The opposition CNRP has launched its 3 day demonstration at Freedom Park to protest the 2013 legislative elections results and to request the implementation of the Paris Peace Accords which were signed on October 23rd 1991. A religious ceremony was held in the early morning. A press conference was held by Sam Rainsy and Kem […]
The Boeung Kak lake community, caught in a seemingly endless land issue since 2007, held its 34th demonstration for the year 2013. Well, that is the 34th I took photographs of… I did miss a few protests in those last 10 months. And that is also without counting the numerous ‘guest appearances’ during protests held […]
Ahead of a planned 3-day mass demonstration of the opposition CNRP, the cambodian riot police held a demonstration of force at Freedom Park, the area usually assigned by the authorities for demonstrations. This left the Grassroots People’s School of Democracy no alternative but to organise their event with discussions about the cambodian constitution and their […]
A simple memorial by a small youth group and monks to honour the memory of Mao Sok Chan who was fatally shot by the police in the aftermath of the opposition CNRP demonstration of September 15th turned quite nasty as nervous security guards from the municipality intervened several times to confiscate joss sticks and lotus […]
The Borei Keila community which was evicted in January 2012 (see HERE) and which lives in apalling conditions underneath the buildings they were promised an appartment in staged its first march towards the Municipality to air their complaints. They were met by rather inefficient police cordons on the way and, once they started blocking the […]
The area around the new statue honouring the late King Norodom Sihanouk was finally accessible to the general public so that it could pay respect on the first anniversary of the king’s death. The rain and the barriers being closed again at 5:30PM left quite a few in the cold. The events of last year, […]
The pivotal figure in Cambodia’s turbulent past, King Norodom Sihanouk, died one year ago. Last year tens of thousands of people paid tribute to him by greeting the return of his remains, by praying in front of the Royal Palace, by attending the cremation ceremony. So far this year only the members of the governent […]
Sihanouk boulevard was sealed off from the general public, but not really to the odd tourist, for the commemoration of King Norodom Sihanouk’s death one year ago by the members of the new government.