Sunday, December 06, 2009

Human Rights: War of words between the government and NGOs

Civil society tends to criticize human rights issues in Cambodia, in particular the forced evictions (such as the one in Dey Krahorm shown on Licadho's photos)

05 Dec 2009
By Leang Delux
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer


The Cambodian government and NGOs could never see eyes to eyes when it comes to human rights issues in Cambodia. Criticisms on the lack of respect for human rights led to sporadic violent angry outburst by Hun Xen. This week again, during the UN human rights meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the topic turned into a fighting forum between the Phnom Penh regime and civil society organizations.

Click here to listen to RFI report (MP3).

6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6:18 PM

    The NGO’s activists of defence of human rights and other political party referring to the same cause (the defence of human rights), if you do not intervene to help these unfortunates Uighurs to obtain the asylum in Cambodia as they wish .

    If you do not intervene with the same zeal for these Uighurs as you had made to defend the bonze activist monk Tim Sakhorn, you betray the cause of human rights; and criticism of the government towards you is completely established ; you are a simple appendix of the sam rainsy party and pawns of this party, and it is that you will appear to the eyes of the Cambodian and international public opinion.

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  2. Anonymous7:25 PM

    May someone please throw a shoe or shoes at PM Hun Sen like they did to the US president and china president.

    going once, going twice, step right up....

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  3. Anonymous9:29 PM

    May someone throw acid at mee neary klahan Bun Rany, and all khmer kraham chumteav, please...

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  4. Anonymous10:26 PM

    Dictator Hun Xen destroy the own people!!!!

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  5. Anonymous6:37 AM

    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.

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  6. Anonymous8:50 AM

    It is convenient to lump everybody who oppose you to one camp and then start your attack on that camp with the biggest perceived threat (The SRP), but it takes a responsible individual and group to single, distinguish, and listen to the unique voices and and opposing opinion of others who may offer you constructive new perspective on how to better solve your people problem and boost your own "face" which the CPP seem to concern most about above all things, national interest, or national-well being.


    The NGOs have a good idea because they look from the outside, they should not be treated as opposition because they point to you the weakness on your side.


    If they were purely "opposition" people, they would not point out specific violations, and recommendations.

    They work hard and took time to analyse the social problem to give these recommendations.


    It would do you good Phnom Penh, to just listen for once and put your big head ego pride aside.

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