Le Journal de la Photographie

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 16/09/2011: Boeung Kak Lake residents witness the destruction of their belongings. They were evicted after being excluded from a 12.44ha site granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen to some 750 families for on-site relocation © John Vink/ Magnum Photos

CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 16/09/2011: Boeung Kak Lake residents witness the destruction of their belongings. They were evicted after being excluded from a 12.44ha site granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen to some 750 families for on-site relocation © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 9/05/2006: Renters waited weeks at Sambok Chap to learn their fate after the eviction of the site © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Tools of the workers hired to destroy houses during the final eviction of Dey Krahorm © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Oudong (Kandal). 18/12/2009: The bed of a Dey Krahorm tenant, evicted twice in one year, on the piece of land he will be able to claim as his own provided he lives here for five years © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 3/11/2010: A house at Boeung Kak Lake disappears under sand pumped into the lake by development company Shukaku Inc © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 27/01/2006: A displaced family from Rumchek3 camps in a park in front of Wat Botum pagoda trying to get back their land from the authorities. More than 200 people from across the country were camped here at the same time to protest land theft © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 3/01/2012: Evictees from Borei Keila await transportation after the final eviction of the community © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 3/01/2001: People work to load a water jar onto a truck. The relocation site 20km outside the capital had no sanitation, and water was brought in by road tankers © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Rokakok. 3/01/2001: Former Bassac residents arrive at the relocation site, Rokakok village, some 20km outside the capital. © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 16/09/2011: Inhabitants push back excavators by throwing stones during the eviction of people at Boeung Kak Lake. They had been excluded from 12.44ha land granted by Prime Minister Hun Sen to some 750 families for on-site relocation © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. O'Donpov (Battambang). 13/02/2001: Settlers carry the coffin of Mr. Moak Chuen to the cremation site. The number of people killed or injured by mines and other remnants of war has dropped steadily over the years to 211 in 2011 © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Rumchek3 (Oddar Meanchey). 10/01/2006: A man sits in the remains of his house, which was burned down by the authorities. He had been promised land by an NGO called Smiling Disabled People, but was evicted after several months of clearing "his" land © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 24/01/2009: Police aim tear gas at head height at the resisting inhabitants of Dey Krahorm during the final eviction © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Damnak Trayoung (Phnom Penh). 3/02/2009: Tenants evicted from Dey Krahorm waiting to be assigned a home promised by 7NG company © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 3/01/2012: Residents build a barricade in a failed attempt to prevent the final eviction of the Borei Keila community © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 3/01/2012: A policeman throws stones at residents during the final eviction of the Borei Keila community © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Kambol (Phnom Penh). 25/01/2011: Garment workers returning home after their shift © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Bat, Oudong (Kandal). 5/01/2012: Spilled rice grains at the relocation site for 120 families evicted from Borei Keila. The Phanimex company provided 25kg of rice to those permitted to stay © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Phnom Penh. 11/11/2010: Policemen protect government officials measuring the homes of Boeung Kak Lake inhabitants who are being forced out of their homes by development company Shukaku Inc © John Vink/ Magnum Photos CAMBODIA. Damnak Trayoung (Phnom Penh). 3/02/2009: Evicted tenants from Dey Krahorm waiting to be assigned a home as promised by 7NG company © John Vink/ Magnum Photos