Hopefully it is by now common knowledge that Cambodian communities which were evicted are dragged into a spiral of pauperisation. These communities were already living on the edge. An eviction disrupts the precarious balance which kept them functioning more or less normally and the dim prospect they had of improving their situation is shattered. Leang […]
The Boeung Kak lake community prayed with about 150 monks and made offerings to be purified from the vicious crackdown by masked thugs and police on a peacefull hunger strike at Wat Phnom on September 22nd. Several residents were badly injured by slingshot projected marble balls. Journalists who were present were also precisely targeted and […]
‘War and Peace’ at the blockades.. For so-called security reasons whole areas in Phnom Penh have been sealed off with barbed wire fences manned with a large number of riot police since the announcement of the 2013 elections results. 68 out of the 123 new lawmakers have been sworn in (the 55 opposition CNRP MP’s […]
This morning it was a joint operation with the people evicted from Borei Keila and Boeung Kak lake in front of the Municipality to request a resolution of their ongoing land issues. When those from Boeung Kak lake heard that the Governor of Phnom Penh was attending a ceremony at a pagoda nearby they moved […]
Yorm Bopha, land rights activist, has spent 365 days at the Prey Sar prison today. She was sentenced based on what is widely seen as trumped up charges. She is an Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience. Her community, the people from Boeung Kak lake and those from Borei Keila, joined in a demonstration at Wat […]
While little progress was made between the ruling CPP and the opposition CNRP on the issue of putting together an independent investigation system to check on the alleged fraud issues during the 2013 Cambodian parliamentary elections of July 28th, and while Phnom Penh is getting ready for a mass gathering organised by the CNRP next […]
While the results of the Cambodian 2013 parliamentary elections are still not ratified by the opposition CNRP and FUNCINPEC, the farmers complete the ever returning cycle of rice growing in the countryside.
While the final results of the parliamentary elections were announced, Boeung Kak Lake (see here and here) and sympathizing communities returned to current affairs and staged a demonstration requesting the release of Yorm Bopha in front of the Supreme Court. Relying on their very long experience regarding demonstrations, they invested in umbrellas, sheltering them from […]