LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) today is releasing “The Fight for Freedom: Attacks on Human Rights Defenders, 2018-2020”.“The Fight for Freedom” is not an exhaustive list of all attacks targeting human rights defenders since the beginning of 2018. Instead, it highlights a number of high LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS LICADHO. 2,188,745 hectares from 301 concessions displayed. Show concession areas by: Show. Ownership Show Crop Show Deforestation. Colour legend: Non-forest Forest Forest loss (2000-2019) Forest gain (2000-2012) Both loss & gain. Select ownership: Cambodian Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Thai Korean Singaporean Other Unknown.

TOPIC: PRISONS

March 8, 2021. This #IWD2021 , LICADHO is calling for immediate improvements to the grave conditions facing every woman and girl locked in Cambodia's dangerously overcrowded prisons. Among these women are human rights defenders Chhoeun Daravy, Eng Malai, Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoraksmey. They have tirelessly stood up for the

rights of others

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Worked to Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector. Many out-of-work garment workers are struggling to pay back unmanageable microloans, a joint briefing paper between CATU, CENTRAL and LICADHO has found. Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory REPORT: COLLATERAL DAMAGE: LAND LOSS AND ABUSES IN More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human rights abuses, including coerced land sales, child labour, debt-driven migration, and bonded labour, according to a joint report from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and Sahmakum TOPIC: RAPE, ACID ATTACK & TORTURE June 26, 2014. On June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, LICADHO releases new testimony and analysis of torture and ill-treatment in Cambodia’s police stations and prisons, including the abuse of females and juveniles and those experiencing mental health problems. Article Acid Attacks in Cambodia Continue to go

Unchecked.

LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an BRIEFING ON CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION IN CAMBODIA The sexual abuse of boys is on the other hand increasing due to more foreign visitors to the country. A stronger response in Thailand towards pedophile activity has unfortunately changed the focus of such LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) today is releasing “The Fight for Freedom: Attacks on Human Rights Defenders, 2018-2020”.“The Fight for Freedom” is not an exhaustive list of all attacks targeting human rights defenders since the beginning of 2018. Instead, it highlights a number of high LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS LICADHO. 2,188,745 hectares from 301 concessions displayed. Show concession areas by: Show. Ownership Show Crop Show Deforestation. Colour legend: Non-forest Forest Forest loss (2000-2019) Forest gain (2000-2012) Both loss & gain. Select ownership: Cambodian Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Thai Korean Singaporean Other Unknown.

TOPIC: PRISONS

March 8, 2021. This #IWD2021 , LICADHO is calling for immediate improvements to the grave conditions facing every woman and girl locked in Cambodia's dangerously overcrowded prisons. Among these women are human rights defenders Chhoeun Daravy, Eng Malai, Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoraksmey. They have tirelessly stood up for the

rights of others

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Worked to Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector. Many out-of-work garment workers are struggling to pay back unmanageable microloans, a joint briefing paper between CATU, CENTRAL and LICADHO has found. Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory REPORT: COLLATERAL DAMAGE: LAND LOSS AND ABUSES IN More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human rights abuses, including coerced land sales, child labour, debt-driven migration, and bonded labour, according to a joint report from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and Sahmakum TOPIC: RAPE, ACID ATTACK & TORTURE June 26, 2014. On June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, LICADHO releases new testimony and analysis of torture and ill-treatment in Cambodia’s police stations and prisons, including the abuse of females and juveniles and those experiencing mental health problems. Article Acid Attacks in Cambodia Continue to go

Unchecked.

LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an BRIEFING ON CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION IN CAMBODIA The sexual abuse of boys is on the other hand increasing due to more foreign visitors to the country. A stronger response in Thailand towards pedophile activity has unfortunately changed the focus of such LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS Years have passed since then, and the government has yet to fully disclose the extent of its grand land giveaway – or the exact location of the 2.1 million hectares of Cambodian land covered by existing land concessions. LICADHO is releasing its land concession dataset and urges the government to fully disclose all concessions. ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA 10 Years in Review: Rights Abuses in Cambodia. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 2019, LICADHO is publishing summaries of major events and human rights abuses spanning the last decade. Each day will feature a new year, starting on December 1 with a summary of events in 2010 and culminating on December 10 with a look back at LICADHO - LATEST DOCUMENTS Released in August 2019. More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human rights abuses, including coerced land sales, child labour, debt-driven migration, and bonded labour, according to a joint report from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human STATEMENT: ATTEMPTS AT DISSOLVING THE UNION AND PLANS TO June 10, 2021 - We, as representatives of trade union confederations, federations, associations and civil society organisations working to promote human and labour rights in the Kingdom of Cambodia are extremely disappointed with attempts to dissolve trade union leadership and the plans to systematically, unreasonably and unacceptably lay off workers during the COVID-19 crisis. STATEMENT: CAMBODIA: URGENTLY PROTECT PRISONERS FROM COVID December 9, 2020 - Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take urgent action to safeguard the right to health of people in detention, prison officials and the wider community by conducting rigorous testing of those in prisons for COVID-19, implementing

