Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Cambodia rights body decries worsening repression as staffer jailed

Wed, 01 Sep 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - A leading human rights group in Cambodia said Wednesday that activists are operating in an increasingly hostile environment there, characterized by physical violence, illegal arrests and trumped-up criminal charges.

Up to 60 human rights activists were currently in pretrial detention on a range of charges, according to the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights.

The report, Attacks and Threats Against Human Rights Defenders in Cambodia, highlighted a number of trends the league said were being used against those the government perceives as its critics.

"Despite Cambodia being a signatory to numerous international treaties and the passage of national laws guaranteeing the protection of human rights defenders, the situation has worsened for many human rights defenders and civil society," league president Pung Chhiv Kek said.

The twice yearly report was released two days after staff member Leang Sokchoeun was jailed for two years for disinformation. Pung Chhiv Kek condemned the judgement as "an absolutely appalling example" of the lack of independence of Cambodia's courts.

She described the conviction as politically motivated and predetermined with "no basis in fact or law," adding that it "underscores the dire state of Cambodia's judiciary."

Leang Sokchoeun was sentenced with two other men after being accused of distributing anti-government leaflets. The league said the trial was marked by numerous deficiencies, including evidence that police had arrested the wrong man.

"Given the involvement of an NGO [non-governmental organization] staff member, combined with the heavy prison sentence, I am concerned that someone may be trying to send a message," Pung Chhiv Kek said.

The report highlighted measures being taken against anyone speaking out for human rights, such as community representatives protesting land grabs by the powerful.

Naly Pilorge, the league's director, said among the "disturbing trends" was the government's use of the courts as a weapon.

Other trends included charging people with defamation and disinformation to restrict freedom of expression and curbing freedom of association and assembly.

Pilorge said human rights defenders released on bail were typically told to stop their work while charges were pending - a situation that could last years.

The report made several recommendations, including calling on the government to stop arresting human rights officials and to prosecute corrupt state officials who the league said enjoy impunity.

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Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
Hun Sen...

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's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth...

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 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.

Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"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."
  
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union 
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
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
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.  
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation

Illegally use of remote detonate bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.

Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky.  Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground. 
Source:  Lightning, Discovery Channel

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 Vietnam 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.