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Several NGO’s joined to organise a short march with about 200 people in front of the National Assembly to deliver a petition on Environment Day.

Voting is finished at the Boeung Kak Lake polling station. A storm passed nearby, just blowing wind. Results in the coming days…

Cambodians are at the polling stations for the communal elections. So do the people from Boeung Kak Lake…

The Boeung Kak Lake community organised a special event at Village 22 to celebrate International Children’s Day and to push further for the release of 15 mothers from the jail they were summarily sent to. And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of land issues in Cambodia for the iPad is available on iTunes… […]

The ruling CPP had a show of force today for Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 10,000th day in power (and ahead of sunday’s elections)… Several thousands of militants occupied Hun Sen Gardens. Where else? But wasn’t this supposed to be International Child’s Day?

Children in Cambodia learn things the hard way. For example the concept of ‘injustice’ by having their parents imprisoned for 2 1/2 years for singing songs on a heap of sand that doesn’t belong to them but where they were living before. Boeung Kak Lake staged a peacefull demonstration in front of the Ministry of […]

Boeung Kak Lake is not deterred in its resistance. Backed by Human Rights NGO’s and individuals, it staged a demonstration in front of the National Assembly. The demonstration was cautiously observed from the sidewalk by Venerable Luon Sovath despite the risks of him being arrested. And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of land […]

The Naga from Boeung Kak Lake was smothered but Phenix raises from its ashes again… The Boeung Kak Lake community was hit hard by yesterdays convictions at the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh but today the community was restructuring again, discussing the replacement for the imprisoned representatives, organising a visit to Prey Sar prison… And […]