BUILT ON SLAVERY

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and

to promote respect

SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CAMBODIA workers or independent medical experts. However, it has been documented that electro-shock weapons have the potential to cause serious injury and death through heart failure.8 Doctors at Preah Kossamak Hospital said his death appeared to have been from a heart RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT IN CAMBODIA RAPE AND INDECENT ASSAULT IN CAMBODIA perpetrator. In extreme cases, a family will force the victim into prostitution since it believes she

is

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN The Cambodian Committee of Women Established on May 8, 2000 and chaired by LICADHO, The Cambodian Committee of Women (CAMBOW) is a

coalition of 34

PRISON CONDITIONS IN CAMBODIA Prison Conditions in Cambodia 2005 & 2006: One Day in the Life of3 2. My home in prison Case Study 1: The prison cells My name is Dararith. I am 26 years old and I live in a prison cell with 22 other men LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) today is releasing “The Fight for Freedom: Attacks on Human Rights Defenders, 2018-2020”.“The Fight for Freedom” is not an exhaustive list of all attacks targeting human rights defenders since the beginning of 2018. Instead, it highlights a number of high

TOPIC: PRISONS

March 8, 2021. This #IWD2021 , LICADHO is calling for immediate improvements to the grave conditions facing every woman and girl locked in Cambodia's dangerously overcrowded prisons. Among these women are human rights defenders Chhoeun Daravy, Eng Malai, Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoraksmey. They have tirelessly stood up for the

rights of others

LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS LICADHO. 2,188,745 hectares from 301 concessions displayed. Show concession areas by: Show. Ownership Show Crop Show Deforestation. Colour legend: Non-forest Forest Forest loss (2000-2019) Forest gain (2000-2012) Both loss & gain. Select ownership: Cambodian Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Thai Korean Singaporean Other Unknown. ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA 10 Years in Review: Rights Abuses in Cambodia. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 2019, LICADHO is publishing summaries of major events and human rights abuses spanning the last decade. Each day will feature a new year, starting on December 1 with a summary of events in 2010 and culminating on December 10 with a look back at

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Worked to Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector. Many out-of-work garment workers are struggling to pay back unmanageable microloans, a joint briefing paper between CATU, CENTRAL and LICADHO has found. Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory REPORT: COLLATERAL DAMAGE: LAND LOSS AND ABUSES IN More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human rights abuses, including coerced land sales, child labour, debt-driven migration, and bonded labour, according to a joint report from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and Sahmakum SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CAMBODIA workers or independent medical experts. However, it has been documented that electro-shock weapons have the potential to cause serious injury and death through heart failure.8 Doctors at Preah Kossamak Hospital said his death appeared to have been from a heart LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) today is releasing “The Fight for Freedom: Attacks on Human Rights Defenders, 2018-2020”.“The Fight for Freedom” is not an exhaustive list of all attacks targeting human rights defenders since the beginning of 2018. Instead, it highlights a number of high

TOPIC: PRISONS

March 8, 2021. This #IWD2021 , LICADHO is calling for immediate improvements to the grave conditions facing every woman and girl locked in Cambodia's dangerously overcrowded prisons. Among these women are human rights defenders Chhoeun Daravy, Eng Malai, Long Kunthea and Phuon Keoraksmey. They have tirelessly stood up for the

rights of others

LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS LICADHO. 2,188,745 hectares from 301 concessions displayed. Show concession areas by: Show. Ownership Show Crop Show Deforestation. Colour legend: Non-forest Forest Forest loss (2000-2019) Forest gain (2000-2012) Both loss & gain. Select ownership: Cambodian Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Thai Korean Singaporean Other Unknown. ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA 10 Years in Review: Rights Abuses in Cambodia. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 2019, LICADHO is publishing summaries of major events and human rights abuses spanning the last decade. Each day will feature a new year, starting on December 1 with a summary of events in 2010 and culminating on December 10 with a look back at

