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On 2 January 2014, human rights defender Vorn Pov, President of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA), and Theng Savuen from the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) along with eight workers and five monks were arrested...

Background: . . . Hun Sen began awarding rights to clear the forests to close allies like Try Pheap — a family friend and now Cambodia's most infamous timber magnate. Exploiting the ELC structure, Pheap made $227 million logging rosewood — a threatened...

Mr. Kong, left, is among thousands of Cambodia workers eager to find higher paying jobs in neighboring Thailand. Credit: Michelle Tolson/IPS By Michelle Tolson Poipet, Cambodia, Jul 3 2014 (IPS) Eight people, three women and five men, are crouched...

CAMBODIANpolice Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators demanding authorities reopen the country’s main protest venue, as clashes left at least 30 people injured, rights groups said. Violence erupted after around 300 opposition activists protested...

Cambodian human rights groups said at least 40 people were injured Tuesday during clashes between security guards and opposition protesters in Phnom Penh. The protesters were demanding the government re-open Freedom Park, the capital's main protest...