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Ouch Leng in Prey Lang Forest, pictured in February 2021, protecting resin trees prior to his arrest.

15 Feb 2021 4 minute read

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Forest defenders under fire in Cambodia

Authorities in charge of protecting the massive Prey Lang forest in Northern Cambodia are intent on harassing environmental...

11 Mar 2019 7 minute read

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European Commission gives boost to Vietnamese timber launderers

A treaty signed by the European Commission legitimized a Vietnamese government agency that facilitated the theft of roughly...

Members of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party inside a police vehicle in Phnom Penh.

3 Jul 2018 7 minute read

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Cambodia’s ‘one party state’ prepares for polls

Prime Minister Hun Sen has dissolved newspapers and the opposition. Becky and Simon Kenton-Lake...

30 Apr 2018 2 minute read

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Life after the Nauru detention centre

When Rashid first arrived in Cambodia, he warned other Nauru detainees not to come. Sally Hayden writes.

1 Mar 2018 2 minute read

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Sand dredgers defeated in Koh Kong, Cambodia

In Koh Kong province, Cambodia a band of Mother Nature activists have scored a victory in the battle against environmentally...

18 Aug 2017 7 minute read

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Environmentalists are victors, not victims

Environmental defenders are dying, but winning important fights, writes Fran Lambrick.

1 Jun 2017 6 minute read

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Meet those fighting sand-dredging in Cambodia

A source of corruption and environmental degradation. Rod Harbinson reports.

1 Apr 2017 3 minute read

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Country Profile: Cambodia

Both cash flow and political power have remained concentrated in Cambodia, writes Zoe Holman.

1 Sep 2016 5 minute read

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The fight goes on: Workers’ struggles and successes from around the globe

Around the world, trade unions are facing fierce repression. But workers are still uniting to stand up for their rights and,...

1 Sep 2016 2 minute read

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Mixed Media: Music

NYN by Kristi Stassinopoulou and Stathis Kalyviotis; ‘They Will Kill You, If You Cry’ by...

25 May 2016 6 minute read

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Taxation, death and democracy

Many myths are constructed to justify not paying taxes. David Hutt explores some of them.

6 May 2016 5 minute read

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Is Cambodia’s skyscraper dream a nightmare?

The building work currently going on in Phnom Penh may also reveal the inadequacies of the country’s ‘progress’, writes...

1 Apr 2016 4 minute read

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Logging louts

Forest communities are under siege in Cambodia, says Fran Lambrick.

10 Jul 2015 4 minute read

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Is Cambodia refusing to protect persecuted Christians?

Deep in the Cambodian jungle, Clothilde Le Coz meets Vietnamese refugees seeking asylum.

12 Sep 2014 8 minute read

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The truth behind Cambodia’s inequalities

David Nathan looks at a country where gold BMWs are parked next to families living in cardboard houses.

13 Aug 2014 3 minute read

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Cambodia brings Khmer Rouge leaders to justice

Simon Crowther reports on the outcome of the trials.

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