WHAT IS
LICADHO Canada is a not-for-profit, non-governmental, grass-roots organisation working to promote justice and human rights in Cambodia. Registered in British Columbia - Canada – we are committed international volunteers founded with the purpose of providing various forms of support to LICADHO in Cambodia while bringing the voice of Cambodians to the international stage.
On January 23, 2009 at 2am, mixed forces surrounded Dey Krahorm - the community with the longest, resistance to unlawful eviction. Just after 6am, more than 250 armed forces and 300 breakers attacked the villagers in a brutal show of force...
In recent years it has become a tragic cliché to say that Cambodia is suffering from an “epidemic” of land-grabbing by the rich and powerful – an epidemic which is resulting in the loss of residence and livelihoods by the poor and vulnerable on a massive scale.