Wednesday, July 10, 2013

The Cambodian villages destroyed by the sugarcane industry - video

The Cambodian villages destroyed by the sugarcane industry - video


The Guardian (UK) | 9 July 2013


Thousands of Cambodian farmers claim they are losing their land and livelihoods to big sugar plantations, some of which are directly supplying the EU through companies including Tate & Lyle. The company has imported large volumes of sugar from Cambodia, where its supplier is accused of using child labour and being complicit in expropriating land and inflicting violence on local people, the Guardian can reveal. Tate & Lyle denies any human rights abuses


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen has nothing better to scare Cambodians by just using the same trick Khmer Rouge will be back if CPP lose.

United States government say "No it will not happen" look at all the strongest dictatorships in the world now. To date, rulers have been forced from power in Tunisia,[1] Egypt,[2] Libya,[3] and Yemen;[4] civil uprisings have erupted in Bahrain[5] and Syria;[6] major protests have broken out in Algeria,[7] Iraq,[8] Jordan,[9] Kuwait,[10] Morocco,[11] and Sudan;[12] and minor protests have occurred in Mauritania,[13] Oman,[14] Saudi Arabia,[15] Djibouti,[16] and Western Sahara.[17]

Anonymous said...

maybe it's the imminent domain concept here. i think the gov't reserves the right to take land for public development, etc, given a fair compensation is granted, you know! i'm sure cambodia can use a sound real estate law, you know!

Anonymous said...

12:08 AM

i know and you need to get lost ok!