AFP
The United Nation's special human rights envoy to Cambodia, who has previously drawn savage attacks from the government for a critical report, will make a three-day assessment visit, his office said on Monday.
Yash Ghai, a Kenyan lawyer, would arrive in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, said Henrik Stenman, acting director of the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights in Cambodia.
"The purpose of the visit is for him to update himself with the situation in Cambodia," Stenman said, adding Ghai was scheduled to present his annual report on the kingdom's rights conditions in Geneva in June.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that Ghai, who lives in Hong Kong, be sacked after his criticism last year of the government's failure to protect basic liberties.
Other Cambodian senior officials have also lashed out at Ghai, with government spokesperson Khieu Kanharith earlier calling him the "laziest staffer of the United Nations" when asked about the global body's report in 2006.
Khieu Kanharith on Monday declined to comment on Ghai's visit.
The last UN report said Cambodia's 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."
Yash Ghai, a Kenyan lawyer, would arrive in Phnom Penh on Tuesday, said Henrik Stenman, acting director of the Office for the High Commissioner on Human Rights in Cambodia.
"The purpose of the visit is for him to update himself with the situation in Cambodia," Stenman said, adding Ghai was scheduled to present his annual report on the kingdom's rights conditions in Geneva in June.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has demanded that Ghai, who lives in Hong Kong, be sacked after his criticism last year of the government's failure to protect basic liberties.
Other Cambodian senior officials have also lashed out at Ghai, with government spokesperson Khieu Kanharith earlier calling him the "laziest staffer of the United Nations" when asked about the global body's report in 2006.
Khieu Kanharith on Monday declined to comment on Ghai's visit.
The last UN report said Cambodia's 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."
5 comments:
Yas Ghai's report will make CPP officials atching and barking.Wait and see!
United Nations spent huge money to rehabilitate and enhance democracy in Cambodia, so they will not stop or neglect their effort to bring democracy to Cambodia.
They are having compassion to help the poor and protect the weak. Weak Cambodian people are easily getting violation from power-government through its manipulation, intimindation and small amount of gifts....etc
UN's envoy will not surrender the totaliterian and rude leadership like our current PM Hun Sen...
Well, the corrupted UN has no
bussiness interfering with our
internal affair. Otherwise, the
corrupted Kanyan (Ghai) will get
to eat rotten rat's meat in our
five star luxury Prey Sor Inn.
Go ahead, arrest and injail Ghai in your Prey Sor Inn, I want to see it....your word is CPP barberic...
I would love to do it, and I can
easily do too, but I can't get the
blessing from our people.
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