces boycott over Cambodian sugar land grabbing claims

30 November 2012
The Ecologist
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Aid and development / Bilateral development assistance / Biofuel crops / Crop products and commodities / Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members / Economic land concessions and plantations / European Union aid / Human rights / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Social development / Sugar
American Sugar Refining / boycott / Cambodia / Clean Sugar Campaign / Domino Sugar / EBA Treaty / EU / European Commission / European markets / European Union aid / Everything But Arms Treaty / human rights abuses / IDI / Inclusive Development International / Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Plc / Land evictions / Ly Yong Phat / Surya Subedi / tariff-free access / Tate and Lyle / UN Special Rapporteur on Cambodia

Following our investigation which highlighted allegations of human rights abuses in Cambodia’s sugar industry, activists are stepping up their campaign against sugar companies buying from the region. The call to boycott sugar company Tate and Lyle over allegations of illegal land seizures and human rights ...

http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/1702603/update_tate_and_lyle_faces_boycott_over_cambodian_sugar_land_grabbing_claims.html

Senator Offers Cash Compensation to Evictees

CPP Senator and business tycoon Ly Yong Phat last week continued to offer families in Koh Kong province cash compensation to get them to drop out of a lawsuit against two sugar cane plantations he once owned, according to villagers. But villager Phann Khly yesterday ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com

Complaint to Be Filed in US Over Koh Kong Sugar Plantations

31 October 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Economic land concessions and plantations / Economy and commerce / Investment / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Public land lease / Sugar
American Sugar Refining / ASR / CLEC / Community Legal Education Center / EarthRights International / evictions / Farmland / forced evictions / foreign investment / Human Rights / Koh Kong Province / land disputes / Land rights / multinational companies / Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / sugar / sugar plantations / U.S. National Contact Point / United States aid

Families in Koh Kong province will today file a complaint with the U.S. government against American Sugar Refining (ASR) over farmland they claim they were violently evicted from to make way for two sugar plantations that supply the New York-based company. The 207 Koh Kong ...

http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/complaint-to-be-filed-in-us-over-koh-kong-sugar-plantations-4956/

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Private property, public greed in Cambodia

Tate and Lyle faces boycott over Cambodian sugar land grabbing claims

Senator Offers Cash Compensation to Evictees

Complaint to Be Filed in US Over Koh Kong Sugar Plantations

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