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Judge cites health in delaying Vanny trial
Prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny being escorted by officials to Phnom Penh’s Supreme Court last month. Pha Lina Land rights activist Tep Vanny’s trial was postponed indefinitely on Friday, with...
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Gov’t tells Phan Imex to clear up disputes
Gov’t tells Phan Imex to clear up disputes Cambodia’s government has given the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction the green light to call on Suy Sophan, owner of the Phan Imex...
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LDP supporters jailed over Kampot dispute
League of Democratic Party members protest in Kampot demanding to release the 13 members that were arrested for allegedly encroaching Bokor National Park’s land. Photo supplied. Hundreds of activists...
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Survey counts homeless youth
Survey counts homeless youth Cambodia’s seven largest urban centres are home to nearly 2,700 homeless adolescents who face numerous health and education-related obstacles, according to a new study by...
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Kem Ley murder trial date set for only suspect in analyst’s killing
The body of political activist Kem Ley is carried out of the Caltex station where he was killed in July. Pha Lina Authorities have set March 1 for the trial of former soldier and ex-monk Oeut Ang, the...
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Beaten activists are now suspects
Licadho’s head of monitoring, Am Sam Ath, speaks to the press after he was hit by security forces at a World Habitat Day march last year in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan A human rights monitor and a land...
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Five suspects arrested for ploughing forestland
Environment officials arrest 5 farmers for allegedly cutting down the flooded forest illegally yesterday in Pursat province. Photo supplied. Pursat environmental officials sent five suspects to the...
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Electricity usage-based plan to lower power rates
A man inspects the electricity meters in Phnom Penh yesterday. Pha Lina Cambodia’s electricity regulator is set to roll out seven new plans designed to reduce electricity fees beginning in April and...
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New scheme puts focus on Mekong
A sunset view across Cambodia’s Mekong River last year. Heng Chivoan A new two-year, $2 million project aimed at coupling sustainable development with environmental conservation on the Mekong River was...
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Activists who were beaten during protest questioned at court
Land rights activist Chan Puthisak poses for a photograph outside Phnom Penh Court where he was questioned yesterday along with Licadho staffer Am Sam Ath. Pha Lina A land rights activist and a human...
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Land row families demand titles
Nearly 100 citizens representing 429 families at the center of the Techo Aphivat land dispute gathered at Kampot provincial hall yesterday demanding resolution of the row and for land titles to be...
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Incursion protested by fishers
Kampot fishery community members protest to demand intervention to stop the Vietnamese fishermen to fish illegally in Cambodian waters. Photo supplied. More than 400 fishing families from four...
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Panel points out labour shortcomings in study
A union leader shouts slogans during a garment factory protest outside the Phnom Penh Municipal court in 2015. Heng Chivoan A committee of labour experts has expressed “deep concern” over Cambodia’s...
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Satellite city slammed
People hold banners to protest against OCIC development on Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar peninsula yesterday in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina About 40 villagers from the capital’s Chroy Changvar district gathered...
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Calls for compensation as sand dredged for port
Fourteen families in Preah Sihanouk province’s Stung Hav district have lodged complaints about sand dredging and threatened to take matters into their own hands if they are not provided with $50,000...
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Major timber hauls in Svay Rieng and Preah Vihear
Officials inspect timber at a warehouse that was raided late last week as part of an ongoing campaign in Svay Rieng province. Photo supplied Two separate raids on illegal timber stashes resulted in...
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Agriculture Ministry stands up for sawmill
The Ministry of Agriculture in a press release on Sunday defended its decision to grant a sawmill licence to a company that has previously been implicated in illegal logging. Lim Royal Joint Stock Co...
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Patrol says letter used to log illegally
Monks perform a religious ceremony for Prey Lang forest community members late last week. Photo supplied. Members of the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) handed over five seized chainsaws and an...
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Workers block National Road 2 in effort to secure wages
Over 70 garment workers block Phnom Penh’s National Road 2 in a protest to resolve their complaints against the company. Photo supplied Nearly 70 workers from the now-defunct Chung Fai garment factory...
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Authorities thwart Boeung Kak event
Boeung Kak community members protest outside of the Council of Ministers office in Phnom Penh yesterday. Heng Chivoan Some 30 Boeung Kak land activists yesterday were blocked by 50 Daun Penh district...
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