Forced evictions in Cambodia under Hun Xen's regimeBy Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
04 December 2009
If the government doesn’t move to curb persecution of human rights defenders, it can be implicated in rights abuses, a Cambodian advocate said Thursday.
Rights groups in the country have faced a high number of threats this year, said Ou Virak, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“So in this case, we look in every corner,” he said. “One, we look at policy and legality, because the state has policies and laws of protection. Two, we see about punishment, and then in any case that the state is aware [of abuses] but does not take the effort to find justice, that mans the state is participating in human rights violations.”
People are “still in fear,” he said, because of physical threats of violence and legal threats.
“We see that all these threats are contrasting the principle of human rights that we declared to recognized, but we do not maintain,” he said. “That’s what’s important.”
In 2009, at least 168 rights workers faced persecution, arrest or detention, according to figures from rights organizations, he said.
Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Commission is reviewing Cambodia’s rights efforts in Geneva as part of mandatory review process.
Ou Virak said he expected the government to act on good recommendations from the Human Rights Council.
Phay Siphan, a spokesman for the Council of Ministers, denied allegations of government complicity in rights abuses. The government has worked to reform the rule of law and judiciary, he said.
“We have the constitution and law, and especially we know that we defend human rights and the value of human beings,” he said.
Ou Virak said Thursday the government had failed to protect the rights of people, especially in land-grabs.
Rights groups in the country have faced a high number of threats this year, said Ou Virak, executive director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
“So in this case, we look in every corner,” he said. “One, we look at policy and legality, because the state has policies and laws of protection. Two, we see about punishment, and then in any case that the state is aware [of abuses] but does not take the effort to find justice, that mans the state is participating in human rights violations.”
People are “still in fear,” he said, because of physical threats of violence and legal threats.
“We see that all these threats are contrasting the principle of human rights that we declared to recognized, but we do not maintain,” he said. “That’s what’s important.”
In 2009, at least 168 rights workers faced persecution, arrest or detention, according to figures from rights organizations, he said.
Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Commission is reviewing Cambodia’s rights efforts in Geneva as part of mandatory review process.
Ou Virak said he expected the government to act on good recommendations from the Human Rights Council.
Phay Siphan, a spokesman for the Council of Ministers, denied allegations of government complicity in rights abuses. The government has worked to reform the rule of law and judiciary, he said.
“We have the constitution and law, and especially we know that we defend human rights and the value of human beings,” he said.
Ou Virak said Thursday the government had failed to protect the rights of people, especially in land-grabs.
13 comments:
Bull shit! All the human rights group in Cambodia are useless.
Ou Virak, what law? What protection?
The law in Cambodia only to prosecute oppositions and the poor citizens. The law in Cambodia are under Hun Xen's lips.
Are you planning to do anything to help our abused victims? Forget Cambodia law and the government. They are the abuser. And of course they will not punish themself!!!
Hux Sen should resign from his PM as soon as possible , we are Khmers, we no need you as PM anymore. All Khmer nationalist will let you free for a living . you just leave from your PM.We really admire you if you can push YOUN and SIAM away from our Khmer Land.Esp, All illegal Youn must leave out from Cambodia.
លោក ហ៊ុន សែនជាទីរាប់អាន!
តើលោក ពិតជាកញ្ជះយួនមែនដែររឺទេ? បើលោកមិនមែនជាកញ្ជះយួនទេ ចុះហេតុដូចម្តេចបានជា លោកការពារយួន ហើយបែរជាមកសំលាប់ខ្មែរទៅវិញ លោកពិតជាចង់ធ្វើឃាតករណាស់រឺ? រឺមួយក៏លោកចង់ឲ្យប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្តគេចារថា ហ៊ុន សែនជាជនក្បត់ជាតិណាស់ទៅរឺ? តើលោកមានធ្លាប់គិតថា លោកត្រូវការកិត្តិយសសំរាប់ក្រុមគ្រួសារលោកទេ រឺមួយក៏នៅចង់បានត្រឹមតែ ពួកខ្សែស្រឡាយអ្នកលួចជាតិ អ្នកបំផ្លាញជាតិរហូតអញ្ចឹងទៅ? បើសិនជាលោកឈប់លក់ក្បាលឲ្យបរទេសយួន ឈប់បំរើយួនភ្លាម លោកនឺងក្លាយទៅជា មហាវីរបុរសអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិមួយរំពេចន៏ លោកមិនចង់បានទេ មែនទេ? បើសិនជាលោកមិនមកការពារខ្មែរ ហើយនៅតែ បំរើតែយួនរបៀបនេះ លោករស់នៅដម្បីអ្វីទៅ?
ងាប់ដើម្បីប្រទេសជាតិមិនល្អទេឬ? សង្ឃឹមថា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន រឺក៏ បក្សពួកលោក ហើយនាំពាក្យពេចន៏ទៅឲ្យលោក ហ៊ុនសែនឲ្យខ្ញុំផង ពីព្រោះខ្ញុំមិនដឹងជាទៅជួប លោក ហ៊ុន សែន តាមវិធីណា ត្បិតអីលឺថាគាត់មានឆ្កែកាចច្រើនណាស់ !
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
Assassinated over eighty members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
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.
All Khmers,
An armed uprising should be organised soon to root this Hanoi's puppet regime out, and free Khmer people from Vietnamisation of Cambodia in the near future.
The land-grabs by the puppet regime is to give khmer lands for free to over 400 Hanoi's rubber companies in Cambodia, and Hanoi will never hire Cambodians but importing more illegal Viet immigrants into Cambodia.
That's right, Cambodia Hun Sen CPP is a good friend to China. Chinese government is abusing its citizen in violation of human right. Cambodia Hun Sen CPP government is NO diffrent. Hun Sen CPP evicts people, abuse people, truely violate human right to its own citizen and these innocent citizen are unarmed.
How can they tread unarmed civilian people like that ? Do they have heart? Yes, they do but their hearts are made from STEAL.
Khmer in WA, USA
Hello Khmer go to UPR Report,
Human Rights Council – Universal Periodic Review
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/UPRMain.aspx.
To access the webcast for the UPR session please visit http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/index.asp
as long as former khmer rouge butcher One eye hun sen still in power scambodia never ever live in peaceful life.i urge UN should stop hun sen vietnamese puppet evacuating cambodian anymore.
former khmer rouge victim
Hun Sen who has one eye is killer because he kills Khmer People by grabing land of our citizen. From Nareth
នេះជាការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ ដែលគេហៅថា
រីកចម្រើន គឺតាំងពីបាតដៃទទេរហូត
មកធ្វើសេដ្ឋីសឹងគ្រប់គ្នា មានលុយ
ចិញ្ចឹមឆ្កែយ៉ាងច្រើនសម្រាប់ប្រើខាំ
អ្នកក្រ ឬដេញយកដី ។
The current government was popularly elected and CPP is more popular than ever. Why is that if he's such a bad guy?
fake vote, fake election
who to believe tyrant democracy?
cpp holds all powers, election is only a show up to fool the world and to conform itself to international needs
in polpot time yuons used Khmer rouge to lead mass execution against Khmer people. Now yuons use its tool to suppress Khmer people one after other to free more land and natural resources for yuons
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I agree. All khmers need to do something to stop khmer kraham, but do not forget ah kanchas xihanouk is the founder and master of all khmer kraham, old pol pot, khieu samphan, ieng sary and new khmer kraham hun xen, chea xim, heng xamrin.
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