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Worked to Debt: Over-Indebtedness in Cambodia's Garment Sector. Many out-of-work garment workers are struggling to pay back unmanageable microloans, a joint briefing paper between CATU, CENTRAL and LICADHO has found. Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory REPORT: COLLATERAL DAMAGE: LAND LOSS AND ABUSES IN More than 2 million Cambodians currently have a loan with a microfinance institution, or MFI. Levels of debt have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a number of human rights abuses, including coerced land sales, child labour, debt-driven migration, and bonded labour, according to a joint report from the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) and Sahmakum SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CAMBODIA workers or independent medical experts. However, it has been documented that electro-shock weapons have the potential to cause serious injury and death through heart failure.8 Doctors at Preah Kossamak Hospital said his death appeared to have been from a heart LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS LICADHO. 2,188,745 hectares from 301 concessions displayed. Show concession areas by: Show. Ownership Show Crop Show Deforestation. Colour legend: Non-forest Forest Forest loss (2000-2019) Forest gain (2000-2012) Both loss & gain. Select ownership: Cambodian Vietnamese Chinese Malaysian Thai Korean Singaporean Other Unknown.

LICADHO - ABOUT US

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and to promote respect for them by the Cambodian government and

institutions.

ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA 10 Years in Review: Rights Abuses in Cambodia. To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 2019, LICADHO is publishing summaries of major events and human rights abuses spanning the last decade. Each day will feature a new year, starting on December 1 with a summary of events in 2010 and culminating on December 10 with a look back at

TOPIC: LAND

August 8, 2019. The average size of a microloan in Cambodia is now the highest in the world. Many farmers are trapped in a cycle of debt, forced to get larger and larger loans to survive. Watch the video below to learn one man's story. Statement Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia's Microfinance Sector. TOPIC: RAPE, ACID ATTACK & TORTURE June 26, 2014. On June 26, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, LICADHO releases new testimony and analysis of torture and ill-treatment in Cambodia’s police stations and prisons, including the abuse of females and juveniles and those experiencing mental health problems. Article Acid Attacks in Cambodia Continue to go

Unchecked.

REPORT: THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN CAMBODIA 2004 The Situation of Women in Cambodia 2004. Released in July 2004. Report portraying the social life of women in Cambodia and problems some of them are facing in diverse sectors such as education and equality in law. The report includes recommendations for actions that can be taken to improve the situation of women in Cambodia. (French translation

BUILT ON SLAVERY

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and

to promote respect

MOTHERS BEHIND BARS

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and

to promote respect

CHILD LABOR IN BRICK FACTORIES: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES A Research Study for Campaign of Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cambodia August 2007 By Poch Bunnak, PhD, Director, Centre for Population Studies at Royal University of Phnom Penh BRIEFING ON CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION IN CAMBODIA The sexual abuse of boys is on the other hand increasing due to more foreign visitors to the country. A stronger response in Thailand towards pedophile activity has unfortunately changed the focus of such LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរLICADHO CAMBODIA June 4, 2021. Soldiers fired bullets at land protesters on Thursday in Kandal province, hitting one man in the shoulder, as a group of about 100 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers faced off against villagers involved in a land conflict in Kandal province, about

TOPIC: PRISONS

December 9, 2020. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take urgent action to safeguard the right to health of people in detention, prison officials and the wider community by conducting rigorous testing of those in prisons for COVID-19, implementing effective ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA Land: On 24 January, a man was shot and critically injured after more than 100 police, gendarmes and soldiers descended on Kokir village, in Preah Sihanouk province.The mixed forces were enforcing a Supreme Court decision handing disputed land to nine families. Protesters, some holding sticks, threw rocks and burned tires to prevent the security forces from entering. BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory suspensions caused by COVID-19, creating a mounting human rights crisis as they struggle to feed their families and hold onto their land under immense pressure from microfinance institutions (MFIs). LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS In May 2012, the Prime Minister signed a directive declaring a moratorium on the granting of new Economic Land Concessions (ELCs). The directive also announced a systematic review of ELCs, which has so far failed to resolve long-standing land disputes linked to such

concessions.

