LAND EVICTIONS
 Illegal land evictions have become a major human rights issue in Cambodia with poor populations, both urban and rural, being forced to sign over land at gunpoint, forcibly evicted to make way for developers or plantation owners, and worst. Over 250,000 Cambodians have been displaced. LEARN MORE VIDEO SERIES: CAMBODIA FOR SALE http://khmernz.blogspot.com/2009/03/sbs-cambodia-for-sale.html (also available below) IN THE NEWS: Assemby to debate seizure of real estate,Tuesday, 08 December 2009 Police Move on Kraya Villagers, Tuesday, 08, December 2009 Cambodia faces worrying human rights trends: UN, Thursday, December 10, 2009 Capital’s poor drifting to the edges: survey, December 11, 2009 Bassac residents not eligible for land titles, officials warn, December 15, 2009 Last family in land dispute departs Kraya commune, 17 December 2009 NGO Points to Land Rights Crisis, September 20, 2010 In Cambodia, No Land Title, No Land Rights, Oct 18, 2010 Cambodians Protest Eviction from Prime Tourist Area, October 28, 2010 Phnom Penh Buckles Under Megagrowth Projects, December 2, 2010 From Reuters, An Overview of Major Recent Evictions Executed and Ongoing Cambodian Evictions Factbox, July 8, 2010 At Amnesty International: http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA230022008&lang=e http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGASA230182009&lang=e At the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights: http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/ DOWNLOAD THE E-BOOK: LOSING GROUND: FORCED EVICTIONS AND INTIMIDATION IN CAMBODIA DOWNLOAD GLOBAL WITTNESS'S FULL REPORT: COUNTRY FOR SALE DOWNLOAD THE CAMBODIAN LEAGUE FOR THE PROMOTION AND DEFENSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: LAND GRABBING AND POVERTY IN CAMBODIA: THE MYTH OF DEVELOPMENT 2009 WHAT YOU CAN DO
Write to your legislators to demand actions from the Cambodian
government to stop all evictions and to conduct independent
investigations to identify officials who order the use of deadly
weapons and assault on unarmed civilians; you can find your Senator and Representatives' contact information here: www.congress.org (A form letter is attached that you can use--just plug in your name and address! You can find them at the bottom of the page). Ask them to demand Cambodia respect the rule of law, private property rights, and make an end to evictions a prerequisite to additional aid money. Write to the UN to call on the Cambodian government to comply with its responsibility as a signatory to ICESCR and to the Convention on the Right of the Child (CRC) and to CEDAW: http://www.un.org/en/members/countryinfo.asp?countryname=cambodia, and : 
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland (A form letter is attached that you can use--just plug in your name and address!) The World Bank You can also contact the Asian Development Bank and ask that aid projects not fund the displacement of those whom should benefit from development loans, and also ensure that development money is not diverted to those behind this acts against the humanity of Cambodia's underprivileged.1818 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20433 USA tel: (202) 473-1000 fax: (202) 477-6391 Asian Development Bank 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Philippines Music Video to Raise Awareness About Forced Evictions in Cambodia
Keywords: Cambodian land rights, Cambodian human rights, housing rights, land rights, Cambodian property Evictions Scenes Set to Music--Very Hard to Watch if You Have a Heart
NGO Films Agressive Measures of Policy to Drive Out Residents at Boeung Kak Lake, Phnom Penh
Three days in the lives of Dey Krahorm villagers as they withstand the longest ongoing eviction in Cambodian history. Two years on they are still facing extreme coercion and intimidation. VIDEO SERIES ON CAMBODIAN EVICTIONS (3 Parts) Video Journalist David O'Shea reports from Cambodia, where locals are now faced with a new peril - rampant land developers literally smashing entire communities, leaving thousands homeless. |
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