HRW released its 137-page report “Underwater Human Rights Impacts of a China Belt and Road Project in Cambodia” on August 10. The report claims that the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam – which was completed in 2018 – had ultimately resulted in the displacement of nearly 5,000 people, most of whom were indigenous peoples and other ethnic minorities.
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The deforestation of community-held land and the slow registration process for indigenous people’s collectively-held lands remain challenges for indigenous communities who rely on natural resources for their livelihoods, according to a joint statement of the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organisation.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated as indigenous people living in Cambodia expressed their concern about their land rights and economic, cultural, political and natural resources’ rights.
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Some 117 families who have to give up their cultivation lands for the construction of a reservoir are demanding fair compensation from the Svay Rieng province’s local authority who is offering only 900 riels (about $0.24) per square metre.
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The Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) has asked the government to intervene and solve the high price of agriculture products for poor farmers and lower the tax on agriculture imports and find a way to help farmers produce fertilizers and pesticides locally rather than using all imports.
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The family members of seven young social and environmental activists arrested a year ago urged the Cambodian government to drop the incitement charges against them, echoing a letter by U.N. human rights experts calling on the government to hold their trial or unconditionally release the detainees.
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Landowners at the site of the new airport mega-project starting in Kandal province said the developer is still trying to encroach on their farmland even though they have not agreed to sell the affected land.
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