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Showing posts with label US human rights report for Cambodia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label US human rights report for Cambodia. Show all posts
Monday, March 15, 2010
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Government not happy about the US Human Rigths Report
Hun Xen's girly men (on the left: Koy Kuong, Ong Yentieng and Phay Siphan) vs Hillary Clinton14 March 2010
By Pen Bona
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Komping Puoy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Government officials were displeased by the US Human Rights report which pointed out a number of negative aspects related to the violations of human rights in Cambodia. The 2009 report which was published by Washington at the end of this week noted the restriction on the freedom of expression, the forced evictions, and the deportation of Uighurs to China, etc…
Several government officials have reacted one after another to express their displeasure to the 2009 US Human Rights report for Cambodia .
The report which was issued at the end of this week noted 2 aspects of the human rights situation in Cambodia. The first aspect of the report pointed to a number of positive points that Cambodia strived to provide respect for human rights, such as the introduction of the law to protect the rights in disabled persons, the better protection for the rights of human trafficking victims, as well as a reduction of the number of arbitrary human killings. The reduction stems from a better respect of the rules by security force leaders based on the government effort to educate them.
Nevertheless, human rights violations in Cambodia still persist. Freedom of expression through the press is reduced due to the use of defamation and disinformation lawsuits. The deportation of 20 Uighur minority ethnics, who were applying for a refugee status, back to China at the end of 2009 is a flagrant violation of human rights, Washington stated. Furthermore, the government still continues its forced eviction policy.
However, government officials have rejected all these issues. At least 3 government officials reacted to this report: Koy Kuong, the spokesman for the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Om Yentieng, the chairman of the government human rights commission, and Phay Siphan, the mouthpiece of the Council of Ministers.
To all these 3 government officials, the lawsuits against reporters and the deportation of the Uighur people back to China are not human rights violation, but merely the application of the Cambodian law (sic!). These 3 Hun Xen’s regime officials scolded those who prepared the report of bypassing these issues. On the other hand, civil society organizations are in agreement with the US report.
Several government officials have reacted one after another to express their displeasure to the 2009 US Human Rights report for Cambodia .
The report which was issued at the end of this week noted 2 aspects of the human rights situation in Cambodia. The first aspect of the report pointed to a number of positive points that Cambodia strived to provide respect for human rights, such as the introduction of the law to protect the rights in disabled persons, the better protection for the rights of human trafficking victims, as well as a reduction of the number of arbitrary human killings. The reduction stems from a better respect of the rules by security force leaders based on the government effort to educate them.
Nevertheless, human rights violations in Cambodia still persist. Freedom of expression through the press is reduced due to the use of defamation and disinformation lawsuits. The deportation of 20 Uighur minority ethnics, who were applying for a refugee status, back to China at the end of 2009 is a flagrant violation of human rights, Washington stated. Furthermore, the government still continues its forced eviction policy.
However, government officials have rejected all these issues. At least 3 government officials reacted to this report: Koy Kuong, the spokesman for the ministry of Foreign Affairs, Om Yentieng, the chairman of the government human rights commission, and Phay Siphan, the mouthpiece of the Council of Ministers.
To all these 3 government officials, the lawsuits against reporters and the deportation of the Uighur people back to China are not human rights violation, but merely the application of the Cambodian law (sic!). These 3 Hun Xen’s regime officials scolded those who prepared the report of bypassing these issues. On the other hand, civil society organizations are in agreement with the US report.
Monday, March 16, 2009
Cambodian government rejects U.S. human rights report [-PPenh: Deny! Deny! Deny!]
PHNOM PENH, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Cambodian government has condemned that a human rights report recently issued by the U.S. State Department didn't reflect the reality of Cambodia, said official news agency AKP on Monday.
"The 2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices on Cambodia issued by the U.S. State Department seems to be a routine that has nothing to do with human rights reality in Cambodia, and appears to be almost a carbon copy of the reports of the previous years with a few cosmetic changes here and there," the Agence Kampuchea Presse quoted a spokesman of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as saying in a statement.
The report contains a number of unsubstantiated assertions which appear to rely on misleading information supplied by certain organizations, which are monitored and financially supported by certain foreign countries, said the spokesman.
He clarified that "it is very normal in democratic countries that political party which wins landslide victory in democratic elections has to lead the country, and there is nothing unusual about such democratic practice everywhere in the world."
"There is simply never 'extra-judicial killing' by security forces in Cambodia as mentioned in the report. This is only vulgarlie," he said.
"With regard to the freedom of speech and press in Cambodia, one only needs to read and see how the ubiquitous opposition newspapers attack the Royal Government of Cambodia. Even the newspapers written in foreign languages, financed and managed by foreigners do not have the slightest reservation or hesitation in criticizing the Royal Government of Cambodia," he added.
The spokesman also explained the so-called "unlawful forced eviction," saying that "one must ponder whether there is any country in the world which allows squatters to take over possession of or occupy permanently private properties or public areas such as public gardens, sidewalk and streets."
"Finally, if enforcing rules to maintain public order is construed as human rights violation, then what does one have to say in terms of human rights respect on the condition in the secret prisons of a certain country where torture of prisoners is practiced as reported in the media?" added the spokesman in the statement.
"The 2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices on Cambodia issued by the U.S. State Department seems to be a routine that has nothing to do with human rights reality in Cambodia, and appears to be almost a carbon copy of the reports of the previous years with a few cosmetic changes here and there," the Agence Kampuchea Presse quoted a spokesman of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation as saying in a statement.
The report contains a number of unsubstantiated assertions which appear to rely on misleading information supplied by certain organizations, which are monitored and financially supported by certain foreign countries, said the spokesman.
He clarified that "it is very normal in democratic countries that political party which wins landslide victory in democratic elections has to lead the country, and there is nothing unusual about such democratic practice everywhere in the world."
"There is simply never 'extra-judicial killing' by security forces in Cambodia as mentioned in the report. This is only vulgarlie," he said.
"With regard to the freedom of speech and press in Cambodia, one only needs to read and see how the ubiquitous opposition newspapers attack the Royal Government of Cambodia. Even the newspapers written in foreign languages, financed and managed by foreigners do not have the slightest reservation or hesitation in criticizing the Royal Government of Cambodia," he added.
The spokesman also explained the so-called "unlawful forced eviction," saying that "one must ponder whether there is any country in the world which allows squatters to take over possession of or occupy permanently private properties or public areas such as public gardens, sidewalk and streets."
"Finally, if enforcing rules to maintain public order is construed as human rights violation, then what does one have to say in terms of human rights respect on the condition in the secret prisons of a certain country where torture of prisoners is practiced as reported in the media?" added the spokesman in the statement.
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