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Erika Piñeros

@erikapineros.bsky.social
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Journalist • Photographer • Filmmaker • Conflict, social issues, human rights 🇨🇴 🇰🇭 www.erikapineros.com

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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I've always loved Free The Bears' work. What's not to love!? If you're keen to supporting an organisation that continues to grow in the right ways, here's their site: freethebears.payments2us.com/Free_the_Bea... www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Dramatic rescues of pangolins and other rare wildlife can start with a single message
Southeast Asia is a hotspot for illegal wildlife trade. Nonprofits with hotlines to report trafficking produce an outsized impact in saving animals.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
A MUST READ: "..Images now move fluidly across platforms and contexts that the photographer may never have anticipated.. Ethical responsibility does not end at publication; it evolves as images continue to circulate.” institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/artic...
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The Afterlife of an Image: How Photojournalism Contests Shape Visibility and Responsibility
As photojournalism contests elevate certain images to global prominence, they also influence how violence, dignity, and memory are constructed in the public imagination.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Srey Pou, 59, lies on a hammock at a displacement camp. “If I dare to go back, they’ll shoot me”, she says explaining her house is located in Boeung Trakoun, a territory seized by the Thai army. Cambodia. 2026. © Erika Piñeros #Cambodia #Thailand #Conflict #war
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Srey Pou, 59, lies on a hammock at a displacement camp. “If I dare to go back, they’ll shoot me”, she says explaining her house is located in Boeung Trakoun, a territory seized by the Thai army. Cambodia. 2026. © Erika Piñeros #Cambodia #Thailand #Conflict #war
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A Cambodian soldier sits by his relative's body hours after she died at Wat Kandoal, one of the many Buddhist temples refuge to thousands escaping the war. Many were displaced when Thai armed forces seized their homes on Dec. 2025. Cambodia 2026. © Erika Piñeros @liberation.fr #Cambodia #Thailand
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Over the past few months I've been documenting the impact of the Thai-Cambodia conflict on regular citizens who bear the brunt of the conflict. While to the outside world this story is stagnant and invisible, it's volatile and unpredictable for thousands of Cambodians 🇰🇭 📷 © Erika Piñeros
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A MUST LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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'The Interview': The Woman at the Center of the French Rape Trial That Shocked the World
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 14/02/2026 · 1h 4m
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
i wonder if famed investigative journalist matt taibbi will have anything to say about this
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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 14/02/2026
The Pulitzer Center is launching a special call for journalism grants focusing on transparency and governance topics in the environmental sector. Submit your proposals by February 28, 2026. Learn more and apply now! 👉 bit.ly/49VCb6H
Pulitzer Center | Call For Proposals | Environmental Reporting Focusing on Transparency and Governance | Applications due by February 28, 2026
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A day out in Phnom Penh ❤️🇰🇭 A child holds money as offering to dancers rehearsing the Dragon dance ahead of the Chinese New Year. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Jan. 26, 2026. © Erika Piñeros #Cambodia #ChineseNewYear #Canon
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
"For the first time in my life, I am no longer observing this precarious world from the outside, notebook in hand. I am inside it, dependent on an algorithm, measuring my worth in five-dollar increments." A brave piece of writing worth your time: stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
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My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America
I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Chiang Mai, Thailand 2025 🌻🇹🇭 #Thailand #RoadTrip #OnTheRoad
Chiang Mai, Thailand 2025 🌻🇹🇭

#Thailand #RoadTrip #OnTheRoad
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
An important piece about the 𝘩𝘰𝘸 not the 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵: "Let me be clear. Accountability matters. Ethics matter. Truth matters. But accountability aimed at individuals while systems remain intact is not justice. It is displacement." andypatrick.substack.com/p/photojourn...
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Photojournalism Doesn’t Need a Takedown. It Needs a Reckoning.
