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Video | Case Closed as Debt Crisis Worsens

3 September 2026 audio available

Across Cambodia, millions of families turned to microloans for a better life. Instead, predatory debt has forced land sales, children dropping out of school, hunger, child labour, migration, and widespread hardship.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, invested over $400 million into Cambodian banks and microfinance institutions. Their stated mission was to reduce poverty. But what actually happened?

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Flash Info | Youth Leader Convicted for Plotting

2 September 2026

Flash Info | Two NPP Commune Leaders Jailed on Forgery Charges

2 September 2026

Flash Info | Factory Worker Gets Two-Year Prison Sentence Over Facebook Posts

31 August 2026

Statement | Most MFI Complainants Refuse to Engage after IFC Rejects Accountability

26 August 2026

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Article | LICADHO Sees Increase in Intimate Image Abuse Cases

14 July 2026 audio available

Intimate image abuse is a type of gender-based violence emerging across Cambodia. LICADHO has documented 24 cases involving intimate image abuse since 2021, with more than one-third opened in the last 12 months alone. While these cases likely represent only a small fraction of those occurring in Cambodia, they reveal clear patterns of abuse.

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Prisoners of Interest

Read through the list of politicians, activists and unionists unjustly arrested for their peaceful activism.

Keep track of court cases against human rights defenders, environmental campaigners and political activists.

Safety & Justice

Safety & Justice is a resource and information hub about domestic and sexual violence in Cambodia.

Right to Relief

An interactive research project focusing on over-indebted land communities struggling with microfinance debt.

Cambodia's Concessions

Use an interactive map to explore Cambodia’s land concessions.

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RESEARCH

Bound by Bricks: An Opportunity to End Debt Bondage and Child Labour in Cambodia

Debt Threats: A Quantitative Study of Microloan Borrowers in Cambodia

Status Update: Harassment on Social Media in Cambodia

Right to Relief: Indebted Land Communities in Cambodia Speak Out