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    Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns

    by David Rising Apr 11, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    It’s been more than a year since Yem Srey Pin moved with her family from the village where she was born on Cambodia’s Angkor UNESCO World Heritage site to Run Ta Ek, a dusty new settlement about 25 kilometers (15 miles) away.

    Hers is one of about 5,000 families relocated from the sprawling archaeological site, one of Southeast Asia’s top tourist draws, by Cambodian authorities in an ongoing program that Amnesty International has condemned as a “gross violation of international human rights law.” Another 5,000 families are still due to be moved.

    The allegations have drawn strong expressions of concern from UNESCO and a spirited rebuttal from Cambodian authorities, who

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