Today is the last day in the closing arguments for ‘Case nr2’ at the ECCC or ‘Khmer Rouge Tribunal’, trying former Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea (initially there were 4 but Ieng Tirith has dementia and Ieng Sary died). In ‘Case Nr1’, Duch, alias Kaing Guek Eav, was tried and sentenced to […]
On the 35th demonstration for 2013 only that I took photographs of (not counting guest appearances during other demonstrations), members of the Boeung Kak lake community gathered in front of the Municipal Court to deliver evidence about the vicious crackdown by masked men, allegedly Phnom Penh Municipality Security Guards dressed in civilian clothes, on a […]
The Borei Keila community, seeking a solution from the municipal authorities regarding their precarious habitat following their January 2012 eviction, marched to town hall again, following a rather predictable scenario: the community first pours through a roadblock set up by the police and then a roadblock set up by the community in front of the […]
The marches have been marched, the speeches have been spoken, the voices of the 6000 Riel-a-day people have been heard, the connection between people from the various provinces was warm and heartening. Those who were there during these three days will remember… There was no violence, not even provocation. Order was maintained, even if the […]
It was marching time again on this third day of the CNRP protest in Phnom Penh. Shuffling at a brisk pace through the overheated streets of Phnom Penh, thousands of CNRP supporters cheerfully followed Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, co-Presidents of the oppostion CNRP, on their bid to deliver a notice to several embassies (Australia, […]
The demonstration by the opposition CNRP churns along its second day. Representatives of various communities and faraway provinces take the front stage, finally have their 15 minutes of fame, and can tell the (CNRP) world what troubles them in their life, how hard and unjust it can be, how tough it is to make ends […]
The CNRP demonstrations and marches go on unhindered on this second of three days of protests against the 2013 elections results. A petition was delivered by a huge and enthusiastic crowd headed by Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, co-Presidents of the opposition CNRP, to the French, British and U.S.A. embassies, three countries which signed the […]
A crowd of probably 15,000 people, substantially superior to the one from the first 3 day protest by the opposition CNRP, headed by Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha, co-Presidents of the CNRP, marched to the UN Human Rights office to deliver a petition signed by 2 million cambodians, requesting justice for people who were cheated […]