Cambodia: Halt ‘mass forced evictions’ at World Heritage site Angkor Wat

By Amnesty International

The Cambodian government’s ongoing removal of a reported ten thousand families from the Angkor Wat temple complex amounts to mass forced evictions, Amnesty International said today, as it called on authorities to immediately stop this violation of human rights. During March, Amnesty International conducted in-person interviews with more than 35 people from sites around Angkor […] The post Cambodia: Halt ‘mass forced evictions’ at World Heritage site Angkor Wat appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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