Opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be the third member of parliament to lose his immunity this year following an allegedly pulling out border markers with Vietnam (Photo: Eurasie)
Hang Chakra (Photo: Sok Serey, RFA)By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
13 November 2009
A prominent US human rights group on Friday urged the US to take tough action on Cambodia for its harsh moves against government critics.
“Human Rights Watch urges [US President] Obama to openly challenge Prime Minister Hun Sen’s increasing authoritarian practices, in which he and other ruling party officials use violence, threats, and the country’s notoriously corrupt judiciary to silence and imprison opposition party members, journalists, land rights activists, and other government critics,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
The statement was made just two days before President Barack Obama is due to meet Asean leaders on Sunday, after attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Singapore.
“This statement is unrealistic and untrue. It has a political intention to attack the government,” said Phay Siphan, secretary of state and spokesman for the Council of Ministers.
Phay Siphan said that what was raised in the statement is ruthless and not honest with a “bad intention to unfairly slander the government of Cambodia”.
But opposition party welcomes the statement.
“I thank Human Rights Watch for helping to remind the US President Barack Obama who is the leader of a superpower to pay attention to the rights and freedom of Cambodian people and democracy in Cambodia,” said Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, calling the government to accept criticism.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be the third member of parliament to lose his immunity this year following an allegedly pulling out border markers with Vietnam. Two other opposition parliamentarians Mu Sokhua and Ho Vann have been stripped off their immunity for criticizing premier Hun Sen and military officers.
The editor of an opposition Khmer Mchas Srok newspaper was sentenced to one year jail term for writing on corruption issues.
“Human Rights Watch urges [US President] Obama to openly challenge Prime Minister Hun Sen’s increasing authoritarian practices, in which he and other ruling party officials use violence, threats, and the country’s notoriously corrupt judiciary to silence and imprison opposition party members, journalists, land rights activists, and other government critics,” Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
The statement was made just two days before President Barack Obama is due to meet Asean leaders on Sunday, after attending the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Singapore.
“This statement is unrealistic and untrue. It has a political intention to attack the government,” said Phay Siphan, secretary of state and spokesman for the Council of Ministers.
Phay Siphan said that what was raised in the statement is ruthless and not honest with a “bad intention to unfairly slander the government of Cambodia”.
But opposition party welcomes the statement.
“I thank Human Rights Watch for helping to remind the US President Barack Obama who is the leader of a superpower to pay attention to the rights and freedom of Cambodian people and democracy in Cambodia,” said Kem Sokha, president of the Human Rights Party, calling the government to accept criticism.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy will be the third member of parliament to lose his immunity this year following an allegedly pulling out border markers with Vietnam. Two other opposition parliamentarians Mu Sokhua and Ho Vann have been stripped off their immunity for criticizing premier Hun Sen and military officers.
The editor of an opposition Khmer Mchas Srok newspaper was sentenced to one year jail term for writing on corruption issues.
18 comments:
Lets defend our border equally and its childish for the government to sue an MP for destroying the wooden border posts installed by foreigner.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Executions
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Ah Phay Siphann,
Ah Chhkae Kanh Chra Yuon Dach Th'lai.
somewhat, you can insult hun sen, cpp, you can sometime criticize hun and other khmer while it give an appearance of a façade of democracy wanted by world community but while you touch hun sen boss interest, you got burn
It is ever yuon rules, no matter you are polpot, hun sen or rainsy, if you touch yuon interest, you got burn. This is why hun sen and his clan cpp never dare to oppose to their vn boss interest fearing to get burn like polpot. Don’t expect that hun will do anything that oppose to his boss interest or wills. After all, cpp is yuon puppet government, topped by yuon to serve yuon interest.
Those who support to this regime in someway it is, have khmer blood on hands as these assassins.
if it's for cambodian national interest, then should do so. otherwise, cambodia isn't that bad, really, in terms of human rights, etc...
khmer songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbO_EWrphg&feature=related
Vietcong hasn't any Buddha.Please Mr president,please ECCC help khmer leu,khmer krom,khmer phnom penh.
5:47am you are right,both are khmer rouge! Both are from Vietcongs!,both are serve Youns interest!
Both are the killer?Both kill Khmer 3-4 Millions? Bth are no good?
That Why a lot of Political Party in Cambodia!
SKNP/UPC
Khmer songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2WMibOujJ0&feature=related
http://www.rfi.fr/actukm/articles/118/article_3247.asp
If you want to enter Cambodia to join any political party to help Cambodia to improve human right, Freedom of expression and democracy system, you must make sure that you have created yourself a financial independent for you and your family first such as having a passive income through your investments which can generate you an income to provide you for a good sense of security. This security is to guarantee you a high level of integrity and dignity which will allow you to stand strong for what you are believing. If you haven't prepared yourself for this important part of your life, you will end up serving as slave of CPP party. You have to follow their instruction for survival.
Areak Prey
phay si phan, is your mother still virgin? that's untrue.your mother had been fucked by ho chi minh when your mother was 2ys..
Ah Hun kwack mother fucker has learned how to killed since he was a fetus inside his pathetic mother's womb!
Go Go Hun Sen!!!
9:50 AM,
You meant go to hell Hun Sen!!! Is that right?
Claiming that this statement is unrealistic and untrue, on what ground are you saying that.
It seem to believe that CPP is a god sent and never do anything wrong.
Regarding human rights, of course physical abuse is getting less but emotional, psychological oppression remain pervasive. Intellectual practice continues to be restricted.
Local people knows about the abuse, international communities, NGOs and UN convoys are aware of that except extreme CPP officials are still in denial, why???.
Is it too ugly to admit to the reality and rectify it, to truely serve cambodians.
If you have ever lived in developed country, you would surely understand these complaints.
Come on please wake up to the reality before it is too late.
Committed to signing the Peace Accords 1991, international communities are able to enforce that agreement.
You will never be able to eliminate nationalism spirit although they are jailed.
In KR,our country men were killed indiscriminately and they KR failed to control. It is a vicious cycle if abuses still being committed .
And be ware of old saying,Fish will eat the ant when there is a flood, but the ant will eat the fish when low tide.
What goes around, will come around.
Neang SA
Soot down jungle man hun sen like a dog
we can call ah hun kwack sen a blind and ignorant familly. that how they can lead country to be peacefule. what else his familly can do because they all blind and ignorant.
You can't call yourself khmer if you're afraid of the Shitnamese.
Hey all of you bloggers !!!!! Is there any Human Right organization in Thailand ? if there is what did they say about Thai Human Right abuse on Kmere people ? Did the US ask Thai to do anything regarding the boy who had been burning alive ????
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