Boeung Kak Lake? Ongoing Issue…
The community of the Boeung Kak Lake held a press conference this morning.
The Boeung Kak Lake land issue is ongoing since 2007 (see HERE and HERE).
It has radically transformed the lives of many inhabitants of the community. The 3000 families who were evicted by a development company from the shores of what once was a lake had the toughest time of course. But among those who are still living there and who are still fighting the authorities for a reasonable solution, some have evolved into full-time human rights activists, sparing no energy, time or health to make their voice heard. If one has to find a positive aspect in the Boeung Kak Lake eviction saga, with its accumulation of cronyism, crass mismanagement, outright violence and disregard of simple human values by the authorities, it is the formidable empowerment and awakening to human rights issues by simple citizens.
If you want to know more about this and other land issues in Cambodia you can download ‘Quest for Land’ on your iPad at the iTunes store HERE. It contains over 700 photographs about various land issues since 2000 and an in-depth text by Robert Carmichael.
