Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee publishes this report in order to allow communities

At a press conference on Thursday, September 10, the Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee will release a new report entitled “Losing Ground – Forced Evictions and Intimidation in Cambodia”. The event also marks the launch of Amnesty International’s global Demand Dignity campaign in Cambodia.
Forced evictions, displacement, and landlessness among Cambodia’s rural and urban poor are reaching crisis proportions. Marginalized communities are driven deeper into poverty by forced evictions, economic land concessions, mining concessions and unlawful land grabs.
This, however, is only half of the story. Communities’ efforts to seek peaceful solutions are met with intimidation, coercion, court action and violence. Such incidents, especially in rural Cambodia, often go unreported. “Losing Ground” comes about after many months of research and documentation. In the report, affected people from around the country speak about their personal experiences, illustrating the alarming trends at local and national level.
The report is to be available at www.chrac.org/ from 8am on 10 September 2009 (Cambodian time)

Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee publishes this report in order to allow communities to speak and in the genuine hope that issues are properly addressed in the spirit of dialogue and inclusive development.
Event 1: Morning 09:00am – 11:00am, Thursday, 10 September 2009
What: Press Conference for release of “Losing Ground – Forced Eviction and Intimidation in Cambodia”, a report published by Cambodian Human Rights Action Committee and Amnesty International Demand Dignity campaign