The Human Rights Organization -Adhoc report – titled “The continued accusation, arrest, and detention of people in land disputes” – claimed that there were 169 documented land disputes in 2021, encompassing a total of 52,601.87ha of land. A total of 17,033 households – representing 61,469 people and 1,347 indigenous families – were found to have been affected in the disputes, with 93 cases involving encroachment on land by powerful and wealthy figures, it said. Arrests, allegations and detentions were cited in 40 of 169 cases, with 35 of them involving 157 people who were accused of criminal activities and subsequently placed under court supervision. Six cases involved 17 people being put in pre-trial detention.
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The development of Phnom Penh’s new international airport in Kandal province continues to face resistance, as petitioners gathered outside government institutions in the capital saying they had lost faith in provincial authorities as machines began to dig around their homes.
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Calls are growing in Cambodia and beyond for the government to immediately release the detained NagaWorld union leaders and activists, with local civil society groups issuing a statement on the arrests while protests have taken place outside of Cambodian embassies and NagaCorp businesses around the world. Civil society groups have also stepped up pressure on the ministries of Justice, Labor and Women’s Affairs to intervene in the NagaWorld conflict and drop charges against unions leaders and activists.
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