I founded the FiftyCrows Foundation and administered the International Fund for Documentary Photography for more than a decade.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2026
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Happy New Year everyone! ❤️🎉 Let's keep our chins up and continue to support each other, we'll get there! See you in 2026! . . Ranong, Thailand 2025. ©Erika Piñeros #Thailand #Ranong #HappyNewYear #Myanmar
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
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How to turn off Gemini in your Gmail, Photos, Chrome, and more - it's easy to opt out of AI
The settings are a bit hidden, but there are ways to remove Gemini from your favorite Google services.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"But Rockoff is not dead, and his voice has often been absent from the debate: “I didn’t give him anything. If he has them, he has got to give them back.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a... Bledsoe's website in case you'd like to send a note: www.alrockoffphotography.com/contact
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Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Social leader Jani Silva discusses risks of traveling after receiving threats from illegal armed groups. Putumayo, Colombia. ©Erika Pineros / Global Witness 🇨🇴 @GlobalWitness.org documented 146 killings and disappearances of land and environmental defenders. #Colombia #conservation #humanrights
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
In 2024, @globalwitness.org documented 146 killings and long-term disappearances of land and environmental defenders. Many attacks go unreported. 82% of all cases took place in Latin America. Colombia remains one of the world’s deadliest: globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...
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New threats target land and environmental rights defenders
Land and environmental defenders face extreme violence, criminalisation and lack of protection around the world, with 146 killed or disappeared in 2024
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times “...people are making real connections with these AI now, regardless of whether it is real or not.”
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The surface cause of the conflict is a decades-long dispute over ancient temples and an ambiguous border. But beneath the nationalist rhetoric lies a more strategic target: the proliferating scam compounds, an industry that accounts for up to 60 percent of Cambodia's economy.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Such an important warning, again ⚠️ @nytimes.com #AI #ChatGPT #epidemic podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 16/09/2025 · 44m
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Last night's exhibition at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum by participants of the Archives of Perpetration Workshop. Visit the White Lotus Room for a glimpse of Cambodian's new proposals for memorializing the past 🇰🇭 The exhibition will then move to Choeung Ek and M-13. #Cambodia #memory #genocide
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
MAKE THEM STOP
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
A boy stands in front of a community centre on the riverbanks of the Putumayo River. Putumayo, Colombia. July 19, 2025. ©Erika Pineros 🇨🇴 #Colombia #onassignment #Amazonia #Putumayo #noAI #Canon
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Krakow 🇵🇱
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Unmatched courage "If you are reading this, it means I have been killed." www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...
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'We, French journalists, stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Gaza'
OP-ED. Israeli bombings in the Gaza Strip have killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in 18 months. A collective of French professional organizations condemns this massacre and the media blackout t...
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Having been involved in the interagency discussions in 2016 over a strike on the Houthis in Yemen, I'll just say that this was not how the Obama administration handled these matters.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Megadams and canals push Mekong fishing families to the brink 🇰🇭 Here, Chankoo on the day he left his home to study Korean and chase a new life as a factory worker. His family hopes his earnings can alleviate their debts. ©Erika Piñeros #Cambodia #Mekong #development #environment #migration
Chankoo Yeng, 19, showers after his father blessed him in preparation  to his trip to Kampong Chhnang to study Korean. Chankoo and his older brother, plan to migrate to Korea where they've been promised factory jobs. “I’m excited and happy, but also nervous”, he says. His family hopes the money he makes will help them alleviate debts. Kampong Thom, Cambodia. Nov. 17, 2024.  Erika PiñerosLisa Yeng, 13, sits in a hammock after her brother Chankoo left their home to prepare for his new life in Korea. “I will miss them very much. But I will stay here and study to become a teacher and help people in my village get a better education.” © Erika PiñerosChankoo Yeng stands in his floating home on the Tonlé Sap lake on November 17, 2025. © Erika PiñerosChem Chan Kai, 40, unloads the fish from his boat after collecting the catch from the nets in the Tonlé Sap. His wife, Sinon, and daughter, Lisa, separate the fish to be sold at the market. Kampong Thom, Cambodia. © Erika Piñeros
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Giant infrastructure projects wreck ecosystems and communities along the Mekong 🇰🇭 Here, the endangered Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in Kratie and the threatened eco-tourism industry at stake. © Erika Piñeros #Cambodia #Mekong #fishing #development #environment #photojournalism
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
“We can’t normalize, tolerate or allow for police violence to be used in every protest, and for press to be the preferred target of the repressive forces each time" buenosairesherald.com/society/arge...
