The Boeung Kak Lake community continued the demonstration started the same morning in favour of Human Rights on the sands pumped in the lake by the company which evicted 3/4 of the 4000 inhabitants of the area. A big S.O.S. sign was lit with candles and overflown several times by helicopters securing the arrival of […]
Boeung Kak Lake, Borei Keila and Pochentong Airport communities under threat of an eviction tried to stage a demonstration claiming their Human Rights ahead of the ASEAN meetings, but they were blocked inside their neigbourhood by important forces of riot police. They then turned to the sand-filled lake and will continue to demonstrate there this […]
About 200 members of the Boeung Kak Lake community, joined by the Pochentong community also under threat of an eviction, staged a demonstration in the sand of the filled-up Boeung Kak, carrying huge S.O.S. banners with photographs of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, due to arrive tomorrow for the ASEAN meetings […]
A surprisingly large amount (for Cambodia) of about 800 people from the grassroots organisations showed up for an unauthorized demonstration. After a short negotiation with the authorities they managed to march 400 meters from Sothearos Bouleverd to the National Assembly. The recommendations collected during the previous days’ workshops were handed over to the Lawmakers, ahead […]
President Barack Obama is expected in Phnom Penh this week… This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
Mrs. Michelle Obama, wife of the newly elected President of the U.S., Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mr. William E. Todd, U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia, received a letter from the Borei Keila and the Boeung Kak Lake communities who were camping outside the U.S. embassy since yesterday. The communities hope that the November 18th […]
In the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila saga, Tim Sakmony and Yorm Bopha were denied bail this morning at the Appeals Court. Tim Sakmony, who was arrested because she had demonstrated after having had her house destroyed during the Borei Keila eviction, was refused bail because she had no proper house! Both communities showed […]
Things come together. After a two-week truce, members of the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila community picked up their demonstration baton again, be it a very peacefull one. They gathered in front of the Royal Palace to pray and ‘ask the former king’s magic to help Yearm Bopha and Kim Sakmony’ who are imprisoned […]