Lor Peang Residents Speak Out on KDC Land Grab in Cambodia
Lor Peang, Cambodia, 17 July, 2014 – Dozens of families whose lands are being grabbed by KDC International in Ta Ches and Chhruk Sor communes in Kampong Tralach District, Kampong Chhnang province, held...
View ArticleCambodian Villagers Demand Action on Land Conflict vs KDC Company
28 November 2014, Phnom Penh — We are people from 83 families from the villages of Lor Peang, Boeung Kok, Soravong and Banteay Meas in Taches Commune, Kampong TraLach District, Kampong Chhnang...
View ArticleCambodian Villagers: Stop Destroying Forests, Lands, and Fisheries in the...
We are residents of villages from different provinces and Phnom Penh in Cambodia, including the areas around the Tonle Sap. We are farmers, fishers, agricultural workers and communities who depend on...
View ArticleLogs and Patronage: Systematic illegal logging and the destruction of state...
This report presents results of research into the destruction of forests and natural resources in Rattanakiri and Stung Treng Provinces, Cambodia. Over a number of months the researchers collected...
View ArticleCambodian Civil Society Condemns Outrageous Murder of Political Analyst Kem Ley
Joint Organizations July 11, 2016 – We, the undersigned Cambodian civil society groups, are outraged at the brutal murder of independent political analyst and grassroots organiser Kem Ley yesterday...
View ArticleCulture of Impunity in Cambodia: 20 Years, No Justice
By Ros Sokunthy “Last night I heard the Prime Minister said he never heard about community land conflicts, so I want to send a message to the Prime Minister that my community has a land conflict with...
View ArticleCambodian activists and community members mark International Women’s Day 2017
This morning, around 80 community members came together to participate in an event in Cambodia to commemorate International Women’s Day. Of the participants, around 30 were local schoolchildren, with...
View ArticleReport Launch- SEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong: A Case Study on the...
Invitation to Report Launch on: “SEZs and Value Extraction from the Mekong: A Case Study on the Control and Exploitation of Land and Labour in Cambodia and Myanmars Special Economic Zones” 08:30...
View ArticlePress Release: Report Launch – “Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Value...
For Immediate release “Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and Value Extraction from the Mekong: A Case Study on the Control and Exploitation of Land and Labour in Cambodia and Myanmar SEZs” Co-organized...
View ArticleWhere Do These Materials Go?
This joint publication with the Worker’s Information Centre and the United Sisterhood Alliance presents a range of critical and pertinent issues in the textile and footwear industry in Cambodia and...
View ArticleCambodia: Pheapimex Land Conflict Case Study Report
This case study report documents the long struggle of the communities affected by the 315,000-hectare land concession of Pheapimex Company in Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provinces. It describes the...
View ArticleCase Study Report: Lor Peang Community Land Conflict
This case study report has been written to present and reflect on the Lor Peang land conflict with KDC International, from the perspective of the Lor Peang community activists. It utilizes information...
View ArticleCambodia: Petition for Solutions to Priority Women’s Issues
[Twelve trade unions, people’s associations and NGOs are mobilizing today March 8 to put forward this set of seven clear and practical recommendations to the Cambodian government to held address real...
View Article[Cambodia] Occupational Health and Safety for Construction Workers and Safe...
We, as workers, communities, associations, trade unions, civil society organisations and human rights defenders working for the promotion of human and labour rights in Cambodia, extend our heartfelt...
View ArticleNo to RCEP — The People’s Voices/សម្លេងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ
Cambodians–including farmers, women, workers and civil society–express their concern and opposition to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement. “សម្លេងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ”...
View ArticleChina’s Global Expansion: A Balance Sheet
Presentation at “China in Cambodia Dialogue,” Phnom Penh, Dec 18 and 19, 2019 By Walden Bello* I would, first of all, like to thank Social Action for Community and Development, Workers’ Information...
View ArticleWomen workers in Cambodia under the COVID pandemic
By Sokunthy Ros* 2 May 2020 As in other countries, COVID-19 has not only shaken Cambodia’s health system, it has also exposed the underlying flaws in the country’s current economic model, which are...
View ArticleNotes from the Land of Peace and Prosperity
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] 2020 June 4 The only hope, or else despair Lies in the choice of pyre of pyre— To be redeemed from fire by fire. —T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding I write this...
View ArticleCambodia COVID-19 Situationer
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] 2020 June 4 This situationer provides a general overview of COVID-19 in Cambodia, as it impacts on four broad dimensions: health, political, economic, and...
View ArticleNew report surveys COVID impact on vulnerable Cambodians
More than 150 attendees gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday for the release of a new report titled “The Impacts of COVID-19 on Farmers, Sex Workers, Garment Workers, and Students in Cambodia”, organized...
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