Boeung Kak Lake, Borei Keila and Pochentong Airport communities under threat of an eviction tried to stage a demonstration claiming their Human Rights ahead of the ASEAN meetings, but they were blocked inside their neigbourhood by important forces of riot police. They then turned to the sand-filled lake and will continue to demonstrate there this […]
Seng Theary, a lawyer involved in a watchdog role for the judiciary process of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, tried to set up her ‘Poetic Justice Dart Game’ on the waterfront, a popular gathering place for the cambodian public on a sunday afternoon, where the public can throw darts at images of those responsible for the […]
About 200 members of the Boeung Kak Lake community, joined by the Pochentong community also under threat of an eviction, staged a demonstration in the sand of the filled-up Boeung Kak, carrying huge S.O.S. banners with photographs of President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, due to arrive tomorrow for the ASEAN meetings […]
A surprisingly large amount (for Cambodia) of about 800 people from the grassroots organisations showed up for an unauthorized demonstration. After a short negotiation with the authorities they managed to march 400 meters from Sothearos Bouleverd to the National Assembly. The recommendations collected during the previous days’ workshops were handed over to the Lawmakers, ahead […]
ASEAN grassroots organisations, ranging from evicted communities to garment workers, forest communities, or sex workers, held a series of workshops over the past days in order to reach a number of recommendations which will be handed over to the leaders of the countries gathered at the ASEAN meeting. The workshops were hampered by numerous intimidations […]
President Barack Obama is expected in Phnom Penh this week… This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
At this link you can find all the other photographs of King Norodom Sihanouk’s funeral.
On the way to Kep, attending the wedding of one of my wife’s colleagues, and (obviously) diverting from my B&W tendency.