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CAMBODIA workers or independent medical experts. However, it has been documented that electro-shock weapons have the potential to cause serious injury and death through heart failure.8 Doctors at Preah Kossamak Hospital said his death appeared to have been from a heart LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an CHILD LABOR IN BRICK FACTORIES: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES A Research Study for Campaign of Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cambodia August 2007 By Poch Bunnak, PhD, Director, Centre for Population Studies at Royal University of Phnom Penh LICADHO, A CAMBODIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOABOUT USPROGRAMSOUR LIBRARYCONTACT USDONATIONSភាសាខ្មែរLICADHO CAMBODIA June 4, 2021. Soldiers fired bullets at land protesters on Thursday in Kandal province, hitting one man in the shoulder, as a group of about 100 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers faced off against villagers involved in a land conflict in Kandal province, about

TOPIC: PRISONS

December 9, 2020. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to take urgent action to safeguard the right to health of people in detention, prison officials and the wider community by conducting rigorous testing of those in prisons for COVID-19, implementing effective ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA Land: On 24 January, a man was shot and critically injured after more than 100 police, gendarmes and soldiers descended on Kokir village, in Preah Sihanouk province.The mixed forces were enforcing a Supreme Court decision handing disputed land to nine families. Protesters, some holding sticks, threw rocks and burned tires to prevent the security forces from entering. BRIEFING: WORKED TO DEBT: OVER-INDEBTEDNESS IN CAMBODIA'S Tens of thousands of garment workers in Cambodia will struggle to repay microfinance debts during work stoppages and factory suspensions caused by COVID-19, creating a mounting human rights crisis as they struggle to feed their families and hold onto their land under immense pressure from microfinance institutions (MFIs). LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS In May 2012, the Prime Minister signed a directive declaring a moratorium on the granting of new Economic Land Concessions (ELCs). The directive also announced a systematic review of ELCs, which has so far failed to resolve long-standing land disputes linked to such

concessions.

WORKED TO DEBT

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Garment workers in Cambodia have been devastated by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Years of chronically low pay in the sector have forced workers to rely on debt – most of which is provided by microfinance

SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER. A social and human rights impact assessment of the destruction of the Tompoun/Cheung Ek wetlands. Report issued in July

2020

SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN CAMBODIA workers or independent medical experts. However, it has been documented that electro-shock weapons have the potential to cause serious injury and death through heart failure.8 Doctors at Preah Kossamak Hospital said his death appeared to have been from a heart LAND GRABBING & POVERTY IN CAMBODIA Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia: The Myth of Development 1 Introduction In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an CHILD LABOR IN BRICK FACTORIES: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES A Research Study for Campaign of Combating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Cambodia August 2007 By Poch Bunnak, PhD, Director, Centre for Population Studies at Royal University of Phnom Penh

LICADHO - ABOUT US

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and to promote respect for them by the Cambodian government and

institutions.

ARTICLE: 10 YEARS IN REVIEW: RIGHTS ABUSES IN CAMBODIA Land: On 24 January, a man was shot and critically injured after more than 100 police, gendarmes and soldiers descended on Kokir village, in Preah Sihanouk province.The mixed forces were enforcing a Supreme Court decision handing disputed land to nine families. Protesters, some holding sticks, threw rocks and burned tires to prevent the security forces from entering.

TOPIC: LAND

July 31, 2020. We, the undersigned youths, civil society groups and grassroots communities, are very concerned by the Royal Government of Cambodia granting Koh Kong S.E.Z Col, Ltd, a company publicly known as being owned by Ly Yong Phat – a powerful tycoon widely known for his involvement in human rights abuses, land rights violations and the destruction of natural resources – LICADHO: CAMBODIA'S CONCESSIONS In May 2012, the Prime Minister signed a directive declaring a moratorium on the granting of new Economic Land Concessions (ELCs). The directive also announced a systematic review of ELCs, which has so far failed to resolve long-standing land disputes linked to such

concessions.

ARTICLE: SOLDIERS SHOOT MAN IN KANDAL LAND CONFLICT Soldiers fired bullets at land protesters on Thursday in Kandal province, hitting one man in the shoulder, as a group of about 100 Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers faced off against villagers involved in a land conflict in Kandal province, about five kilometres from Phnom Penh.

