Original reports from Phnom Penh
07 December 2007
A coalition of rights groups said Friday human rights remains a major concern in Cambodia, as International Human Rights Day approaches.
While Cambodia has progressed economically, it has not matched that progress with the rule of law, independence of courts or free and fair political processes.
Monday is the 59th International Human Rights Day.
A group of advocates for the Khmer Kampuchea Krom ethnic minority said the anniversary was a chance to look at the withering rights of the marginalized group.
Ang Chanrith, director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organization, said this year saw even more serious rights violations for members of the group than 2006.
While Cambodia has progressed economically, it has not matched that progress with the rule of law, independence of courts or free and fair political processes.
Monday is the 59th International Human Rights Day.
A group of advocates for the Khmer Kampuchea Krom ethnic minority said the anniversary was a chance to look at the withering rights of the marginalized group.
Ang Chanrith, director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organization, said this year saw even more serious rights violations for members of the group than 2006.
3 comments:
Well, if Ah Khmer-Yuon don't like it, they can just go back to Vietnam.
Right now, our main concern is jobs and economy nationwide.
Economic growth is one bright spot of many dark spots of this administration and it still remain to be seen... Of course we see some changes in Cambodia today, but that doesn't tell the whole story of the situation for the state of nation. The economic growths for Cambodia have come with great tradoffs for deforestation, land grabbing, inhumane working condition, natural resources depleting, corruption, their human rights violention and host others. With some infrastructures improvment such as roads, water lines, trafic lights, electrictiy are only some of the basic necessities at bare miminum; even Burma has better infrastructures than Cambodia. With millions of Int'l aids each year these are of expected from the government and Cambodia must not stay at bare miminum especially when the prime minister comparing Cambodia to some dirt poor countries. What's wrong about this admistration is their lack of interest protecting Cambodia territory; their greed for power over the interest of the nation, their greed for corruption, their political controlled justice system, their lack of law enforcement, their lack of vision, their illegal border treaties with Vietman and their lack of interest defending Cambodia with neighboring countries especially Vietnam and Thailand.
No way, it can't be dark spots if no one died from it.
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