Written by Georgia Wilkins
The Phnom Penh Post
A UN study makes no mention of the group
DESPITE promises earlier in the year that the widespread rights abuse of Khmer Krom minorities in Vietnam would be put on the UN's agenda, a periodic review of the country has excluded any mention of the persecuted ethnic group.
In a document dated February 23 and recently posted on the UN Human Rights Council's website, nongovernmental groups assessing Vietnam's human rights record made mention of its treatment of minorities, including the ethnic Buddhist group, numerous times.
However in a summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights based on these comments, the group wasn't mentioned at all.
"For centuries and specifically since June 1949, the Vietnamese government instituted practices and policies to discriminate against Khmer Krom people and decrease the possibility for Khmer Krom to exercise the right to self-determination," the development community report noted.
"Through every phase of the occupation, Khmer Krom people resisted to perpetuate their culture, language and continued existence as a collective identity," it added.
The report included the abuses of the group's right to education and health, citing the fact that the government has ignored reports that approximately 3,000 Khmer Krom have been affected by an epidemic of blindness.
Meeting raises hopes
In meetings with the UN's special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, and the UN refugee office in Bangkok last month, Ang Chanrith, executive director of the Phnom Penh-based Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organisation, was told the international body would call on Vietnamese officials to defend charges against its treatment of Khmer Krom and Montagnard hill tribes, as well as other indigenous groups.
The news renewed hope for Khmer Krom activists, amid a fresh stream of criticism against its government's treatment of ethnic groups living within its borders.
The review, completed for each UN member state every four years, will be subjected to public scrutiny at a working group in Geneva on May 4.
DESPITE promises earlier in the year that the widespread rights abuse of Khmer Krom minorities in Vietnam would be put on the UN's agenda, a periodic review of the country has excluded any mention of the persecuted ethnic group.
In a document dated February 23 and recently posted on the UN Human Rights Council's website, nongovernmental groups assessing Vietnam's human rights record made mention of its treatment of minorities, including the ethnic Buddhist group, numerous times.
However in a summary prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights based on these comments, the group wasn't mentioned at all.
"For centuries and specifically since June 1949, the Vietnamese government instituted practices and policies to discriminate against Khmer Krom people and decrease the possibility for Khmer Krom to exercise the right to self-determination," the development community report noted.
"Through every phase of the occupation, Khmer Krom people resisted to perpetuate their culture, language and continued existence as a collective identity," it added.
The report included the abuses of the group's right to education and health, citing the fact that the government has ignored reports that approximately 3,000 Khmer Krom have been affected by an epidemic of blindness.
Meeting raises hopes
In meetings with the UN's special rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, and the UN refugee office in Bangkok last month, Ang Chanrith, executive director of the Phnom Penh-based Khmer Kampuchea Krom Human Rights Organisation, was told the international body would call on Vietnamese officials to defend charges against its treatment of Khmer Krom and Montagnard hill tribes, as well as other indigenous groups.
The news renewed hope for Khmer Krom activists, amid a fresh stream of criticism against its government's treatment of ethnic groups living within its borders.
The review, completed for each UN member state every four years, will be subjected to public scrutiny at a working group in Geneva on May 4.
17 comments:
To all borthers Khmer Krom, please keep continue the fight. We will win. I'm really sure we will. We can do it. Look at East Timore and Kosovo, if they can do it we will.
We want our independent now!!!
KhmerPP,
Khmer Krom's land belong to all Khmers. She will never belong to the Viet Namese Thieves!
The Crimes Viet Namese commited, it will gets back to them a thousand times more for what they are doing to the others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9EQRK0Ldh4
to Banh Kimoon and Brad Adams and also lok ta Dalaï Lama.
Pi khgnom kaun khmer Angkor.
May Emerald Buddha save all khmer to live in peace.
What I'm seeing now the world will is open. They will rule by law not by commie or dictorship anymore. People on earth have the right to have self determinaiton.
We must push harder to have Khmer Krom success for their plight.
They have the right to exist as the ruler on their own lands. Not YOUN can do whatever they want.
From UN view.
the world needs to review the vietnam rights more often as this show they had neglected this indigenous khmer krom people for a long time now. talk about fairness! the vietnamese gov't needs to respect, protect and provide for indigenous people's rights and freedom! the vietnamese gov't cannot ignore this issue!
If they do continue to ignore this matter it will be ashame to them and the world (UN) will also looks ashame as well. To this modern time there shouldn't be anyone on earht live under brutality regime or human rights abuse. Vietnam and the UN are the one responsible for this neglecting to the poor Khmer Krom. Khmer Krom please stand up and continue for your rights.
I bet the world will support your plights. Please continue doing the good work.
Robert/USA
Vietnamese is the most dangerous enemy on earth! their soft tricks is very dangerous!"soft/Tricky" All koun khmer must be very cautious!!
Vietnamese is responsible for all the killing of khmer people....
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Vietnamese is responsible for all the killing of khmer people....
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Dear all brother and sister, together will be bring our Land back. We all Kaun Khmer and we support each other. Soon we will bring Youn government the Nation Justice.
Kaun Khmer in blood.
Even the UN believes in the Vietcong theory and logic!
What do you expect Ban-KI Moon eats dog like the Vietcong!
If you voted for CPP (Cambodian People's Party):
Also known as:
Communist Party of Kampuchea
Khmer Revolution Party
Khmer Rouge Party
Khmer Krorhorm Party - គណបក្សខ្មែរក្រហម
You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.
You're support the killing at least twelve innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack in Cambodia.
You're support assassination of journalists in Cambodia.
You're support political assassination and killing in Cambodia.
You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
You're support corruptions in Cambodia.
You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).
You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.
Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.
Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.
From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinate and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.
When is the ECCC going to bring these three criminals to U.N. Khmer Rouge Tribunal?
Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.
Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.
I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.
Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.
Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Torture
Execution
Massacre
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Regime had committed:
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Mass Evictions
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Acid Attacks
Injustice
Steal Votes
Violate the Constitution
These are the Trade Marks of Hun Sen's Khmer Rouge Regime.
Under Hun Sen Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen's government ever been brought to justice.
Information change without notice as it become available.
There're too many illegally viet people living in cambodia nowaday, i went to visit fishing village in Kompong Chnang, most of these illegal people don't speak khmer at all, i heard they speak vietnamese language all the way? if you asking them about something they just smile back to you that's it? but some of them can speak a fews..words! our Tonle Sap Lake is facing a problems right now, the water is contaminated, because those people using diesel,gasoline, some other chemicals to run their motor, and what happend is..they pills those into the waters, fishs are dying! nobody seems to care about this at all...
Thank you brothers and sisters for supporting Khmer Krom resistant again
oppressor vietnam.
What we should do, we have to send a petition on line to the office of the high Commission for Human right and to the Secretary General of the United Nations for helping Khmer Krom from dictator vietnam toward indigenous people.
Please let do so,I thank a lot for that.
What? Khmer Krom doesn't need any support. They are very happy to be Yuon and live in south Vietnam as they have lived for centuries. Furthermore, many of them will feel offended if you called them Khmer. So watch what you say in south Vietnam.
South Vietnam belongs to Khmer Krom. Fucking Vietnamese leave Khmer krom alone.
Nope, not after they traded in for Viet chicks.
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