MAP OF CAMBODIA

Map of Cambodia

TOPIC: RAPE, ACID ATTACK & TORTURE December 2, 2017. To mark the global campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, running from November 25 to December 10, LICADHO is publishing a new report No Punishment, No Protection: Cambodia’s Response to Domestic Violence.

BUILT ON SLAVERY

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and

to promote respect

MOTHERS BEHIND BARS

LICADHO is a national Cambodian human rights organization. Since its establishment in 1992, LICADHO has been at the forefront of efforts to protect civil, political, economic and social rights in Cambodia and

to promote respect

BRIEFING ON CHILD ABUSE, VIOLENCE AND EXPLOITATION IN CAMBODIA The sexual abuse of boys is on the other hand increasing due to more foreign visitors to the country. A stronger response in Thailand towards pedophile activity has unfortunately changed the focus of such

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Six Youth Group Members Arrested and Monks Threatened During Peaceful MFI Protest

May 10, 2020

Six members of Cambodian youth group Khmer Thavrak including human rights activist Hun Vannak were arrested in Battambang last night while returning from a peaceful protest calling on banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) to suspend loan repayments amid the economic crisis caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Five monks who joined the protest were also threatened with expulsion from their pagodas unless they thumb-printed an agreement pledging to stop their activism on behalf of Cambodian borrowers.

Briefing

Driven Out: One Village's Experience with MFIs and Cross-Border Migration

May 5, 2020

“The benefits of MFIs are short, but the fear is long.” Throughout Cambodia’s northwest, widespread microfinance debt is pushing families from their homes to find work across the Thai border. In this briefing paper “Driven Out: A study on MFIs and Cross-Border Migration”, LICADHO focuses on a single village in Banteay Meanchey province to dig deeper into the link between microfinance debt and migration in Cambodia’s borderlands. Through interviews conducted with remaining family members from 30 households, LICADHO’s researchers found that over-indebtedness to microfinance institutions (MFIs) was the primary motivating factor for migration in the village. “Far too many families have had to leave their homes and their country to repay microfinance institutions,” said LICADHO director Naly Pilorge. “Now, with tens of thousands of former migrant workers unable to work in Thailand due to COVID-19, the government and MFIs must help these borrowers by suspending repayments and returning land

titles.”

Video

Driven Out: Microfinance Debt and Cross-Border

Migration

May 5, 2020

For many families in Cambodia’s northwest, migrant work is the only way they can manage their rising microfinance debts. In this video, men and women from the Thai border share their fears of what will happen when they can no longer pay back their loans.

Statement

Stop Harassment of Community Representatives over COVID-19 Petition

May 4, 2020

We the undersigned groups decry the harassment of community representatives from across Cambodia on Tuesday, April 28. These community representatives were arbitrarily detained for seven hours and interrogated while trying to submit a petition asking for additional government assistance to vulnerable communities during the

Covid-19 crisis.

More than 30 community representatives from across Cambodia gathered in Phnom Penh to submit the petition, which has life-saving requests such as asking the government to distribute medical supplies to vulnerable communities; suspend debts from microfinance institutions (MFIs) and private money lenders; and provide direct economic assistance, including suspending rental fees for poor and informal workers and providing stay-at-home payments.

Statement

Suspend MFI Debts and Return Land Titles Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

April 27, 2020

The suffering of millions of Cambodians who are facing economic hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being amplified by the country’s ongoing over-indebtedness crisis, stemming from more than $10 billion in loans from aggressive microfinance institutions (MFIs). More than two and a half million Cambodians currently hold microloans, with an average loan of more than $3,800 – the largest amount in the world. This puts millions of Cambodians’ livelihoods, health and land tenure security at risk. The government must ensure that MFIs immediately suspend all loan repayments as well as interest accrual on loans for at least three months and return the millions of land titles currently held as collateral by MFIs to their owners. These actions are necessary to ensure that people are able to survive this crisis without risking their health or homes, and are able to avoid further risky loans that could lead to bonded labour, human trafficking and other human rights

abuses.

Flash Info

Environmental Activists Released After Days of Community Protests March 16, 2020 Four environmental activists, including Goldman Environmental Prize-winner Ouch Leng, have been released by the Kratie provincial prosecutor after the four men were beaten on Friday by guards of Think Biotech Co, Ltd, a joint Taiwanese-Khmer company repeatedly accused of illegal logging, before being handed over to local authorities for more than two days of questioning. Throughout their detention, dozens of local community members, activists and monks peacefully gathered in front of the provincial court to call for

their freedom.

