THE UNTITLED Ti•tle |’tîtl|: LAW – a right or claim to the ownership of property.
THE UNTITLED Ti•tle |’tîtl|: LAW – a right or claim to the ownership of property.
A panoramic shot of Boeung Kak lake taken on May 2011 shows the last section of water remaining.
A man can be seen fishing at Boeung Kak lake before it was filled with sand.
Pipelines and excavators fill in the Boeung Kak lake. Without a proper drainage system—the lake’s waters flooded thousands of homes in the area, forcing families to leave.
A pipelines fills in with sand Boeung Kak lake. Without a proper drainage system—the lake’s waters flooded thousands of homes in the area, forcing families to leave.
Children sit on what is left of this home’s stairs at Boeung Kak. Families were forced to leave and demolish their own homes in order to receive the US$8500 compensation from the government.
A boy watches an excavator as it approaches the new company’s offices in Boeung Kak.
A man watches excavators demolishing a house during a forced eviction at Boeung Kak’s Village 22. Residents rushed to their homes to pack their belongings as the excavators continued the demolition.
Residents of Village 22 in Boeung Kak build makeshift tents where their homes stood a day before they were forcibly evicted.
Riot police beat Soung Sorphoan, a former Boeung Kak resident and leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, after he encouraged residents to stop excavators during a forced eviction in Village 22.
A woman finds a photo album under the rubble hours after eight houses in Village 22 were demolished by excavators during a forced eviction at Boeung Kak.
Residents of Village 22 in Boeung Kak build makeshift tents where their homes stood a day before they were forcibly evicted.
Defiant, residents burn tires where their homes stood a day before, when company excavators demolished eight homes in Village 22.
Supporters of land rights activists Yorn Bopha and Tim Sakmony clash with police while waiting on the court’s decision on their appeals on Nov. 07, 2012. The two women—designated as ‘prisoners of conscience’ by Amnesty International—were arrested on September 04, 2012. Sakmony was released after been given a reduced sentence. Bopha continues to be in prison to this date.
Tep Vanny protests as she finds out fellow activist and friend Yorm Bopha was sentenced to three years in jail.
A Boeung Kak resident during clashes with the police near Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house.
Mother of landrights activist Bopha, cries in front of police barricade after finding out Bopha was sentenced to three years in jail.
Tol Srey Pov, mother of three, greets family and friends after being released from prison on June 27, 2012. A month and three days before, she was convicted along another 12 women, for occupying state land and obstructing public officials during a peaceful demonstration on the sand dunes of Boeung kak.
Children stand in front a huge SOS candlelit sign during a demonstration aimed to get attention from ASEAN leaders to land and other human rights issues in Cambodia.
Balloons with SOS messages directed to president Obama and Hillary Clinton are released during a demonstration in the sand dunes of the former Boeung Kak lake. The balloons were released into the sky by demonstrators at the time they believed Air Force One would land in Phnom Penh for the ASEAN summit. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
