Kathen in Kep
Tuesday, November 27th, 2012Holidays are tough. Can’t resist taking photographs…
Holidays are tough. Can’t resist taking photographs…
This is the second year in a row there will be no Water Festival. Last year because of the Koh Pich tragedy, this year because of King Norodom Sihanouk’s passing away. So we stay here, in Kep, as an alternative.
The ‘Free Turkeys From Thanksgiving’ movement advocates for the application of Universal Turkey Rights, freedom of choice, freedom of expression and well… freedom all over and for everyone. Today it launches its campaign ‘SAVE YOUR TURKEY’, which means eat tofu instead. The movement has at least one member so far… From the ‘Squares‘ story and […]
Enjoy them BIG: the photographs (except this one) of the demonstrations around ASEAN were bundled into one story on my website. See them here…
For the third consecutive day (see also here, here and here), members of Boeung Kak, Borei Keila and Pochentong Airport communities demonstrated in the filled-up Boeung Kak, in front – but at considerable distance – of the ‘Peace Palace’ where the ASEAN meetings take place, urging U.S. President Barack Obama to support them in the […]
The Boeung Kak Lake community continued the demonstration started the same morning in favour of Human Rights on the sands pumped in the lake by the company which evicted 3/4 of the 4000 inhabitants of the area. A big S.O.S. sign was lit with candles and overflown several times by helicopters securing the arrival of […]
Boeung Kak Lake, Borei Keila and Pochentong Airport communities under threat of an eviction tried to stage a demonstration claiming their Human Rights ahead of the ASEAN meetings, but they were blocked inside their neigbourhood by important forces of riot police. They then turned to the sand-filled lake and will continue to demonstrate there this […]
Seng Theary, a lawyer involved in a watchdog role for the judiciary process of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, tried to set up her ‘Poetic Justice Dart Game’ on the waterfront, a popular gathering place for the cambodian public on a sunday afternoon, where the public can throw darts at images of those responsible for the […]