Friday, October 29, 2010

Rights groups condemn Cambodia's threat to shut UN office

Christophe Peschoux
Oct 29, 2010
DPA

Phnom Penh - Prominent international human rights groups on Friday condemned the Cambodian government's demand that the United Nations close its local human rights office and fire the country head.

In a joint statement, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty International said the government's assertion that the UN human rights office in Cambodia was a mouthpiece for the political opposition were 'baseless.'

The groups said the government's stance was 'a direct assault on the UN's human rights mandate,' and said the UN's leadership should continue to speak out on behalf of the local office and its country head, Christophe Peschoux.

'Donor governments to Cambodia should likewise voice their strong objections to the Cambodian government's statements,' they added.


On Wednesday, the first full day of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's official visit to Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen told him to close the human rights office and sack Peschoux.

In response Ban's spokesman, Yves Sorokobi, said the secretary general stood by the organization's human rights work and its 'representatives around the world including here.'

He said that pulling staff out of a particular country was an internal matter for the UN.

HRW and Amnesty called on US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was due in Cambodia this weekend, to express her support for the UN human rights office and its mandate.

Ban arrived in Phnom Penh on Tuesday and left Thursday for Vietnam where he is attending a summit between the United Nations and the regional Association of South-East Asian Nations bloc. He will conclude his current Asian tour in China.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

That is just a test of Hun Xen regime and I can tell you all, no UN representativ can work in Cambodia with its system, must obay the Hun's law.

Anonymous said...

Khmer dogs, come out and bark for papa

Anonymous said...

Christophe Peschoux is acting like SRP spokeman. He is not deserved to work as UN human Rights in Cambodia. Go back to where he is belong and don't come back to Cambodia again.

Anonymous said...

2:23pm you talk like Khiev Khanhiarith
you are not belong here. Go to lick his balls and
have a drink with him and enjoy singing karaoke
and young girls OK

Anonymous said...

it seem that the king are also useless.. why the hell he be a king .. as cambodia constitution he is the guarantor of all cambodia but it seem not .. what a useless king.. and queen is all behing this ti support the vietnam.. and she control sihanouk ..

Anonymous said...

LONG LIVE VEIT NAM.. You all should wishes that you never born and if you born next born as vietnamese so you be smarter...

Hun sen and CPP doing a good job for US... the master.. and Phay siphan providing a good lip services and SOK Siphana and Sarin Donora are working hard to manipulate all the foerigners there for us.. the rest of our vietnamese brother and sisters are all in every officials position in the cambodian government.

Long live Viet Nam

soon we will take thailand too

You all khmer wishes you never born.. next time make sure you born as a vietnamses maybe you a little smarter

you all useless khmer peoples have no more chance.. we vietnam controle your idiot king... HUN SEN and all the family and CPP.. we have our citizen in every level of your government.. basically we run you whole country for you.. becuase you khmer are useless and stupid and idiot.. if you dont believe ask you parent..

look you country now.. it is the fact you wishes you never born.. next time you better born as vietnamese.. Long live viet nam.. soon we will control even thailand the land of gay and lesbian they dont care they only make love .. so it will be more easy..

we want to thank hun sen and cpp ... personal that to phay siphan for his lip services and sok siphana the brother inlaw to the rapist young girls minister of information and Sarin Denora for their manipulation to all the idiot foreigners in cambodian .. we will reward you and we will keep you in power

Anonymous said...

Christophe Peschoux is not neutral.
He works for the opposition's party. That is not just.

Anonymous said...

5:32pm Down Vietnamese expansionism!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map !

Anonymous said...

To Ah đồ má con chó LONG LIVE VIET NAM.

bạn ăn đồ ngu má con chó.

Go back to Vietnam to live your miserable life, Ah đồ má con chó.

Anonymous said...

Fuck this guy kick his ass away from Cambodia soon please.

Anonymous said...

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មួយបើកូនចៅរកស៊ីមានបានហើយទៅបំផ្លាញ
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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I don't think just Christopher that just spokeman for opposition as far as I know, also German, France,Australia, U.S, British , Canada embassadors, oh about 2,000 NGO and the rest of the world has jion in to be spokeman for opposition party thank to evil empire of Hun Xen regime has committed so many crimes that has increase support for the opposition party all over the world, we love you opposition party, we love you Samrainsy, we love you Kem Sokha, we love you Khmer krom federation, we will win, win big, Hun Xen got his back against the wall and he a reason to be worry so bad, go to hell cpp and your cronie, die die die die die ha ha ha ha ha .

Khmer love khmer,
Khmer love Khmer Krom Federation
khmer love peace
khmer love justice
khmer love Samrainsy
khmer love Kem Sokha
khmer love patriot

Anonymous said...

9:02 AM, I agree with you.

Hun Sen and his clans committed so many crimes against Khmer people.

Hun Sen and its yuon master are all behind Khmer genocide.


Down Indochina Federation.

Anonymous said...

queen mother monineth is support hun sen and cpp and vietnam so that they can keep her son the KING SIHAMONI as the king.. what a thieve of the royal family .. stealing your own nation heart and soul giving to other invaders..

We do not need KING or Monarchy in Cambodian these should be destroy .. Cambodian should be republic because these KING can not protect his own country but rather helping invaders to take his own country.