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Argentine photojournalist in intensive care after being shot with tear gas canister - Buenos Aires Herald
Pablo Grillo required urgent brain surgery to treat the injury sustained in Wednesday’s protests
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Giant infrastructure projects along the Mekong wreck ecosystems and force communities to send their children away 🇰🇭 Here for @TheTimes, I document a dying Mekong and its inhabitants whose livelihoods are at further risk. #Cambodia #Mekong #fishing #development #environment #photojournalism
Muslim Cham, Sam Tam, 32, takes a break on his boat while fishing at the Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Thom on November 16, 2024. © Erika Piñeros
Sorting the catch of the day. All fishermen noted the catch has decreased noticeably in recent years. © Erika Piñeros
A bird’s eye view of floating villages in the Tonle Sap lake in Kampong Thom, Cambodia. © Erika Piñeros
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A recent event reminded me of this. Worth a read: "...requiring that men intuit that a "yes" actually means "no," because women lack the wherewithal to know their own minds or to express themselves, revives the pernicious belief that women are perpetually childlike." reason.com/2019/08/23/i...
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'I'm Radioactive'
Until the spring of 2018, Jonathan Kaiman was the Beijing bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. Today he is living at the home of his parents in Phoenix
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Reading between the lines. An interesting choice of photographs at the Anlong Veng Peace Centre portraying Khmer Rouge leaders, Pol Pot and Ta Mok, also known respectively as 'Brother Number One' and 'The Butcher' for his brutality🇰🇭 #Cambodia #memory #KingdomOfWonder #OnAssignment
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Don’t Look Away: Cambodia’s growing environmental crisis 🍃🇰🇭 If you find yourself in Siem Reap, check out the Angkor Photo Festival. Swing by the The Bean Embassy to see this collection of photographs by independent media professionals in Cambodia. #Cambodia #AngkorPhotoFestival #photojournalism
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 07/02/2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court. This order effectively puts the US on the side of war criminals at the expense of victims of grave crimes seeking justice. Read more: bit.ly/4gxSvuD
“US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court are a gift to perpetrators of mass atrocities around the globe. To defend justice, ICC member countries should do all they can to support the court.” Liz Evenson, international justice director, Human Rights Watch
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/01/2025
Wrote this in 2020, about the Chinese plan to take over UN institutions, starting with WHO www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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How China Outsmarted the Trump Administration
While the U.S. is distracted, China is rewriting the rules of the global order.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
🇹🇭 🐕 🇲🇲 #Thailand #dog
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 12/12/2024
Meta donated $1 million to the inauguration committee of President-elect Donald Trump, the company confirmed. The donation comes weeks after chief executive Mark Zuckerberg visited his Mar-a-Lago resort as the tech giant seeks to mend fences with the political right.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta donates $1M to Trump inauguration fund
Meta’s donation comes weeks after Mark Zuckerberg met President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, as the Facebook founder seeks to mend ties with the right.
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Erika Piñeros @erikapineros.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Angkor commute 🇰🇭 #Cambodia #AngkorWat #commute #Canon
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Noan Sereiboth 🦋 @noansereiboth.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Stung Treng provincial spokesman Men Khung confirmed by telephone that the six were arrested after they ignored instructions from authorities to leave the forestry area where no access is allowed. He said the 6 were not environmental activists but attempted to sow anarchy and provoke the authorities
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A prominent Cambodia environmentalist is arrested while investigating illegal logging
A prominent Cambodian environmentalist has been arrested along with five others while investigating illegal logging in a national park.
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Jack Moore @jfxm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Useful tips for searching Bluesky 🦋🔎
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21/11/2024
Breaking News: The ICC issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former Israeli defense minister for war crimes in Gaza. It also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief. Follow live updates.
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ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant: Israel-Hamas War Live Updates
The International Criminal Court rejected Israel’s challenges to its jurisdiction, and also issued a warrant for a top Hamas official. Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaza.
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