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Teaching the Young about Injustice

Children in Cambodia learn things the hard way. For example the concept of ‘injustice’ by having their parents imprisoned for 2 1/2 years for singing songs on a heap of sand that doesn’t belong to them but where they were living before. Boeung Kak Lake staged a peacefull demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice this morning…

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Children of the Boeung Kak Lake rehearsing songs they will perform during a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Children of the Boeung Kak Lake rehearsing songs they will perform during a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Children of the Boeung Kak Lake going to a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Children of the Boeung Kak Lake going to a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 31/05/2012: Demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents in front of the Ministry of Justice requesting the liberation of 15 members of their community arrested and summarily condemned to 2 1/2 years of imprisonment.

And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of land issues in Cambodia for the iPad is available on iTunes… Here is the Youtube teaser

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