The opposition CNRP held a commemoration ceremony for the 1997 grenades attack near the former National Assembly on a Sam Rainsy Party rally which killed 16 and injured over 100, Sam Rainsy included.
The demonstration ban imposed by the actual government following the violent crackdown on striking workers and CNRP supporters early January was somehow circumvented and a march in the blistering heat, all the way from the ceremonial ground to the CNRP headquarters in Chak Angré was organised. It was the first significant CNRP demonstration since the public forum at Freedom Park was suppressed. The CNRP held a congress on its premises, which was the only legal alternative to a prohibited gathering at Freedom Park. True, the 800 or 1000 CNRP supporters spilled over on the road somewhat…
Posted Sunday Mar 30, 2014, in
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Several Phnom Penh communities (always the same moving up front) demonstrated in front of the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Court and the Royal Palace to request the liberation of 21 workers, activists and union leaders who were jailed during the violent crackdown by the riot police and military of a worker’s strike on January 2nd and 3rd, resulting in the death of at least 4 workers who were hit by bullets. Two more workers who were released on bail and one of the 21 will stand trial at the Municipal Court on April 18th.
Evicted or under threat of being evicted communities from Phnom Penh staged a sit-in in front of the E.U. delegation to draw the attention to the fact that many of the land issues they are involved in for the past years are not being resolved in a satisfactory or diligent way…
This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes and which reports on land issues in Cambodia since the year 2000 with texts by Robert Carmichael and over 700 photographs.
Sam Rainsy, opposition CNRP co-president, upon his return from a lobbying tour in Australia, held a press conference together with Kem Sokha, the other CNRP co-president, at the party’s headquarters, to explain the CNRP position after the failed negotiation round with the ruling CPP which was held at the Senate a couple of days earlier.
This is a follow-up on the July 2013 elections (see HERE). Things don’t seem to move ahead one inch, and the deadlock remains pretty tight…
Posted Wednesday Mar 26, 2014, in
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An exhibition!!! It doesn’t happen often, but was bound to happen.
Some vintage prints from my early work (we’re talking 1970’s-1980’s) will be exhibited for sale at ‘44 Gallery‘ in Brugge (Belgium) from May 3rd to May 25th (the oficial opening is on Sunday May 4th at 16:00).
The exhibited 30×40 cm prints were all made by myself some 35 years ago on Agfa Brovira, inhaling toxic fumes from the trays in the darkroom, staining my clothes with the chemicals.
I have lost track on how many copies exist, but in that size for sure it is not more than 2 or 3 for some, 1 for others.
And yes, I will be at the opening…
Here are a few samples of what to expect:
Union Leader Vorn Pov, arrested during the military crackdown on striking workers of January 2nd, will remain in the Kompong Cham jail. The bail hearing at the Appeals Court did not turn into his favour this afternoon.
About 100 supporters demonstrated in front of the court gates.
It was yesterday…
And these photographs were taken 1/4 of a century ago.
I wonder if things have changed that much…
The full story is HERE.
Posted Sunday Mar 23, 2014, in
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Since the postponed general strike in the garment sector from last week, yet another factory has walked out (see more HERE and HERE). For specific reasons, not related to the overall demand of $160? Officially yes. But what the workers from Gartha International are demanding is basically the same: they want more money and more consideration. The money they ask is 4000 Riel daily ($1.0) for food, a monthly $15 for transportation, $5 more for overtime, 4000 Riel for a meal when on overtime. The consideration they ask for translates into having one of the managers removed. There are 21 demands in total.
The violent crackdown on striking workers on January 2nd and 3rd, which resulted in at least 4 workers shot dead by the riot police, is of course an efficient deterrent to organise a nationwide strike. Again here, along Road Nr3, a truckload of riot police prevented the striking workers from blocking traffic. Stick your finger out and it is chopped off. That is the way it goes since nearly 2 months now. But still. Are a lot of mavericks together not stronger than a maverick here and there? Or is it a guerilla strategy?
This is a follow-up post on my ebook about the garment sector in Cambodia, ‘A Fine Thread’, which can be purchased for $4.99 at THIS LINK on the iTunes Store.
