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Happy (Chinese) New Year, You’re Evicted (Part 2)

Jan 26th, 2009 by Jinja

Well, I really wanted to write a post about people burning paper money today, but other smoke is still settling from the recent Dey Krahom evictions. (Photos are all from the 24th.)

LICADHO Text Message Monday PM:
After meeting with DK this AM, municipality just decided to refuse giving compensation to DK families, DK reps are now in front of National Assembly

Here is a round-up of news posted very late Saturday, this Sunday, or Monday 26th. As people optimize, sort and file their pictures, audio and video, more information from the early morning of the 24th is emerging – as well as the endgame of the resettlement.

For those new to the issue, you may want to read Part 1 or this Bridges Across Borders backgrounder.
For those who want to spread the word, I would suggest they select a Creative Commons license to their media. Also, don’t hesitate to tag your items i.e. ‘cambodia’ ‘khmer’ ‘eviction’ ‘deykrahomeviction’ etc., as I have done at the bottom of this post. This will make items more easy to track.

The Facebook page seems to have become a de facto center for people wishing to share links and news. When I’ve caught my breath, I hope to write a summary about social media use in Cambodia: how it worked (and didn’t) in this crisis.

Video:
In Phnom Penh, Meta-House will be showing some related films (See Events, below)
Phnom Penh Post Video:

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012623838/Online-Edition/Govt-developer-forcibly-remove-Dey-Krahorm-holdouts.html
Licadho Canada: 15 minutes of early morning footage. ‘Without warning, Bulldozers enter Dey Krahorm’

http://licadhocanada.blip.tv

Older but no less relevant:
RED EARTH VILLAGE
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVkMiZq-9k
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaDX0I0eMng
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=behydFGl_uc
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH9O97utc7s

News Articles:
Ka-Set: ‘Land violences in Cambodia: Dey Krohom razed to the ground following a tough eviction’
http://cambodia.ka-set.info/powers/news-eviction-dey-krohom-7ng-red-lands-violence-chom-chao-phnom-penh-land-090124.html
Phnom Penh Post: ‘Relocated residents find homes, water lacking’
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012623837/National-news/Relocated-residents-find-homes-water-lacking.html
Phnom Penh Post:’Evictees request 7NG money’
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012623836/National-news/Evictees-request-7NG-money.html
Phnom Penh Post:’We Have No Home, Say Evictees’
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012623835/National-news/We-have-no-home-say-evictees.html
Reuters: ‘Eight Hurt in Cambodia Eviction’ http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com
Cambodge Soir: Terres rouges : sit-in devant l’Assemblée nationale
http://www.cambodgesoir.info/content.php?itemid=35392&p=

Blogs:
Global Voices Online: Cambodia: Demolition of Dey Krahorm Community http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/01/26/cambodia-demolition-of-dey-krahorm-community/
Andy Brouwer: ‘Death of Dey Krahom’ http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/blog/2009/01/death-of-dey-krahom.html
‘Families face imminent forced eviction in Cambodia’
http://hub.witness.org/en/blog/families-face-imminent-forced-eviction-cambodia
‘Without warning, Bulldozers enter Dey Krahorm’
http://hub.witness.org/en/node/11909
‘Hopes Flattened at Dey Krahom’
http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/hopes-flattened-at-day-krahom/
‘Dey Krahom Razed to the Ground’
http://deathpower.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/dey-krahom-razed-to-the-ground-state-violence-in-the-service-of-predatory-capital/
‘Multimedia on Dey Krahom’
http://johnvink.com/news/2009/01/25/multimedia-on-dey-krohom/
‘Dey Krahom Eviction’
http://bakerevens.blogspot.com/2009/01/dey-krahorm-eviction.html
Khmerization: http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/01/cambodian-police-use-teargas-to-evict.html
Sacrava Cartoon: http://sacrava.blogspot.com/2009/01/sacravatoons-no-1284-dey-kraham_24.html

Press Releases:
Dey Krahom Urgent Action Appeal
http://www.babsea.org/Images/docs/Dey%20Krahorm%20Urgent%20Action%20Appeal_BAB_10Dec07.pdf
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS STRONGLY CONDEMN ILLEGAL EVICTION OF DEY KRAHORM http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=69319195624&topic=7339

Editorials: Cambodia Mirror
http://cambodiamirror.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/challenging-times-%E2%80%93-what-kind-of-change-to-come-sunday-2512009/

Photo Sets:
LICADHO: http://licadho-cambodia.org/album/view_photo.php?cat=43
John Vink: ‘Quest For Land – Dey Krahom’ http://johnvink.com/story.php?title=Cambodia_Quest_for_Land_Dey_Krohom
Some additional photos from Licadho at http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinja_cambodia/tags/deykrahomeviction/
Ka-Set: Multimedia slideshow – Land conflict http://cambodia.ka-set.info/images/diaporamas/Cambodge_0804/0901slide_deykrohom/index.html
Kieran Bagodonuts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kieranball/sets/72157612958514829/
Chris Baker Evans http://picasaweb.google.com/peaceandjustice.cambodia/TimelineOfAForcedEviction
Worth another look: http://jivy1983.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Phnom_Penh_Demolition

Events:
In Phnom Penh: Meta House:
*Photo exhibition: “Next to Dey Krahom is the famous “building”. Our Bangladesh artists-in-residence Joybrata & Orviek conducting there a photo project, that they will present on Tuesday, January 27 from 6PM in the MH gallery – followed by environmental documentaries (CAMBODIANA by Estelle Dorides a.m.m.) on our rooftop (7PM).”
*“Wednesday, January 28, 7PM Eric Lofting’s documentary RED EARTH.”
More: http://www.sangsalapak.org.kh/whatson/2009/01/evictions-environment-meta.html

Poetry (Khmer):
http://kamnapkumnou.blogspot.com/2009/01/veasna-reastr-dei-krahorm.html
http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2009/01/sacravas-short-take-cpp-butterfly.html

Facebook: The group has rocketed from under 100 to (as of this writing) 233 members, and climbing.
Thanks for everyone’s interest and concern. Dey Krahom may be flattened but the issue remains in the news and will reflect on other housing issues. (Particularly the people in Vann Molyvann’s ‘Grey Building’, towering over the village, and a part of the same community.) http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69319195624