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Attended by thousands in the streets of Phnom Penh, the funeral procession carrying the remains of King Norodom Sihanouk arrived at the Royal Palace.

This year the Cambodian Government granted three extra free days for the factory workers not working in their home province to go back and forth to their home village for the Pchum Ben celebrations (see more here) and two days to those who have a job in the same province as their village. As a […]

A couple more weeks and my eBook for the iPad about the Khmer Rouge trial, and more precisely the Duch trial as well as some of its its background should be available on iTunes. Meanwhile ‘Quest for Land’ for the iPad is still available for download on iTunes at 6.99€. There will be a free […]

Communities threatened by an eviction gathered in front of the Cambodian National Assembly to celebrate U.N. World Habitat Day and to submit a petition requesting Cambodia be an ‘Eviction Free Zone’. U.N. World Habitat Day is held on the first monday of October, but Mam Sonando’s verdict was due that day. And there are only […]

People start going to the pagoda, ahead of the Pchum Ben festival which is the time of the year the Cambodians honour the deceased in their families. It is the occasion for many streetchildren to try and make some money by selling flowers or birds, used to carry wishes to the spirits, to the worshippers. […]

The CITA (Cambodian Independent Teacher’s Association) organised a demonstration at ‘Freedom Square’ in Phnom Penh to celebrate World Teacher’s Day. A teacher’s salary in Cambodia, depending on qualifications, is between 30$US and 60$US, less than a factory worker. Obviously this salary is far from sufficient to live a decent life and it incites to corruption. […]

With ever more inventive props, the Boeung Kak Lake community today carried a locked jail around during their demonstration at the Ministry of Justice and the Royal Palace to request the liberation of their fellows Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony, imprisoned at Prey Sar for their land rights activism. This is a follow-up post on […]

Luon Sovath, the ‘multimedia monk’ and land rights activist, was awarded the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. Follows the Martin Ennals text about Loun Sovath’s nomination: ‘Venerable Luon Sovath, Cambodia. In March 2009, Luon Sovath, a Buddhist monk from Siem Reap, Cambodia witnessed his family and fellow villagers being forcibly evicted from their […]