STT has gathered together figures on displacement since 1990 showing that at least 120,000 residents (one in ten) have been displaced and/or evicted. For the full PDF file please look on our RESEARCH page and download the file.

The Kampot office has been recently piloting a simple way of working with local communities and understanding some of the dynamic within the area.For more information take a look on the Community Infrastructure page

About 80 villagers, holding hands, blocked three bulldozers and an excavator from filling in the rest of the lake underneath their stilted homes. They foiled two attempts by company workers to take their property. Workers then called in reinforcements to block the villagers’ movement, and continued their work. Seeing that their attempts were futile, a group of a dozen villagers went to CPP head quarters where Prime Minister Hun Sen was holding a meeting. Police met them at the gate and told them to leave or be arrested...more

A report by Australian based engineers working in cooperation with STT warns that the continued filling of Boeung Kak could lead to increased severity of flooding especially to the area north of the lake. 'The report confirms what many have suspected - that the development at Boeung Kak is being undertaken without full regard to the environmental impacts.' commented STT's advisor. Media statement BK report (pdf)

The final phase of eviction of Dey Krahorm residents began at 6 a.m. on Saturday 24 January, 2009 and was carried out by over 300 police officers and up to 500 breakers hired by the private company 7NG. The eviction was marked by excessive use of force endangering the lives of Dey Krahorm residents, and resulting in over 18 injuries - 5 of which were serious. It also saw the systematic destruction of private property, while the police and breakers hired by 7NG blocked attempts by human rights observers and the press to monitor and report on the event. "7NG needs to get serious about providing adequate compensation to these evicted home owners, instead of imposing arbitrary deadlines and issuing threats that these people will receive nothing," said LICADHO director Naly Pilorge. "It is long overdue that 7NG starts to do the right thing, instead of continuing its thuggish behavior.

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GW's latest report on Cambodia entitled 'Country for Sale' paints a bleak picture of what is claimed to be wholesale misappropriation of state funds for oil and mining concessions. 'A corrupt elite has captured the country's emerging oil and mineral sectors while Cambodia's international donors turn a blind eye'. www.globalwitness.org