Yorm Bopha, Land Rights Activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience was found guilty at her Appeals Trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this afternoon. Her sentence was reduced to 2 years instead of 3 for allegedly having beaten up moto-dup drivers (with the help of her brothers who are on the run). Most of the […]
Over the past years and during the many events we covered I mostly saw the back of his head or his camera in my frame. When I saw his face he was usually grinning. Today Lach Peou, Journalist and Cameraman with Thomson Reuters is dead. Killed by a young guy in a car, totally drunk, […]
Looking at the events of the past days, it seems elections are not needed anymore… A short recap of interesting recent events ahead of the July 28th elections in Cambodia… – Mr. Sam Rainsy from the opposition SRP (Sam Rainsy Party) is still in self-imposed exile, as a prison sentence is waiting for him in […]
The exhibition on the Cambodian garment industry and the ‘Better Factories’ program, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the presence of the AFD (Agence Française de Développement) in the country and which opens officially coming monday, is already up and visible on the (outside) walls of the French Embassy at Monivong Boulevard. Access […]
The never-shown-before-in-Cambodia exhibition ‘Quest for Land’ will remain on the walls of Meta House (Sothearos Blvd, Phnom Penh) until June 12th at 8:00AM. So this W.E. is your last opportunity. The exhibition is a short extract from the ‘Quest for Land‘ application for the iPad which contains over 700 photographs about land issues in Cambodia […]
The first day of the appeals trial of Yorm Bopha, land rights activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, took place today. The Boeung Kak Lake community was as vocal as ever to support her during the proceedings, largely overpowering the tuk tuk drivers who were counter-demonstrating (and paid 30,000 Riel or 7.5US$ to participate). […]
About 200-250 younger Cambodians staged a demonstration in front of the National Assembly (was anyone working in there today?) on this ‘World Environment Day’. I am afraid that it will take a lot more from many more people to curb the current trend of destruction of natural resources in the ‘Kingdom of Wonder’. One of […]
The 24-hour hunger strike by 4 representatives of Boeung Kak Lake, entangled in a never ending land issue and protesting for the release of Yorm Bopha, land rights activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, ended this morning with 2 remaining protesters. In time to gather forces for the upcoming Appeal’s Court trial tomorrow… See […]