Wednesday, May 27, 2009

KKC Statement to ASEM Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Cease Khmer Krom human rights violations in Vietnam

Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community

May 26 2009

STATEMENT

On the occasion of the Asia-Europe (ASEM) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Phnom Penh on May 27 - 28, 2009, the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community (KKC) wishes to draw the attention of all the delegations on the issue of the violation of the Human Rights of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom (Mekong Delta) people.

KKC represents all the oppressed Khmer people living on the Mekong Delta would like to appeal to all esteem delegates to look into the problem of the worst violation of human rights of the Vietnamese people especially, the Khmer Kampuchea Krom people by the current Vietnamese authorities. These abuses have taken on the people's freedom of religious belief (the Buddhist religion has been subjected to the tight control of the Vietnamese Communist Party and the Vietnamese Buddhist Sect), the freedom of assembly (associations) and local organizations, and freedom of expression, the prohibition of the Khmer Krom people from studying the Khmer literature and language as well as the forced seizures of the people's land.

KKC sincerely hopes that your esteem delegates will push for the halt of these violations of human rights of its people and to make sure that the human rights situation in Vietnam improved to the acceptable standard especially, the respect of the sacred rights of the indigenous people of Khmer Kampuchea Krom by the Vietnamese authorities.

[Signed]
Thach Setha
Former SRP Senate Member of Cambodia
E-mail: senthach2000@yahoo.com

3 comments:

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Anonymous said...

"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."our Lord Buddha

Anonymous said...

the vietnamese are the worst human rights violator when it comes to the indigenous khmer krom people's rights and freedom, etc! continue to make loud noises about their abuses to the UN, the world, etc, and keep demand your rights and freedom. silence is not good! god bless khmer krom people.