Leng was arrested alongside Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) activist Khem Sokhy and Srey Thei as well as forestry activist Man Mat while investigating ongoing reports of illegal logging inside the protected Prey Lang forest. Think Biotech, which has been granted a 34,000-hectare concession, has been repeatedly accused by local communities of illegally harvesting timber within the protected forest as well as resin trees owned by local villagers. Although none of the activists have been charged, all four remain under investigation as suspects, leaving them vulnerable to being summonsed by the police at any time. Previous Flash Info >

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International Women's Day 2020

March 8, 2020

From March 5 to March 8, hundreds of people from dozens of different communities came together to celebrate International Women’s Day across Cambodia. In Kampong Speu province, convoys of tractors trekked across the red earth to public forums where women shared stories of finding strength amidst discrimination and struggle. In Koh Kong province, more than 300 people marched in protest of enduring inequality between men and women. And in the capital of Phnom Penh, more than 200 workers and activists gathered in Freedom Park to take part in performances exposing the harassment that many women continue to face every day in their workplaces. In Svay Rieng, Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Chhnang, Thbong Khmum, Battambang, Preah Sihanouk, Siem Reap and Pursat provinces, men, women and children joined arms to demand equal rights for women. For many of the women involved in demonstrations across Cambodia, land rights continued to play a central role in their struggle. Grassroots communities gathered to discuss the ongoing harassment and intimidation facing women who stand up to protect the land they depend on to survive, as well as ways to strengthen and support women activists fighting for their livelihoods. But few of these celebrations were free from outside pressure. In Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park, municipal authorities arbitrarily restricted the number of participants to 200 people crowded beneath a single tent. Most gatherings across the country took place under the watching gaze of security forces, and communities in Pursat and Svay Rieng provinces reported being threatened by local security in the days leading up to International Women’s Day. As has become all too common, much of the harassment levelled against local communities by authorities was carried out in the name of the much-condemned Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO), which gives officials arbitrary power to suppress grassroots organising and events. Despite these challenges, though, women across Cambodia continued to raise their voices against ongoing discrimination and abuse.

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Three Mothers Behind Bars

March 8, 2020

Last year, to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence campaign, LICADHO shared videos highlighting the experiences of pregnant women and mothers incarcerated with their children in Cambodian prisons. Months later, little progress has been made to improve the lives of these women and children. January saw the tragic death of a five-month old baby incarcerated with her mother in Correctional Centre 2 prison. To mark International Women’s Day this 8 March, LICADHO is sharing the full stories of three women and their children who endured the harsh realities of Cambodia’s prisons – severe overcrowding, inadequate food and access to health care, scarce contact with their families, and limited time and space for children to play. Many incarcerated pregnant women and women with children are entitled to release on bail, yet remain in pre-trial detention without access to a lawyer. As of January 2020, 43 pregnant women and 103 children living with their mothers remained behind bars.

Statement

Authorities’ Obstruction of Grassroots Activism Hurts Prey Lang Conservation

February 25, 2020

We, the undersigned, are outraged and appalled at the restrictions placed on hundreds of community members, monks and environmental activists who were prevented by authorities from entering parts of Prey Lang protected area over the weekend. The Ministry of Environment’s use of masked armed rangers to prevent members of the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) from conducting an annual tree-blessing ceremony in the forest is an indefensible restriction on the community’s freedom of movement and harms conservation efforts in the forest. The PLCN has proved itself to be the most effective and courageous advocate and monitor of the Prey Lang forest over the past 20 years. The group is made up of community members whose lives and livelihoods are intertwined with the forest, and they require unhindered access to the area in order to protect it. Despite the community group taking the courteous step of informing authorities of the intent to hold an annual ceremony inside the forest, officials from the Ministry of Environment blocked members from entering the forest without providing proper legal justification.

Statement

A Child Living in Prison has Died: LICADHO Calls for Urgent Action

February 18, 2020

A five-month-old baby incarcerated with her mother in Correctional Centre 2 prison died on Sunday, 26 January, at the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh. This tragic death once again illustrates the urgent need for authorities to prioritise bail for mothers with children. The mother of the child who died was sent to pre-trial detention in mid-2019 after authorities alleged she possessed a sachet of methamphetamine worth just 10,000 riel, or $2.50. The woman was not provided a lawyer and was unaware of her right to apply for bail. She was eight months pregnant when she was

sent to prison.

