Cambodia

Researchers ask government to grant more land to farmers
- Khmer Times
- 14 November 2018
The Centre for Policy Studies wants the Cambodian government to allocate cancelled Economic Land Concessions to farmers.
Include land-related repression in Cambodia probe, UN rights envoy urged
- PCFS
- 12 November 2018
Groups call on UN Special Rapporteur to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples struggling for their right to land in her review of the human rights situation in Cambodia.
Preah Vihear villagers summoned to court for ‘detaining’ bulldozer
- Phnom Penh Post
- 12 November 2018
two NGO staff and 10 Kuoy indigenous villagers were summoned to court following land dispute in Preah Vihear, Cambodia with two Chinese companies that were clearing the land in dispute with the villagers back in December 2014. Some 300 villagers stopped about six bulldozers operated by the companies.
Int’l mission decries state neglect, rights violations in Cambodia land dispute with Chinese company
- PCFS
- 14 October 2018
International groups submitted to the United Nations (UN) officials the results of an independent international fact-finding mission in Cambodia that found local and national authorities are facilitating the land grabbing of a Chinese company in Preah Vihear province.
ANZ bank issued rare rebuke by Australian oversight body
- IDI
- 11 October 2018
ANZ Banking Group violated its own policies and international human rights standards by providing 40 million $ loan to a Cambodian sugar company that seized land from local farmers, according to a statement released by Australian government body that monitors corporate behavior overs.
Le droit pénal international peut-il venir au secours de l’environnement ?
- JusticeInfo.net
- 10 October 2018
La « vague d’espoir » soulevée par l'annonce de la Cour pénale internationale concernant son intention d'examiner des crimes liés à l’accaparement des terres s’est désormais transformée en « vague espoir »
Longmate to ship 30,000 tonnes of banana to China
- Khmer Times
- 05 October 2018
The company has cleared and irrigated 300 ha of land on its 1000 ha concession, on which it will plant banana trees imported from China, but that are originally from Australia.
Phnong petition over Mondulkiri land
- Phnom Penh Post
- 31 August 2018
One hundred Phnong ethnic people in Mondulkiri province’s Busra commune, in Ccambodia, have thumbprinted a petition to reject Thieng Try Company’s request for an economic land concession to grow coffee in the area.
Cambodia land rights activist freed from jail after pardon
- Al Jazeera
- 20 August 2018
Tep Vanny, an award-winning Cambodian land rights defender has been freed after spending two years in prison on charges many viewed as politically motivated.
Cambodia: Free jailed land rights activist. Second anniversary of Tep Vanny’s imprisonment
- Human Rights Watch
- 13 August 2018
Human Rights Watch call for Cambodian government to unconditionally release prominent land rights activist Tep Vanny who was arrested on August 15, 2016. Other affected land communities have also been heavily harassed through arbitrary arrests, detention, and criminal prosecution.
Organisations back Kuoy land claims
- Khmer Times
- 10 August 2018
Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day: International groups demand pullout, accountability of Chinese company in Cambodia
- PCFS
- 09 August 2018
Two global movements supporting Indigenous Kuoy communities in Cambodia submit a petition to embassies of China and Cambodia calling for the pullout and accountability of Chinese state-owned enterprise Guangdong Hengfu Group Sugar Industry Co., Ltd.