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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Grant Peck

A rights group accuses UNESCO of turning a blind eye to forcible evictions at Cambodia's Angkor Wat

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The human rights group Amnesty International has strongly criticized UNESCO and its World Heritage program for failing to challenge the Cambodian government’s ongoing mass evictions at the famous centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex.

The London-based organization in a report released Tuesday charged that the evictions of an estimated 10,000 families by Cambodian authorities violated international and national law.

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