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Pride…

Monday, January 14th, 2013

Boeung Kak Lake (see here ,here and here) has its pride and didn’t take it that the head of the prison where their fellow activist Yorm Bopha is jailed would treat them as being ‘brainless’, so they went to demonstrate in front of the Ministry of Interior. The smiling policemen kept everyone on the sidewalk. […]

Two in One…

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Two deliveries of petitions in one morning for the Boeung Kak Lake community (see here ,here and here). One at the World Bank, the other at the Council of Ministers. I am still baffled by the fact that 30 or so women who just want to deliver a letter triggers the mobilisation of at least […]

From the Poor to the Poor…

Saturday, January 5th, 2013

The Borei Keila representatives distributed the rice left over after the commemoration party of their eviction one year ago (see here) to the members of the community. This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.

They Remember…

Thursday, January 3rd, 2013

One year ago the Borei Keila community faced one of the most violent evictions (see here) in Phnom Penh since the Dey Krahom eviction (see here and here) of 2009. Many residents were sent to Oudong, 45Km from the city. Many came back and settled in shacks next to the apartment buildings they were promised […]

Response Unit…

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013

So far 2013 looks familiar… After having supported 9 families from Boeung Kak Lake village nr 1, located next to the railroad tracks, (see here, here and here) who were summonsed at the Municipality to discuss their case, heard that they have to deal with the railroad company and that their settlement is illegal, the […]

One more thing…

Friday, December 28th, 2012

Oh… Just one more thing you might want to support before I disappear until next year: click here I know: he takes 24 images in one second when I take only one, but he is committed…

Support Protests Uploaded…

Friday, December 28th, 2012

All the photographs about the two days of protests in support of Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, labeled ‘Prisoners of Conscience’ by Amnesty International, near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court were uploaded on my website under the story ‘Warning Trials’ at the following URL (click here). I wish what happened to them doesn’t happen to […]

Bruised but not broken…

Friday, December 28th, 2012

Some 40 members of the Boeung Kak Lake community (here and here), wearing signs saying ‘Cambodian Hunger for Justice’, marched to Wat Phnom to pray and give a press conference after yesterday’s condemnation (see here) of their fellow activist Yorm Bopha, accused of assault and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Yesterday was a tough […]