Monday, March 12, 2007

UN rights envoy cancels Cambodia visit after scathing report

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - The United Nations rights envoy to Cambodia has cancelled a visit to the country, officials said Monday, just days after the release of his scathing report on the government's rights record.

The visit, which was to begin Tuesday, would have been special representative Yash Ghai's third to Cambodia, where he has been repeatedly attacked by government officials for his unusually blunt assessments on rights violations.

"Yash Ghai unfortunately had to postpone his mission for reasons unrelated to Cambodia," said Margo Picken of the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights in Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that Ghai, a lawyer living in Hong Kong, be sacked after his criticism last year of the government's failure to protect basic liberties.

Other senior officials have also lashed out at Ghai, with government spokesman Khieu Kanharith calling him the "laziest staffer of the United Nations" when asked about the report last week, according to media reports.

The report said the government was using systematic rights violations to remain in power, accusing it of refusing to improve its rights record.

Relations between the government and UN rights envoys have historically been poor, with Hun Sen calling Ghai's predecessor Peter Leuprecht "stupid" -- a term he also used to describe Ghai, along with "rude" and a "god without virtue."

Other government officials say Ghai is simply bitter because the government does not value his work.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Mr. ghai should not take the words of this government very seriously. They can open their mouth but there is little of substance. By not visiting Cambodia it is a signal that Hun Sen is making a dent on Mr. Ghai. We should not allow to evil prevail.

Anonymous said...

Dear Mr Yash Ghai,
It's very task to deal with those Evils in Cambodia.Hun Sen is not Khmer-Leader who isn't elected by Khmer-people.
He's a real the Killing Tool of Yuon-Hanoi....unfortunately Khmers
have to endure & suffer under his ruling CPP.
Thank you so much for your Truth to tell the world about Khmer-Suffering.
Pls keep doing your Noble Acts against all Dictatorship regimes which are around the world .

Anonymous said...

Ah hun sen you are stupid, if i can kill you and your clans i will go kill right now. I don't know you, but I hate you when you make innocent khmer suffer for so long

Anonymous said...

No need to thanks Mr. Yash Ghai
He get a big salary at UN + plus travel expenses with luxury hotel,
first class air ticket and so on. This is his job to make it work, he will come back to Cambodia to keep his job. Because China; N. Korea; Burma; Russia and many other
won't let him in to work on Human Right issues. But he is a good man
used NO words of violent.
Bati

Anonymous said...

To 2:33
You meant well but it reads like a lot of gibberish. Pardon me, it sounds a little confusing, though I do understand the meaning.

Of course, this government of dimwits will blast any critic.

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