Today: street 19… Phnom Penh is a crowded city. A real organic city: growing, evolving, adapting spontaneously with its inhabitants. Unlike many developed countries, and still for now, most Cambodians have their roots in a rural environment, subject to the laws of mother nature. The migrants coming to the capital adapt quickly to the concrete […]
Two deliveries of petitions in one morning for the Boeung Kak Lake community (see here ,here and here). One at the World Bank, the other at the Council of Ministers. I am still baffled by the fact that 30 or so women who just want to deliver a letter triggers the mobilisation of at least […]
I learned only this saturday night that there would be the first time ever bicycle race in Phnom Penh since the end of the war (although there is a race organised in Siem Reap and one in Kep every year). It comes under various auspicious signs and interesting circumstances. First of all, the race happens […]
The Borei Keila representatives distributed the rice left over after the commemoration party of their eviction one year ago (see here) to the members of the community. This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
One year ago the Borei Keila community faced one of the most violent evictions (see here) in Phnom Penh since the Dey Krahom eviction (see here and here) of 2009. Many residents were sent to Oudong, 45Km from the city. Many came back and settled in shacks next to the apartment buildings they were promised […]
So far 2013 looks familiar… After having supported 9 families from Boeung Kak Lake village nr 1, located next to the railroad tracks, (see here, here and here) who were summonsed at the Municipality to discuss their case, heard that they have to deal with the railroad company and that their settlement is illegal, the […]
All the photographs about the two days of protests in support of Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, labeled ‘Prisoners of Conscience’ by Amnesty International, near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court were uploaded on my website under the story ‘Warning Trials’ at the following URL (click here). I wish what happened to them doesn’t happen to […]
Some 40 members of the Boeung Kak Lake community (here and here), wearing signs saying ‘Cambodian Hunger for Justice’, marched to Wat Phnom to pray and give a press conference after yesterday’s condemnation (see here) of their fellow activist Yorm Bopha, accused of assault and sentenced to 3 years in prison. Yesterday was a tough […]