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Government forms NGO panel seen by critics as way to legitimise CPP crackdowns
Source: Phnom Penh Post Activists protest against the controversial NGO Law in 2015. Observers have expressed concerns the government’s newly formed civil society ‘forum’ will similarly restrict NGOs’...
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Lower Sesan II dam protesters summonsed
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers protest near the Lower Sesan Dam II reservoir in July in support of local families affected by the dam. Photo supplied Three protesters who have been summonsed for...
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Bear rescued from Kampong Chhnang guesthouse
Source: Phnom Penh Post An Asian black bear is readied for transport after being rescued from a guesthouse in Kampong Chhnang on Tuesday. Photo supplied An Asian black bear was rescued from a...
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Boeung Kak workers protest company over wages
Source: Phnom Penh Post Workers for Graticity Real Estate Development Co protest near Phnom Penh’s filled-in Boeung Kak lake for back wages they say they are owed. Hong Menea Construction workers,...
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Land Ministry orders action on years-old sugar disputes
Source: Phnom Penh Post A protester scuffles with police outside the Land Management Ministry yesterday while seeking resolution to longstanding disputes. Pha Lina The Ministry of Land Management...
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Villagers seek closure of NGO
Source: Phnom Penh Post Protesters from Kampong Speu’s Oral district came to air their grievances against Equitable Cambodia, which they say does not represent their communities’ interests. Fresh News...
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Sihanoukville facing a trash crisis
Source: Phnom Penh Post A pile of trash waits for pickup in Sihanoukville. Waste collection company Cintri has said it will terminate its services in the city on September 14. Photo supplied...
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Two sanctuaries to be registered as state land
Source: Phnom Penh Post Asian elephants photographed by a camera trap in Mondulkiri’s Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary in 2009. A new ADB grant is meant to help the government manage the sanctuary. WWF...
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Homes destroyed in eviction
Source: Phnom Penh Post People gather yesterday morning to demand Prime Minister Hun Sen’s intervention to resolve a land dispute in Kandal province. Mech Dara Security forces on Friday dismantled and...
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Driver to be fined after 150kg of wildlife found
Source: Phnom Penh Post Illegally transported wildlife is inspected by authorities after being seized in Kampong Chhnang province on Wednesday. Photo supplied A driver for a local bus operator was...
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Authorities may allow villagers to stay on ELC
Source: Phnom Penh Post Authorities stop villagers from blocking a road in Kratie during a protest over a land dispute in 2015. Yesterday, district authorities said the community members may be allowed...
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Son Chhay request on Sesan dam passed on
Source: Phnom Penh Post CNRP lawmaker Son Chhay meets with villagers affected by the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam last month. Photo supplied After blocking several letters from opposition lawmaker Son...
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Students blocked from dam
Source: Phnom Penh Post Officials stop students from entering areas affected by the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam on Saturday in Stung Treng province. Photo supplied More than 30 university students...
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UN urges government to protect rights
Source: Phnom Penh Post Cambodian representative Keo Remy (second left) speaks at the 36th regular session of the Human Rights Council at the UN’s office in Geneva yesterday. Facebook The United...
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Assembly OKs Sokha case while Hun Sen doubles down on condemnation of...
Source: Phnom Penh Post Cordons of Military Police and soldiers yesterday block the entrance to Tbong Khmum’s Correctional Centre 3, where opposition leader Kem Sokha is detained on charges of...
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Fresh sand ‘fraud’, claims NGO Mother Nature, as sand numbers between Taiwan...
Source: Phnom Penh Post Silica sand-dredging activity spotted earlier this year in Sihanoukville. Trade data show a more than $30 million discrepancy in silica sand exports to Taiwan. Mother Nature...
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Rainsy announces plan to create overseas NGO
Source: Phnom Penh Post Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy speaks during an interview with France 24 on Monday in France. Photo supplied Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy announced yesterday that he...
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Families in land dispute repaid
Source: Phnom Penh Post A young girl wearing a CPP shirt cries as her family is evicted out of their home on Monday in Kandal province. Photo supplied Three families in Kandal province’s Sa’ang...
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More Modulkiri officials scrutinised over alleged ties to timber trade
Source: Phnom Penh Post Officials seize a car loaded with luxury timber yesterday on its way to Pailin from the Samlot protected area. Photo supplied Modulkiri authorities are investigating the...
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Kampong Kong activists charged
Source: Phnom Penh Post Two Mother Nature activists who were arrested for taking photos of two suspected sand-bearing vessels are taken into the Koh Kong Provincial Court yesterday. Photo supplied Two...
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