Statement

With No Will to Amend, LANGO Must Be

Repealed

February 10, 2020

We, the undersigned communities and civil society groups, urge the Royal Government of Cambodia to immediately repeal the Law on Associations and NGOs (LANGO). Today’s fourth meeting between the Ministry of Interior and some local NGOs failed to result in meaningful amendments to LANGO. This is the latest in a long line of actions which show that the government lacks the will to amend this law, which affects not just NGOs but also grassroots groups and

associations.

Statement

Former Opposition Leader’s Trial Must Allow Open Participation of Families, Independent Media and Civil

Society Groups

January 16, 2020

We, the undersigned Cambodian civil society groups, call on the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to ensure that the long-awaited trial of former opposition leader Kem Sokha is open to the public, independent media outlets and the full participation of civil society organisations. We also call on the court to record and broadcast the trial proceedings live, as they have done in the past. Kem Sokha’s trial on charges of “conspiring with a foreign power” – for which no credible evidence has yet been made public and which carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison – is of significant public interest both to Cambodians across the country and those living overseas.

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Families, Activists Mark Sixth Anniversary of Veng Sreng Violence

January 3, 2020

About 70 unionists, land activists, workers and rights activists gathered in Phnom Penh this morning to mark the sixth anniversary of security forces opening fire on striking workers on Phnom Penh’s Veng Sreng Boulevard on January 3, 2014, leaving four dead, one missing and dozens injured. Participants held a Buddhist ceremony and memorial service at the office of the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights (CENTRAL), which was also attended by several family members of the killed and

missing workers.

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International Human Rights Day 2019

December 10, 2019

December 10 - Around 6,000 community members and civil society activists participated in events in Phnom Penh and provinces across Cambodia to celebrate International Human Rights Day between December 7 and December 10, 2019. Several communities reported being threatened by local authorities to not hold events, particularly in Sihanoukville, Kampot, Koh Kong, and Kampong Speu provinces. Some communities went ahead with planned events despite pressure from authorities. In Phnom Penh, representatives from civil society groups, unions, Buddhist monks and youth groups gathered alongside representatives from various embassies to discuss the importance of human rights at Freedom Park.

Video

Life in Prison: A Mother's Story

December 9, 2019

To mark the international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (25 November - 10 December), LICADHO is highlighting pregnant women and mother and children incarcerated in Cambodian prisons. Over the 16 days, we will profile women who will share their stories of pregnancy, motherhood and of survival in the Cambodian

prison system.

Life is extremely harsh for people incarcerated in Cambodia’s prisons. Violations of basic human rights such as denial of access to food, clean water, time outside cells and legal representation occur on a mass scale and the realities of prison life are such that if prisoners do not have money to pay for these basic necessities, then they will go without.

Video

Life in Prison: A Mother's Story

December 2, 2019

To mark the international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (25 November - 10 December), LICADHO is highlighting pregnant women and mother and children incarcerated in Cambodian prisons. Over the 16 days, we will profile women who will share their stories of pregnancy, motherhood and of survival in the Cambodian

prison system.

Life is extremely harsh for people incarcerated in Cambodia’s prisons. Violations of basic human rights such as denial of access to food, clean water, time outside cells and legal representation occur on a mass scale and the realities of prison life are such that if prisoners do not have money to pay for these basic necessities, then they will go without.

Article

10 Years in Review: Rights Abuses

in Cambodia

December 1, 2019

To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10 2019, LICADHO is publishing summaries of major events and human rights abuses spanning the last decade. Each day will feature a new year, starting on December 1 with a summary of events in 2010 and culminating on December 10 with a look back at 2019.

Video

Life in Prison: A Mother's Story

November 25, 2019

To mark the international campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence (25 November - 10 December), LICADHO is highlighting pregnant women and mother and children incarcerated in Cambodian prisons. Over the 16 days, we will profile women who will share their stories of pregnancy, motherhood and of survival in the Cambodian

prison system.

Life is extremely harsh for people incarcerated in Cambodia’s prisons. Violations of basic human rights such as denial of access to food, clean water, time outside cells and legal representation occur on a mass scale and the realities of prison life are such that if prisoners do not have money to pay for these basic necessities, then they will

go without.

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