Cambodia

Cambodian Sustainable Housing Competition

Published in Tuesday July 10th, 2012 In Mobilisation and agenda

July 10, 2012 In partnership with Karuna Cambodia, Habitat for Humanity & the Cambodian Society of Architects (CSA), Building Trust International is looking for designs for the Cambodian Sustainable Housing competition. Proposals should be able to  provide a sustainable future for housing in the South-east Asian country. Any proposal will have to stick to a very low budget […]

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Cambodia: release of 13 Boeung Kak representatives tainted by police violence

Published in Thursday June 28th, 2012 In Social movement news

Organizations welcome the release today of the 13 jailed Boeung Kak (BK) representatives who protested agains land eviction. However, they strongly condemn police violence against BK residents trying to reach the appeal court and regret that the convictions against the 13 were upheld despite the government’s failure, again, to present any evidence of the alleged crimes.

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In Cambodia, Court frees 13 land eviction protesters

Published in Thursday June 28th, 2012 In In the media

June 27, 2012 A Cambodian appeals court Wednesday ordered the release of 13 women who had been sentenced to 2½ years in prison for protesting their eviction from their homes without adequate compensation, in a case that was widely seen as an example of injustice. The women cheered in the courtroom, their supporters applauded and […]

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From homes to prison cells: a story of land grabbing in Cambodia

Published in Wednesday June 27th, 2012

Watch the video about the impact of land grabbing on poor people in Cambodia, exposing the risks faced by housing rights activists.

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Cambodia land activists’ convictions called unjust

Published in Friday May 25th, 2012 In In the media

May 25, 2012 Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from their land without adequate compensation. The women were sentenced Thursday by a Phnom Penh court after being found guilty of aggravated rebellion and illegal occupation of land in a three-hour trial. […]

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Activists: Cambodian girl killed in mass eviction

Published in Wednesday May 16th, 2012 In In the media

May 16, 2012 Cambodian activists say a 13-year-old girl was shot to death Wednesday in the latest of several clashes between villagers and authorities trying to evict them to make room for development. Hundreds of armed police and soldiers tried to sweep out villagers in northeastern Kratie province from what authorities claim is state land, […]

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“Human rights need to be at the heart of land concessions for positive impact”, says UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

Published in Friday May 11th, 2012 In News

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Mr. Surya P. Subedi, urged the Royal Government of Cambodia to act with more transparency when granting and managing economic and other land concessions, exercise more oversight over business enterprises involved with concessions, and make the process more inclusive for the individuals and communities affected.

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Stripped-down protesters in Cambodia demand land titles after eviction

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In In the media

May 1st, 2012 About a dozen women who stripped down to their underwear were among 100 protesters outside Cambodia’s National Assembly on Tuesday demanding land titles they said they were promised after being evicted from their homes. The protesters said they had been residents of Phnom Penh’s Boueng Kak lake area whose land was awarded […]

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Cambodia: demolition of houses in Borei Keila

Published in Monday April 16th, 2012 In In the media

February 9, 2012 by Sopheap Chak The problem of forced evictions is turning for the worse in Cambodia while citizen dissatisfaction over existing resettlement schemes is also rising. While land grabbing is a nationwide problem, it’s most evident in the urban areas. In fact, residents of Monivong Hospital, Sombok Chap, Dey Kraham, Group 78, Borei Keila, […]

Cambodia: Resolution of Boeung Kak Lake dispute in sight

Published in Thursday February 2nd, 2012 In News

TN reader Bronwyn was kind enough to update my earlier post on the standoff between the Cambodian government and the World Bank over resettlement assistance to residents of the Boeung Kak Lake area of Phnom Penh. It seems that the Bank’s announcement that it had frozen funding for projects in Cambodia pending resolution of the dispute caught somebody’s attention.