A Khmer resolution for the New Year: ‘I will continue to evict even more people than before’… But January 1st is not a Buddhist thing. So why would they bother? What is for sure is that the Borei Keila community does not exist anymore. It was violently razed in the morning of January the 3rd. […]
The waters of the Mekong and the Tonle Sap are back to their seasonal levels. Despite the recent floods it seems harvest will reach 8.4 million tonnes, compared to 8.25 tonnes last year. Which doesn’t mean many Cambodians were hit hard. Unfortunately I could not secure the funding to cover the aftermath of the flood […]
The street in front of the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh becomes a regular demonstration place since more and more activists or community representatives are being sued, part of what has become a systematic intimidation strategy…
Finally, four years after the first eviction threats on Boeung Kak lake, some land titles are being issued. Now let us see if everyone still left there will get this piece of paper. And then let us see if everyone will be included in the on-site development on the promised 12,44 Ha. After that let […]
No, not Mr. Kem Sokha’s political party. A real party. Set up in (Khmer) style by the Boeung Kak lake community to celebrate Human Rights Day. Singing, dancing, eating, playing… together. Strengthening the bonds…
The Ottawa convention bans a whole series of explosive devices. Cambodia is a signatory of that convention and hosted an international reunion about this the past week. I did a story on UXO’s in Cambodia for Handicap International Belgium three years back and finally managed to put it on my website…
Boeung Kak lake residents held a press conference at the issue of which some of them wrote messages with their blood and sent them away with the wind…
My website was updated with the latest pictures from Boeung Kak lake. Here is the link if you want to start from the back… And here are the unsecure voices of Boeung Kak residents singing a song about Chea Dara’s suicide: 2011-213