Yesterday noon I wrote: ‘Yet another very bad blow for the Human Rights record of Cambodia. Venerable Luon Sovath, the infatigable Human Rights monitor, present on all the major land evictions the past years, was invited by fellow monks to accompany them while he was monitoring a demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents at the […]
Yet another very bad blow for the Human Rights record of Cambodia. Venerable Loun Sovath, the infatigable Human Rights monitor, present on all the major land evictions the past years, was invited by fellow monks to accompany them while he was monitoring a demonstration by Boeung Kak Lake residents at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, […]
The aftermath of yesterday’s 13 arrests is waiting. Waiting for hours in front of the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh, hoping for the release of the fellow Boeung Kak residents. Waiting for a phone call from the lawyer. Waiting for news. Waiting for something to happen. And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of […]
It is something I should have learned by now.: never leave a demonstration before everyone is back home… It seems 13 Boeung Kak Lake residents were arrested after a protest where they tried to rebuild a home on the sand of the now filled lake. And I had left already. And a reminder: ‘Quest for […]
The Boeung Kak Lake residents were at it again: asking the Municipality what’s happening with the delimitation of the promised 12,44ha for their on-site development. This time with umbrellas against the blistering heat and with food to sustain the siege… And a reminder: ‘Quest for Land‘, 11 years of land issues in Cambodia for the […]
Back in 1989 it was called ‘Hatred Day’ (see this and the following 5 pictures). Today I don’t know for sure… But it takes place still. The surroundings have changed in 23 years, and now the parking lot is filled with big SUV’s. The trees have grown. The pits are shallower. Initiated in 1984 by […]
Well… hopefully it is for everyone. Victory is going to be easy for some, difficult for others. Cambodia legally is still a democracy. Fine. But what is at stake is how not to be arrogant towards the loser… I am now using that bulky 5D again. How I hate using that camera. One nice things […]
Olivier Laurent published an article about the release of ‘Quest for Land‘ for the iPad on iTunes in the ‘British Journal of Photography’. You can read it here… BJP is also an early adopter of the iPad. It is available here.