I wish to thank The Cambodia Daily for its full page story on the work of human rights defenders and the victims of land grabbing and forced evictions, in the article "Envoy Lambastes Government on International Human Rights Day" (Dec 11). Praise must be given to the UN human rights envoy Professor Yash Ghai for fulfilling his mission and for his tireless efforts to bring to light the grave violations committed by the Cambodian government in dealing with land issues and forced evictions—all in the name of development.
The failure of the government to meet with Professor Ghai shows its lack of responsibility as a signatory to UN conventions, in particular to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
CEDAW provides the basis for realizing equality between women and men through equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political and public life—including the right to vote and to stand for election—as well as education, health and employment.
Among the principles covered in the CRC is the right to life, survival and development and the requirement to a child's best interests in all matters affecting them.
The government’s lack of policy and disregard for the Land Law, police brutality and corruption in the judiciary dealing with evictions are grave violations of our rights to be treated as human beings and destroy our children's hopes for a life free from fear and injustice.
Hundreds and thousands of our women, children and men continue to be victims of land grabbing and forced evictions because the city needs to be "beautified" or because the government is in need of land for development
I do not believe that our people are against development and progress, but the destruction of our children's hope for a better future and the damage to the well-being of their families is too high a price tag.
The governments win-win development policy benefits a few while victimizing and brutalizing too many.
Mu Sochua
Deputy Secretary-General,
Sam Rainsy Party
The failure of the government to meet with Professor Ghai shows its lack of responsibility as a signatory to UN conventions, in particular to the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
CEDAW provides the basis for realizing equality between women and men through equal access to, and equal opportunities in, political and public life—including the right to vote and to stand for election—as well as education, health and employment.
Among the principles covered in the CRC is the right to life, survival and development and the requirement to a child's best interests in all matters affecting them.
The government’s lack of policy and disregard for the Land Law, police brutality and corruption in the judiciary dealing with evictions are grave violations of our rights to be treated as human beings and destroy our children's hopes for a life free from fear and injustice.
Hundreds and thousands of our women, children and men continue to be victims of land grabbing and forced evictions because the city needs to be "beautified" or because the government is in need of land for development
I do not believe that our people are against development and progress, but the destruction of our children's hope for a better future and the damage to the well-being of their families is too high a price tag.
The governments win-win development policy benefits a few while victimizing and brutalizing too many.
Mu Sochua
Deputy Secretary-General,
Sam Rainsy Party
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POLITICAL PARTY NEED TO BE HEARD BY THE PEOPLE, BUT AT WHAT COST?
Why SRP! The last hope defender champion of Democracy Justice and Freedom, allowed Mam Sonando to abuse the right of speach?
It is a small thing, but small needle point hold can break a dame and one drop of water can fill up the whole lake!
It is not about small or big thing but about PRINCIPLE! If we accepted litle abuse or did not care about abuse that happen to only to our fellow citizen not ourselves, see what happen in Cambodia in 1975-79?
What MAM SANADO did not only serve the CPP to silent other parties, but praticing or joining the oppression abuse of freedom of individual by the most priviledge.
In USA individual freedom are verry important it can challenge the important of its national security!
Whithout individual freedom we are nothing but slaves to the communist or dictator!
What MAM SANANDO ACTION CAN LEAD TO, IF IT GEOS UNCHARLENGE AND ACCEPTED?
Poor Party, organazation, or people who have no property would kick out of their offices or houses because landlord think they cause the unstable of the country by oppose to the rulling government!
The restayrent owners, the utility companies would not serve any people that they think use their services to cause trouble to country (by their own standar!)
-You can not eat in my restaurant because you will talking plan to go copetted with CPP! it make coutry unstable!
-Sok Kong would not selling you the gas cause you use it for driving or power your speakers for demostration agaist the hightly respected goverment of CPP!
-Kit Meng would cut off the phone line of all opposition!
-OkGgnat would cut of people electricity, refuse them job because they talk or demonstrate againg government!
If you accept MAM SANONDO action, some day, we all have to joint CPP and accepted slavery to survive in Cambodia!
IS SRP PART OF the OPPRESSOR OR YOU NEVER LEURNED FROM HISTORY!
THE SELFISHENESS and COMPROMISE WITH "small WRONG" THAT BROUGHT THE KILLING FIELD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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