On this day, 8 years ago, a Tsunami hit the Indonesian coastline of Banda Aceh. The estimated death toll for Indonesia alone was nearly 170,000 dead. Also 500,000 people were displaced, making the island the worst hit by the third most powerfull earthquake ever recorded.
I only managed to arrive in Banda Aceh on January 7th, having been stuck in Bangkok for several days with visa issues. The following picture was not included in the edit (see here) I made at the time on the aftermath of the disaster.
INDONESIA. Banda Aceh (Aceh). 7/01/2005: Tsunami aftermath. Unscathed glass plates in the ruins of a house destroyed by the tsunami.
Posted Wednesday Dec 26, 2012, in
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Phnom Penh is a crowded city. A real organic city: growing, evolving, adapting spontaneously with its inhabitants. Unlike many developed countries, and still for now, most Cambodians have their roots in a rural environment, subject to the laws of mother nature. The migrants coming to the capital adapt quickly to the concrete and disorder, leaving behind all nostalgia. It is the older city dwellers, living in the centre of town, who try to cling to some green. These photographs are part of a series on vegetation, desperately resisting in the bustling streets of central Phnom Penh.
Today: street 15…
The whole set is updated here on my website.
Most of my posts can also be followed on Tumbl’r here…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 25/12/2012: Vegetation in Street 15.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 25/12/2012: Vegetation in Street 15.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 25/12/2012: Vegetation in Street 15.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 25/12/2012: Vegetation in Street 15.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 25/12/2012: Vegetation in Street 15.
But it is fake (styrofoam and plastic)… And no holiday for Christmas in Cambodia.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 26/12/2010: Koh Pich Island development.
Posted Tuesday Dec 25, 2012, in
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It was a long wait for the many supporters but Chan Soveth, a Human Rights investigator with the NGO ADHOC, walked out of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as a free man. He was accused of having helped people in relation to a so-called ‘secessionist movement’ in Kratie’s Broma village last May, when a 16-year old girls was killed by soldier’s gun fire during an eviction. Mam Sonando, owner of the independent ‘Beehive’ radio and head of the ‘Association of Democrats’ movement was accused of having been involved in the same eviction and was sentenced (see here) to 20 years in jail.
Day after tomorrow the Human Rights organisations and observers, as well of course as the Borei Keila and the Boeung Kak Lake communities will be on the edge as the trial of Yorm Bopha and Tim Sakmony will take place at that same Court.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/12/2012: Chan Soveth, an ADHOC employee, leaving the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after the judge released him from the charges of aiding an unnamed “perpetrator” in relation to a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie province’s Broma village in May.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/12/2012: Members of the Borei Keila, the Boeung kak Lake and people from as far as Prey Veng province wait at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the verdict of Chan Soveth, employed by the Human Rights organisation ADHOC, and charged of aiding an unnamed “perpetrator” in relation to a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie province’s Broma village in May.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/12/2012: Members of the Borei Keila, the Boeung kak Lake and people from as far as Prey Veng province wait at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for the verdict of Chan Soveth, employed by the Human Rights organisation ADHOC, and charged of aiding an unnamed “perpetrator” in relation to a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie province’s Broma village in May.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/12/2012: Chan Soveth, an ADHOC employee, leaving the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after the judge released him from the charges of aiding an unnamed “perpetrator” in relation to a so-called secessionist movement in Kratie province’s Broma village in May.
Nope… It is not a christmas tree. It is part of the 30,000 signatures collected by Amnesty International requesting an end to illegal land grabbings in Cambodia also exhibited at a demonstration where more than 11,000 signatures collected in Cambodia on the same topic were handed over at the National Assembly… See here.
This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
Most of my posts can also be followed on Tumbl’r here…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 17/12/2012: Human Rights activists at a demonstration, ‘Gangnam style’, to deliver a petition of 11,202 signatures on 258 t-shirts, coming from 24 Cambodian provinces regarding Human Rights and land issues to the National Assembly, carrying a tree with signatures gathered by Amnesty International also exhibited there.
Posted Sunday Dec 23, 2012, in
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Phnom Penh is a crowded city. A real organic city: growing, evolving, adapting spontaneously with its inhabitants. Unlike many developed countries, and still for now, most Cambodians have their roots in a rural environment, subject to the laws of mother nature. The migrants coming to the capital adapt quickly to the concrete and disorder, leaving behind all nostalgia. It is the older city dwellers, living in the centre of town, who try to cling to some green. These photographs are part of a series on vegetation, desperately resisting in the bustling streets of central Phnom Penh.
Today: more on street 13…
Most of my posts can also be followed on Tumbl’r here…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 21/12/2012: Vegetation on street 13.
Two Boeung Kak Lake communities (here and here), one already evicted and the other under threat of an eviction, the Borei Keila community (here) and representatives of the Pochentong community requested a meeting with the World Bank related to its re-engagement with the governement after the bank suspended its lendings in 2011 in view of the situation at Boeung Kak Lake. At the time I left 8 representatives were going to be allowed inside to discuss their concerns.
This is a follow-up post on the ‘Quest for Land‘ story which is available as an iApp on iTunes.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 20/12/2012: 4 different communities under threat of an eviction requesting a meeting with the World Bank representative relative to the bank’s re-engagement with the governement after a suspension triggered by the locked situation at Boeung kak Lake.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 20/12/2012: Tep Vanny, Boeung Kak Lake representative, on the phone while 4 different communities under threat of an eviction are requesting a meeting with the World Bank representative relative to the bank’s re-engagement with the governement after a suspension triggered by the locked situation at Boeung kak Lake.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 20/12/2012: 4 different communities under threat of an eviction requesting a meeting with the World Bank representative relative to the bank’s re-engagement with the governement after a suspension triggered by the locked situation at Boeung kak Lake.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 20/12/2012: 4 different communities under threat of an eviction requesting a meeting with the World Bank representative relative to the bank’s re-engagement with the governement after a suspension triggered by the locked situation at Boeung kak Lake.
This is the start of a new series, initiated here and continued here… December is a good month for this: crisp light for the next weeks…
Phnom Penh is a crowded city. A real organic city: growing, evolving, adapting spontaneously with its inhabitants. Unlike many developed countries, and still for now, most Cambodians have their roots in a rural environment, subject to the laws of mother nature. The migrants coming to the capital adapt quickly to the concrete and disorder, leaving behind all nostalgia. It is the older city dwellers, living in the centre of town, who try to cling to some green. These are photographs of vegetation, desperately resisting in the bustling streets of central Phnom Penh.
Today features street 13…
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.
CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 19/12/2012: Vegetation in street 13.