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A government spokesman dismissed the letter, saying it did not reflect the true situation in Cambodia. (sic!)
14.11.2012
By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
PHNOM PENH - A dozen US lawmakers, including Republican Senator John McCain, have written President Barack Obama, urging him to use an upcoming visit to Cambodia to push for improvement of the country’s sliding human rights efforts and crackdowns on constitutional freedoms.
The members of Congress cited the killing of environmentalist Chut Wutty in April, the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl in May, the arrest of an independent radio owner and the continued exile of opposition leader Sam Rainsy as evidence that Cambodia’s government under Prime Minister Hun Sen deserves censure.
“Cambodia is becoming a more dangerous place for those who speak out about these problems,” the lawmakers wrote. “By taking a strong and public stand in support of human rights and democracy during this first-time visit by a US president to Cambodia, your words would encourage and embolden the Cambodian people and send a clear message to the entire region about American values and expectations, particularly in the wake of the Arab Spring.”
A government spokesman dismissed the letter, saying it did not reflect the true situation in Cambodia.
But the country has faced increased pressure from the international community for its degraded freedoms and rights, for politicized courts, and for ongoing land grabs in both rural and urban areas that have left many impoverished Cambodians without land or homes.
3 comments:
Shitty former refugee in American Phay Siphan, a ridiculous Communist CPP spoke idiot [person], betrayed American who helped to settle down in the U.S. and a lazy refugee ass looked for the opportunity by paying the corrupted CPP officials to buy a position as a CPP spoke person [idiot]. He is trashy and stinky with no education at all. He lied to Hun Sen and dumb CPP clans/officials about his education in America.
Wanna kick this idiot Phay Siphan's ass.
This article is shitty from Communist Yuon/Vietnamese CPP manipulators and nonsense.
Khmer Yeurng
Sam Rainsy: Hero or Coward
Sam Rainsy please show the world your courage and be inspired by Cambodian peoples. Don't be a weakling, coward stay in France afraid being arrest and imprison in Cambodia. Think of Gandhi and Mandela they have the courage to fight for suffer for their people, spending many year in prison. Now, the world is watching, show the world, the world leaders of your conviction and courage. Be a hero and force Hun Sen to arrest and imprison you in front of President Obama and ASEAN leaders. Go to Cambodia now and let the government arrest you, if you are afraid of being arrest and imprison. Please stay in France enjoy the easy life and step down as an opposition leader. Let someone else lead that has the courage and willing to sacrifice for his people and his country. A leader can not be a coward. A leader must be a hero to his followers. This one thing u can learn from Hun Sen.
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