Global Witness understands that Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) CEO Doan Nguyen Duc held a press conference during which the company contested evidence in Global Witness’ report ‘Rubber Barons’. This report highlights how the... read more
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13.05.2013 | International Finance Corporation and Deutsche Bank bankrolling Vietnamese land grabs in Cambodia and Laos
Cambodia | Illegal Logging | Laos | Forests | Land Deals
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank are financing Vietnamese rubber companies driving a wave of land and forest "grabs" in Cambodia and... read more
Global Witness joins Cambodian activists and citizens in commemorating the death of Chut Wutty, the Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG), who was murdered a year ago today by... read more
Case attracts scrutiny as arrests of land activists double in a year
The Cambodian government must release prominent land activist Mam Sonando and end its increasing repression of civil society and ordinary citizens,... read more
20.02.2013 | Major breakthrough in fight to end illegal logging as Interpol arrests 200 across 12 countries
Global Witness welcomes Interpol’s announcement that it has arrested nearly 200 people and seized around US$8 million worth of illegal timber in a major international crackdown on illegal logging and timber trafficking... read more
01.02.2013 | World Bank foresters ignore independent evaluation and pledge to carry on logging the world’s rainforests
Cambodia | Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Indonesia | Liberia | Industrial Forest Use | Forests
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An independent evaluation leaked earlier this week found that the World Bank’s support for the logging of tropical rainforests is failing in its key aims of... read more
05.11.2012 | Daily Telegraph - 'Land grab' as families are uprooted to make way for luxury resort that will host EU ministers
Cambodia | Laos | Land Deals
At least 500 people have been uprooted from their homes to make way for luxury villas where European Union foreign ministers, including William Hague, will stay during a summit in Laos on Monday, writes David Blair in... read more
Cambodia | Laos | Land Deals
Read about this story in the Daily Telegraph
European and Asian leaders attending the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) in Vientiane, Laos next week will stay in luxury villas built on land taken from local... read more
For immediate release: Monday 22 October 2012
A Cambodian court announced today that the man charged with killing the alleged murderer of environmental activist Chut Wutty will be released from prison on 3 November 2012... read more
Cambodia should not be given a seat on the United Nations Security Council while its ruling elite continues to commit widespread human rights abuses and sell off vast tracts of land and forest for private gain, said... read more
A Cambodian court has dropped its investigation into the murder of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty, in what can only be described as the latest effort to silence those who criticize the government’s abuse of the... read more
01.10.2012 | Lengthy jail sentence for Cambodian activist highlights worsening state repression amidst land grab crisis
Interactive map: watch Cambodia's land grab crisis worsening over time
The sentencing of Cambodian activist Mom Sonando to 20 years in prison for supposedly masterminding a rebellion is the latest example of government... read more
This interactive map by Cambodian organisation Licadho lays bare the speed and scale of the landgrabbing crisis currently gripping Cambodia. Over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales... read more
16.05.2012 | Young girl killed as clashes over land between communities and authorities escalate in Cambodia
The killing of a young teenaged girl in clashes with Cambodian military police is the latest in a series of violent conflicts between local people and the authorities trying to evict them from their land, Global Witness... read more
On Thursday 26th April 2012 Chut Wutty, Director of Cambodian environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NPRG), was shot and killed by members of the Cambodian Military Police while carrying out... read more
Cambodia | Illegal Logging | Laos | Forests | Land Deals
Global Witness understands that Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) CEO Doan Nguyen Duc held a press conference during which the company contested evidence in Global Witness’ report ‘Rubber Barons’. This report highlights how the... read more
13.05.2013 | International Finance Corporation and Deutsche Bank bankrolling Vietnamese land grabs in Cambodia and Laos
Cambodia | Illegal Logging | Laos | Forests | Land Deals
Click here to read the report and watch the film
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Deutsche Bank are financing Vietnamese rubber companies driving a wave of land and forest "grabs" in Cambodia and... read more
Global Witness joins Cambodian activists and citizens in commemorating the death of Chut Wutty, the Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection Group (NRPG), who was murdered a year ago today by... read more
Case attracts scrutiny as arrests of land activists double in a year
The Cambodian government must release prominent land activist Mam Sonando and end its increasing repression of civil society and ordinary citizens,... read more
20.02.2013 | Major breakthrough in fight to end illegal logging as Interpol arrests 200 across 12 countries
Global Witness welcomes Interpol’s announcement that it has arrested nearly 200 people and seized around US$8 million worth of illegal timber in a major international crackdown on illegal logging and timber trafficking... read more
01.02.2013 | World Bank foresters ignore independent evaluation and pledge to carry on logging the world’s rainforests
Cambodia | Cameroon | Democratic Republic of Congo | Indonesia | Liberia | Industrial Forest Use | Forests
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Global Witness available for comment
