Saturday, December 14, 2013

Hun Sen’s Human Rights Speech Finds Little Purchase


By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer 13.12.2013

Rights workers say they are deeply skeptical of comments made by Prime Minister Hun Sen in support of International Human Rights Day.

The government for the first time held major ceremonies to mark the day, Dec. 10, in what some political analysts say signified a new kind of political awareness by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, which lost 22 elected National Assembly seats in July.

But rights workers say there is little evidence in practice that supports the notion of a turnover.

Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, called Hun Sen’s promises of improved rights in the country “the same old song.”

“There is no reason why anybody should believe him, because if you or I say year after year we are going to do something, and we don’t it, we would not expect anyone to believe us,” Adams said. “So, he has no credibility. If he really wants to do something, he has the power to do it. And he should stop talking about it and start doing it.”

Hun Sen has held power for three decades, during which the country has seen major rights abuses, Adams said. Those, combined with election fraud, land grabs, a culture of impunity, corruption and widespread deforestation create a poor track record, he said.

Ou Virak, head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the amount of corruption among government officials makes improving human rights very difficult.

“Some of them have changed,” he said. “But many individuals who violate human rights are still holding key positions in the government. They have a culture of looking down on the poor, and also caste divisions of old habit.”

Impunity remains a problem, with a legal system incapable of punishing wrongdoers in positions of power, he said.

Ny Chakrya, head of investigation at the rights group Adhoc, said human rights need to be practiced, instead of talked about.

“So we will continue to monitor, especially the freedom of expression, the freedom of assembly and others,” he said. While government officials spoke about the importance of rights on Dec. 10, it banned demonstrations on the two days prior, he said. And peace marchers were prevented from taking shelters in pagodas as they marched on the capital. “That’s an issue reflecting rights abuses,” he said.

Authorities have also violated basic rights in restricting demonstrations, by time periods and maximum numbers of protesters allowed, and they have failed to construct public spaces for gatherings in provinces across the country, despite promises to do so, he said.

In his Dec. 10 speech, Hun Sen acknowledged that more needs to be done. But he said people have more freedom that they did when the Khmer Rouge was removed from power, in 1979.



22 comments:

Anonymous said...


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Anonymous said...

See all the people around Hun sen are yuons and if there are any Khmer there, they voted for Song Krosjeat!

Anonymous said...

The HYENAS might listen to Ah Runteas Banh Hun Sen's speech because Ah Hun Sen and Hyenas have the same character.

Who wants to listen to Ah Lngi Lngeu Hun Sen ?

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen plays in theatre front of his believers same he play in story he did everydays in the last 33 years same song same sound smell stang from his breast more than foollanguage. He thinks people still accepted wich speach from his mouth was working? KANHUN EASAN

Anonymous said...

Rainsy talk like a girlyman, the real man not talk like that, talk is cheap, if Rainsy is a real man he doesn't need to use cheap words, the real man doesn't just talk, the real man have to show the strenght, Rainsy doesn't have the strenght to force Hun Sen to step down. He may have the poor khmer support him for now, but many month's already pass with out any result, how long would the poor khmer will keep supporting his party? Rainsy is getting weaker and weaker by the days. I think Mucha is the better leader than Rainsy, she should push Raisy out and take the lead. I like Mucha becuase she stay tought with Hun Sen, un_like Rainsy when thing get tought he ran out country to hide. Rainsy is not strong like Mucha, so Rainsy need to step down and let Mucha take over the leadershipe roll. If Raisy think he a strong man he should do so with out hestiation.

Anonymous said...

Does Ah kwak ach kwek know about Human Rights? Thirty years after ruling Cambodia, he just know how to spell the word Human Rights only. He is dumb like a donkey and beside that he only knows the jungle rule as ah Chker yuon had taught him how to run the satellite state of Cambodia. Also, take a look at the Human Rights in Vietnam, and the Human Rights in Cambodia led by ah chker Om Yintien. Are there any real practise of human rights in these two countries? No matter what ah sdach ach kwek hun sen knows about human rights or not? We didn't expect him to know that because he is totally blind and deaf and dumb like a donkey. How much do we expect from the donkey? Admittedly, all of ah kwak's confidences know very well all laws to govern and to suppress khmer people; anytime when all these dumb dogs open their mouths to bark, they also barking out all set of laws such as: don't do these and don't do that and they have ah chker police to enforce their rulings as in the case of ah sar kheng, ah chiem yeap, ah phay siphan , ah chker chhean vun, and the others in ah kwak circle. It looks to me that all these dogs learn about these iron grip rules since they were in their mothers' wombs because they can bark out all laws like the Buddhist monks reciting Buddha's script. Ah kwak! if you really want to stay on power longer, you should make yourself more powerful and more stronger by executing couple of your CPP powerful men just like the baby dictator execute his own uncle in North Korea, but in Cambodia execution is not allowed though; still you can sentence them to life imprisonment. If you can do this sort of thing, you can retain back your reputation as the strongest man in Asia, and the CNRP would be running for cover. It means no one would dare to challenge your jungle rule any more. You have a lot of crooks and corrupted CPP in your black list, do it now follow the baby dictator and you will rule scambodia until the day you die naturally. And by the way you can bring back the execution in the constitution, so that you can execute your best friends as fast as you want, put them in jail for lives seem to be unhuman. Shoot them dead and throw their bodies in the crocodile ponds seem to be better than life imprisonment, and you also can hiding your evidence.

