Joint Letter to the World Bank: Fulfill Your Commitment to Upholding the Right to Remedy for Boeung Kak Lake Community
(Phnom Penh) – Today 15 Cambodian civil society organizations (CSOs) and major CSO networks, supported by Inclusive Development International and 26 other international CSO partners, wrote to the World Bank demanding that the Bank make good on its public commitment to condition new lending to Cambodia on the provision of redress for the thousands of families […]
US Congress Passes Law Demanding Redress for Boeung Kak Community, Pressures World Bank to Take Action
(Phnom Penh) – The Boeung Kak Lake community in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, and others around the world who are fighting for justice from international financial institutions, won a major political victory from the United States Congress on Wednesday. The 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act, approved by the US House of Representative, requires “the United States […]
Victory! BKL 13 are released
Inclusive Development International welcomes the release from prison of 13 women from Boeung Kak lake, Phnom Penh, following a ruling by the Appeals Court on June 27 that upheld the convictions but reduced their sentences to time already served. On May 22nd the land rights activists were arrested during a peaceful protest, convicted on baseless […]
Open Letter to World Bank President Robert Zoellick and President-Elect Jim Yong Kim
May 30, 2012 Dear President Zoellick and President-Elect Kim, It has recently come to our attention that the World Bank is considering ending its suspension of new loans to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) and preparing an Interim Strategy Note to facilitate new lending. We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our deeply held […]
13 Boeung Kak activists violently arrested after breaking into song
On May 22, 2012, female residents of Boeung Kak staged a peaceful demonstration on the sand dunes that cover what was once a village on the shores of the lake. The demonstration followed thwarted efforts by one family to demarcate the boundary of their home, which had been submerged in sand during the filling of […]