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An overhead view of a large compound surrounded by walls and fields, connected by a single road to a nearby town.
(Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Evidence Suggests Scamming Compounds Bypassed Despite High-Profile ‘Crackdown’

The Cambodian government’s high-profile crackdown on scamming compounds has failed to dismantle the vast majority of sites or protect and…

June 8, 2026

scamming compound in Cambodia
(Amnesty International)

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Falling Through the Cracks: Cambodia’s Crackdown on Scamming Compounds and the Victims It Has Failed

Amnesty International presents the latest evidence on the scamming industry in Cambodia from a human rights perspective

June 7, 2026

(Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Casinos Get State Approval Despite Links to Human Rights Abuse at Scamming Compounds

A dozen casinos in Cambodia are linked to scamming compounds where torture, forced labor, child labor and human trafficking have…

April 2, 2026

An overhead view of a large compound surrounded by walls and fields, connected by a single road to a nearby town.
(Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Growing Humanitarian Crisis as Escaped Scamming Compound Survivors Tell of Murder, Rape and Torture

Thousands of people who escaped scamming compounds in Cambodia are now stranded and need humanitarian assistance.

January 27, 2026

An overhead view of a large compound surrounded by walls and fields, connected by a single road to a nearby town.
(Amnesty International)

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Cambodia: Victims Must be Protected as Thousands ‘Leave Scamming Compounds’

The Cambodian government must provide support to people escaping scamming compounds and help bring all remaining victims inside to safety.

January 16, 2026

Women and children sit on plastic mats with their belongings, mostly just a few bags each, perhaps a small tent, in what appears to be a large, makeshift shelter.

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Cambodia/Thailand: Both Sides Must Prevent Further Risk to Civilians from Renewed Hostilities

Fighting around the Thailand/Cambodia border risks civilian lives, mass displacement and the destruction of essential civilian infrastructure.

December 8, 2025

(Amnesty International, 2025)

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Cambodia: Scamming Crisis Survivors Must Be Protected Amid Police Crackdown

A coordinated government response to Cambodia’s scamming crisis is long overdue. It is vital that authorities respect the human rights…

July 18, 2025

The Cambodian flag waves atop a flagpole at dawn surrounded by flying pigeons in a grassy park with buildings on the horizon.
(Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images)

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Cambodia: Revocation of Citizenship Would Be Heinous Violation of International Law

A proposed amendment to the Cambodian Constitution would allow for revocation of citizenship.

July 11, 2025

Cambodia scamming compound
(Amnesty International)

Sheet of paper Report

I Was Someone Else’s Property: Slavery, Human Trafficking and Torture in Cambodia’s Scamming Compounds

Amnesty International documents the alarming human rights crisis taking place within the scamming industry in Cambodia since 2022.

June 26, 2025

Cambodian soldiers carry aid, to be used to combat the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, from a Chinese military plane as a Chinese soldier wearing a protective suit looks on at Phnom Penh International Airport on April 1, 2020. - China's Ministry of Defence provided on April 1 medical equipment to the state-run Preah Ket Mealea military hospital to support the fight against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (Photo by TANG CHHIN Sothy / AFP) (Photo by TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images)

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Proposed Emergency Powers in Cambodia Would Obliterate Human Rights

The Cambodian authorities must urgently withdraw or substantially redraft the egregious State of Emergency Law which poses a grave threat…

April 2, 2020

A vendor is wearing a mask in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, March 25, 2020 -- A vendor wearing mask is seen in front of the Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 25, 2020. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he is considering to put the country in a state of emergency after a spike of COVID-19 cases. Cambodia has recorded a total of 93 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 to date. (Photo by Mao Pengfei/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Mao Pengfei via Getty Images)

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Overcrowded detention centers in Cambodia a ticking time bomb for COVID-19 amid raft of fake news arrests

Overcrowded and squalid prisons and detention centers risk becoming detonators for a major COVID-19 outbreak in Cambodia that will make…

March 27, 2020

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Cambodia: Release of Kem Sokha must be made permanent

Responding to the news that opposition leader Kem Sokha has been released from prison on bail and is now being…

September 10, 2018