Anonymous said...

11:36 PM, we can see that you are focus on women that your sex menu, right?

Guess you love to fill your place with Yuon prostitues. Where do you live? If we know, we send you a package of condoms so that you can practice a safe sex, you low life bastard.

You are not doing anything to help the suffering people of Cambodia and save Khmer people if you are Khmer. If you are Yuon, then you have leave Cambodia and move back to Hanoi where you belong. OK, asshole?

James said...

Hun Sen protect Human Right my ass. protecting a Viet people and destroying his own people so piss off. Hun Sen supporter are so dumb. I'm an American white guy supporter love Democracy and support Sam Rainsy. All khmer Citizen Should wake up and follow the right path. My Viet friend Told me 2 or 4 more year khmer belong to vietnam also Khmer better Wake Up or else Cambodia will be Nambodia soon. i would like to ask them would you dumb CPP supporter want democracy or communist.

Anonymous said...

11:36 PM
This is Ah Kantorb Pi Anh.
He did not want to sign his name because once people saw his name on the bottom, people stop reading.

Anonymous said...

Rainsy talk like a girlyman, the real man not talk like that, talk is cheap, if Rainsy is a real man he doesn't need to use cheap words, the real man doesn't just talk, the real man have to show the strenght, Rainsy doesn't have the strenght to force Hun Sen to step down. He may have the poor khmer support him for now, but many month's already pass with out any result, how long would the poor khmer will keep supporting his party? Rainsy is getting weaker and weaker by the days. I think Mucha is the better leader than Rainsy, she should push Raisy out and take the lead. I like Mucha becuase she stay tought with Hun Sen, un_like Rainsy when thing get tought he ran out country to hide. Rainsy is not strong like Mucha, so Rainsy need to step down and let Mucha take over the leadershipe roll. If Raisy think he a strong man he should do so with out hestiation.

Gary Ung

Anonymous said...

More protest, more protest, and more,more, Samramm Sy still just a same loser. Nothing else.

Samramm Sy's mom

James said...

Actually I'm Not Defend Viet people You 3 dumbass i'm a supporter of sam rainsy.

Anonymous said...

ថ្ងៃប្រាំពីរមករាជាថ្ងៃហ៊ុនសែនចប់

Anonymous said...

This is the end of CPP?

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen is a barking dog, this guy an asshole

Anonymous said...

hun sen kill alot of people his hand full of blood compare to pol-potbut pol pot try to defend from invader youn at lease better than hun sen he kill nationalis,like ou virak just small piece of shit for cpp to confuse people of cambodian or the world that he work for humanwright,if he really strong present for humanwrigt he maybethe same fate of chea vichea or chhut vutty because this country they only said to the people or to the world they never do what they said , case like chuk dindit and yorm bopha see just small case.so in the modern world they chang the leader even communish china they still chang their leader cope with international only in communish russia they lead by dictatore for long time i think one day theire people will figth for democracy.cambodia hun sen love power he not anationalis and all the solider police growth up since 1979 they know and respct only their boose theire leader so many top leader are yuoun that chang their namto khmer and alot of good bisuness set up and help from gorvernment youn so very hard for the nationlish try to help motherland,these cpp group wacht us and they kill us by anymean no justic no law in this country poor cambodian people as long as hunsen (dictator still there no way)cambodia go down to hell if all cambodian not sdtand up

Anonymous said...


Ah La Ou Khmauch Areak or Ou Vireak,

Why Vietnam and Ou Virak did not want Khmer people to call Vietnamese Yuon ?

Because Vietnam and Ou Vireak did not want Khmer people to recall the old history : KBAL KHMER YUON DAM TER ONG.

You see, this story made YUON looked bad.

Bun Thoeun

Anonymous said...

HUN SEN MUST BE REMOVED FROM THE POWER NOW, OTHERWISE CAMBODIA WILL BE CONTROLLED BY VIETNAM FOREVER,

Anonymous said...

Ou vrak supported you.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

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6:24 AM
Anonymous said...

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9:24 PM
Anonymous said...

Sy samramm he is the cheapest human being on earth only idoit and super idiot like you kdamjor allow samramm to cheat you. mike

9:33 PM
Anonymous said...

Amazing ah sy samramm can change all of you to wild beast. Mike

9:37 PM
Anonymous said...

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9:55 PM

Anonymous said...

People did not vote for HunSen

Anonymous said...

JAMM TA JOSS TEU!

Hun Sen