Yesterday’s eviction left a very bad taste. The more than 300 families whose house was destroyed on the 3rd are hanging around on the site. A fence is being installed around the land. A big police force came in to push those present to put their belongings on trucks bound for some crappy piece of [...]
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…
Aiming for the longest ‘khrama’? For the longest petition? Or more seriously trying to influence the lawmakers to revise the 4th draft of a Law on Associations and NGO’s? About 200 representatives of 13 NGO’s brought a petition with 10697 signatures from people based in 24 provinces on a 230 meter long ‘khrama’ to the [...]
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…