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Tag: Mekong Chao Phraya

Posted inInvestigation

On Patrol, a Mekong Village Tackles Electric Fishing Scourge

Gerald Flynn headshotAvatar photoAvatar photo by Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball and Sorn Srenh 8 February 20216 December 2021

Volunteer community patrollers along the Mekong in Cambodia aim to stop a rise in illegal electric fishing, which harms river ecosystems and livelihoods that rely on protected fisheries. But the sale of outlawed gear allows the dangerous practice to continue.

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“We Have to Hide Our Face”: Cambodia’s Eco-Activists Go Undercover

by Ouch Sony and Matt Surrusco 18 January 202124 November 2021

Environmental advocacy group Mother Nature Cambodia is known for their confrontational videos, with activists exposing crimes against nature. But with three members jailed, and others facing harassment, the group has decided to conceal their identities.

A header image showing one hand handing a passport over to another hand. A man is balancing on the passport, leaning away from the approaching hand. Other passports can be seen in the background.
Posted inInvestigation

A Mass Trial in Cambodia Points to Far-Flung Anti-Opposition Efforts

by Ouch Sony, Matt Surrusco and Charis Loke 21 December 202024 September 2021

A general contractor in Texas who has never set foot in Cambodia is among more than a dozen foreign citizens called up to a mass trial of the banned main opposition party. Their experiences suggest Thai authorities supplied a Cambodian court with their names.

Posted inInvestigation

A Surrogate Family and the Law That Criminalised Them

Danielle Keeton-Olsen - New NaratifAvatar photo by Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Penkuro 2 November 202024 September 2021

Cambodia banned commercial surrogacy in 2016, but the future of the practice and people involved is unclear. Since then, about 100 surrogate mothers have been ordered by courts to raise the children they carried for others—a costly but happy result for one.

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“Let It End in Our Generation”: How the Thailand Protests Came to Be

Avatar photo by Prachatai 29 October 20205 May 2021

Thailand has seen massive pro-democracy demonstrations this year calling for constitutional reform. Thai news site, Prachatai, unpacks what is behind the protests, what is happening now and what the future may hold for Thailand.

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While School’s Out in Cambodia, Students Help Each Other Learn

Avatar photo by Cindy Liu 21 September 20205 May 2021

Due to COVID-19 concerns, most schools in Cambodia were closed in March, risking long-term setbacks to students’ education. But some entrepreneurial youth took action by organising informal classes and community libraries.

Two Buddhist monks wearing orange robes squat down and hold down a small tan dog while a kneeling woman holds a syringe preparing to vaccinate the dog for rabies. Andy Ball
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Can Cambodia Eradicate the World’s Most Fatal Disease?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Kieran Murray and Andy Ball 24 August 202024 January 2022

Each year, hundreds of people in Cambodia are estimated to die of rabies, which is treatable but fatal once symptoms present. Animal welfare and health experts say vaccinating the nation’s dogs and controlling the dog meat trade could help prevent deaths.

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The Rat Catchers of Takeo

Avatar photoMech Dara - New Naratif by Ananth Baliga and Mech Dara 17 August 202020 October 2021

During the rainy season, rising waters in the rice fields surrounding Cambodia’s Koh Andet district provide an ample supply of rodents. As the global economic downturn leaves many jobless, some are turning to catching and exporting rats to make ends meet.

A Medical Waste Management Unit worker navigates the waste-strewn warehouse floor of the Dangkor landfill in Phnom Penh on April 9, 2020.
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Medical Waste Collectors: Cambodia’s Unseen Front-Line Workers

Gerald Flynn headshot by Gerald Flynn 30 April 202031 January 2022

On the front lines of Cambodia’s fight against COVID-19, the five-man team responsible for disposing of all of Phnom Penh’s medical waste says they are poorly equipped, uninsured and at risk of infection, but few recognise the challenges they face.

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No Progress or Answers on Enforced Disappearances in Thailand

Avatar photoAdam Bemma - New Naratif by Prema-Ja and Adam Bemma 25 December 201918 May 2021

The remains of a land rights activist who went missing in 2014 has brought up the issue of torture and enforced disappearances in Thailand. But civil society groups fear little action is being taken on a bill that would recognise enforced disappearance as a criminal offence.

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