I honestly can’t remember how many times the Boeung Kak Lake community walked over to the Phnom Penh Municipality building over the last 4 years to hold a protest… This time it was about a follow-up on the land titles for 48 families who are to be included in the 12,44 Ha granted to the [...]
Boeung Kak Lake community members staged a cursing ceremony in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) this morning. They planned to drag puppets representing corrupt officials to the Council of Ministers but were prevented from doing so by units of riot police which blocked the acces roads. The puppets were then dragged onto the sand which fills the [...]
Yorm Bopha, Land Rights Activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience was found guilty at her Appeals Trial in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, this afternoon. Her sentence was reduced to 2 years instead of 3 for allegedly having beaten up moto-dup drivers (with the help of her brothers who are on the run). Most of the [...]
Over the past years and during the many events we covered I mostly saw the back of his head or his camera in my frame. When I saw his face he was usually grinning. Today Lach Peou, Journalist and Cameraman with Thomson Reuters is dead. Killed by a young guy in a car, totally drunk, [...]
Looking at the events of the past days, it seems elections are not needed anymore… A short recap of interesting recent events ahead of the July 28th elections in Cambodia… – Mr. Sam Rainsy from the opposition SRP (Sam Rainsy Party) is still in self-imposed exile, as a prison sentence is waiting for him in [...]
The first day of the appeals trial of Yorm Bopha, land rights activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, took place today. The Boeung Kak Lake community was as vocal as ever to support her during the proceedings, largely overpowering the tuk tuk drivers who were counter-demonstrating (and paid 30,000 Riel or 7.5US$ to participate). [...]
About 200-250 younger Cambodians staged a demonstration in front of the National Assembly (was anyone working in there today?) on this ‘World Environment Day’. I am afraid that it will take a lot more from many more people to curb the current trend of destruction of natural resources in the ‘Kingdom of Wonder’. One of [...]
The 24-hour hunger strike by 4 representatives of Boeung Kak Lake, entangled in a never ending land issue and protesting for the release of Yorm Bopha, land rights activist and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience, ended this morning with 2 remaining protesters. In time to gather forces for the upcoming Appeal’s Court trial tomorrow… See [...]
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