An independent evaluation leaked earlier this week found that the World Bank’s support for the logging of tropical rainforests is failing in its key aims of... read more
Cambodia | Laos | Land Deals
Read about this story in the Daily Telegraph
European and Asian leaders attending the ninth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 9) in Vientiane, Laos next week will stay in luxury villas built on land taken from local... read more
For immediate release: Monday 22 October 2012
A Cambodian court announced today that the man charged with killing the alleged murderer of environmental activist Chut Wutty will be released from prison on 3 November 2012... read more
Cambodia should not be given a seat on the United Nations Security Council while its ruling elite continues to commit widespread human rights abuses and sell off vast tracts of land and forest for private gain, said... read more
A Cambodian court has dropped its investigation into the murder of anti-logging activist Chut Wutty, in what can only be described as the latest effort to silence those who criticize the government’s abuse of the... read more
01.10.2012 | Lengthy jail sentence for Cambodian activist highlights worsening state repression amidst land grab crisis
Interactive map: watch Cambodia's land grab crisis worsening over time
The sentencing of Cambodian activist Mom Sonando to 20 years in prison for supposedly masterminding a rebellion is the latest example of government... read more
16.05.2012 | Young girl killed as clashes over land between communities and authorities escalate in Cambodia
The killing of a young teenaged girl in clashes with Cambodian military police is the latest in a series of violent conflicts between local people and the authorities trying to evict them from their land, Global Witness... read more
Statement in response to killing of prominent Cambodian forest campaigner Chut Wutty
We are shocked and devastated to learn of the killing of Chut Wutty, Director of environmental watchdog Natural Resource Protection... read more
22.12.2011 | Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
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Cambodia: Revise or Abandon Draft NGO Law
Donors Should Insist on Protections for Civil Society
(Bangkok, December 22, 2011) – Donors, who provide approximately half of Cambodia’s national... read more
20.09.2011 | UK Government announces new ‘transparency’ conditions on part of its aid budget: spokespeople available to comment
Global Witness spokespeople are available to comment on the UK government’s announcement that it intends to attach new conditions to parts of Britain’s 8.4 billion pound ($13.2 billion) annual aid budget, to encourage... read more
This interactive map by Cambodian organisation Licadho lays bare the speed and scale of the landgrabbing crisis currently gripping Cambodia. Over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales... read more
27.10.2010 | Briefing Document: The Bribery Bill
Global Witness and its partners on the BOND anti-corruption group have long called for an overhaul of the UK’s outdated anti-bribery legislation, to prevent companies from paying bribes to facilitate their operations at... read more
On 30th April 2010, the Cambodian Embassy published a press release challenging Global Witness to a public debate, in response to our criticism of the government's management of the country's natural resources. This... read more
10.05.2010 | Supporting documents for "Shifting Sand" report
These documents accompany and substantiate claims made in the report "Shifting Sand: how Singapore's demand for Cambodian sand threatens ecosystems and undermines good governance." The details of each is as follows:... read more
05.02.2009 | Cambodian oil, gas and mining documents
In the course of its investigation into Cambodia's oil, gas and mining sectors, Global Witness obtained a number of key documents. Global Witness believes that it is important that these documents, which include key... read more
05.02.2009 | Country for Sale
UPDATE JULY 09: VISIT OF CAMBODIAN PRIME MINISTER WOULD UNDERMINE LABOUR'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PLEDGES
UPDATE MAY 09: GLOBAL WITNESS WELCOMES CAMBODIA SAND EXPORT BAN
UPDATE MAY 09: GLOBAL WITNESS SLAMS DONOR... read more
09.12.2008 | Cambodia Draft Oil Production Sharing Contract
31.05.2007 | Cambodia's Family Trees
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Khmer - Cambodia's Family Trees Part 1 (Low Res)... read more
01.07.2002 | Deforestation Without Limits
A review of law enforcement in the forestry sector in Cambodia. The report examines evidence of illegal logging that Global Witness has submitted to the Royal Government of Cambodia as part of the Forest Crimes... read more
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07.12.1999 | The Untouchables
THIS DOCUMENT IS INTENDED TO ALERT INTERESTED PARTIES TO THE POTENTIAL SHORTCOMINGS IN THE ADB-FUNDED CONCESSION REVIEW BEING CARRIED OUT IN LATE 1999. IN PARTICULAR, THE LOGISTICAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE MANDATE OF THE... read more
07.04.1999 | Made in Vietnam, Cut in Cambodia
An exposé of the illegal trade in Cambodian timber to Vietnam, where it is made into garden furniture and then exported to European high street stores.
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01.02.1996 | Corruption, War and Forest Policy
A report which presents evidence that mismanagement and corruption within the Royal Government of Cambodia was responsible for the increasing rates of forest destruction in 1995.
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05.11.2012 | Daily Telegraph - 'Land grab' as families are uprooted to make way for luxury resort that will host EU ministers
Cambodia | Laos | Land Deals
At least 500 people have been uprooted from their homes to make way for luxury villas where European Union foreign ministers, including William Hague, will stay during a summit in Laos on Monday, writes David Blair in... read more
Human rights organisations are calling on donor governments to reassess their aid programmes to Cambodia if the country passes a law that can be used to muzzle local and foreign NGOs, writes the Guardian's Marc Tran. read more
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