Published by IFEX
IFEX’s Asia-Pacific editor Mong Palatino features the work of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights and civil society groups in promoting the empowerment of environmental activists and land rights defenders in Cambodia.
The rise in land disputes across Cambodia in recent years coincided with the dismantling of opposition parties and the forced closure of independent media outlets. Amid these challenges, communities resisting displacement and development aggression have struggled hard to assert their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights. When authorities doubled down on repression, various stakeholders responded by extending solidarity to villagers and Indigenous Peoples who are defending their land and cultural resources.