{"id":1102,"date":"2023-09-15T14:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:38:27","slug":"u-n-caught-in-temple-turf-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/news-updates\/u-n-caught-in-temple-turf-war\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=358596&amp;post_id=137058507&amp;utm_source=post-email-title&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2agqij&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzg1MDkzNzEsInBvc3RfaWQiOjEzNzA1ODUwNywiaWF0IjoxNjk0NzUxNTUyLCJleHAiOjE2OTczNDM1NTIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNTg1OTYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.MuVjoctkPtLoXTrRQRhqyJl8dFu3fJ5Sz3DDDY25mIo\">U.N. Caught in Temple Turf War<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4>Angkor Evictions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kingdom\u2019s messy land rights battles are spilling into global view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International has <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/03b51b83-25a0-4d8a-a728-09e93d98a1d9?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">petitioned<\/a> U.N. cultural authorities to intervene in mass evictions underway at Angkor Archeological Park, where authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/c3b6ce5c-196f-4d3d-8c16-daf40986b984?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">removed<\/a> more than 2,000 families since November, with <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/fbf54d27-c7d8-4621-993e-d827b7e9f612?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">thousands<\/a> more under <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/84db0939-2b93-4188-8133-f9e9cd0fd3a9?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Temple officials <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4f49379e-7e4c-4689-9fd5-0cd87f7f731c?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">defended<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1c90eb1f-f8f8-430c-89e4-e0a78526255f?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">expulsions<\/a>, saying homes were constructed in the park <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/94bac5e7-6ac3-473a-a2bf-0e340935218b?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">illegally<\/a>, and their removal was necessary to protect Angkor\u2019s UNESCO status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty is pressuring the World Heritage Committee, which meets this month, to demand a halt to the evictions. A <a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bc7bf644-bdae-4149-a83c-8336b64d46f1?j=eyJ1IjoiMmFncWlqIn0.FyBWJuotf_2zILnbAnUgeyOwrfniGURFW4FMEC3daH4\">draft decision<\/a> glosses over the issue. A final report is expected in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted in The Cambodia Daily 15\/09\/2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angkor Evictions The Kingdom\u2019s messy land rights battles are spilling into global view. Amnesty International has petitioned U.N. cultural authorities to intervene in mass evictions underway at Angkor Archeological Park, where authorities have removed more than 2,000 families since November,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/news-updates\/u-n-caught-in-temple-turf-war\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rice4life.sg\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}