Invitation to attend the Martin Ennals Award Ceremony in Switzerland

Invitation

I, Sachakmony Loun Sovath, would like to inform all our Compatriots living in Siwtzerland, France, etc… who would like to participate in the announcement ceremony for the 2012 Martin Ennals Award in Geneva on 02 October 2012, to please register at the following website: 

www.martinennalsaward.org, then click on “Register”, fill in the form and push “send”.

For additional information, please contact me at:

Skype: sovathloun
Email: sovath_loun@yahoo.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sovath.loun

Wat Swiss Khemararam
Tel. 041 324 851 075 or 041 799 558 985
Buddhisticher Khmer Verein im Kanton Bern
Rue de la Cascade 5
2603 Pery

Congratulations to Ven. Loun Sovath, the recipient of the 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders

Ven. Loun Sovath will visit Geneva, Switzerland, between 19 and 20 September 2012 where he will receive the 2012 Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders. He will also meet with International NGOs during his visit.

For additional information, please contact Ven. Loun Sovath on Skype at sovathloun
He can be reached on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/sovath.loun

Cambodian communities to protest at the UN headquarters in Geneva on 25 September 2012

ជំរាបសួរ,


យើងខ្ញុំជាគណកម្មការរៀបចំ សុំគោរពអញ្ជើញបងប្អូននិងមិត្តភក្តិទាំងអស់មេត្តា

ចូលរួមបាតុកម្មមួយដែលនឹងធ្វើឡើងដើម្បីសុំឲ្យអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ

ជាពិសេសប្រទេសហត្ថលេខីសន្ធិសញ្ញាសន្តិភាពទីក្រុងប៉ារីស ទទួលអនុវត្តនូវសំណូមពរ

ដែលទាក់ទងនឹងសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនិងការបោះឆ្នោតនៅប្រទេសយើង

របស់លោកបណ្ឌិត សុរិយា ប្រាសាទ សុប៊ឺឌី អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរបស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ។


សំរាប់ពត៌មានលំអិតបន្ថែម សុំទំនាក់ទំនងតាមទូរស័ព្ទនៅក្នុងលិខិតប្រកាស

ដែលផ្ញើរជូនភ្ជាប់ជាមួយសារនេះ ។


បើខ្មែរយើងក្រោកឈរទាមទារទាំងអស់គ្នា ទើបអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ

ព្រមទាំងប្រទេសទាំងនោះ ព្រមដោះស្រាយរៀបចំឲ្យយើងបានសាន្តត្រាណ !!!

ការិយាល័យទំនាក់ទំនង គសរ-អឺរ៉ុប
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Chers amis,


Le 25 septembre 2012, le Rapporteur Spécial de l'ONU, Dr. Surya Prasad Subedi présentera

au Conseil des Droits de l'Homme à Genève ses travaux concernant les droits d'humain

et les élections au Cambodge. Il a recommandé 17 points importants au Conseil.


Vous pouvez les apprécier par ce lien :

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session21/A.HRC.21.63_fr.pdf


Donc, nous vous invitons à soutenir ses recommandations à travers une manifestation

qui aura lieu à Genève. Pour plus de renseignements, les numéros de téléphone sont

à votre disposition dans l'affiche ci-jointe.


Grâce aux vos soutiens, le Cambodge ne sera pas rayé de la carte mondiale comme Kampuchea-Krom

(Viêtnam du Sud, ex-Cochinchine française).

BR des PSR-Europe
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Dear all,

On September 25th 2012, the UN HRC will consider the reports of Special Rapporteur,

Dr. Surya Prasad Subedi. Most part in his reports is concerning to the human rights

and the election in Cambodia. You can appreciate all 17 important points

of his recommandations by following this link :


http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session21/A-HRC-21-63_en.pdf

So, all cambodian communities invite you to support its recommandations through

a demonstration in Geneva. For any informations, our telephone numbers are available

in the attached poster.

Thanks to your support, Cambodia will not wiped off the world map

as Kampuchea-Krom (South of Vietnam, a former French Cochinchina).

OR of SRP-Europe

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តំណឯកសារនេះគឺជាភាសាចិន ៖

http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session21/A-HRC-21-63_ch.pdf


https://www.box.com/s/06pksqzyllya7v5v4j5m


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Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy will visit Switzerland on Saturday 22 September 2012

ជំរាបសួរ,

សាខាគណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រចាំប្រទេសស្វីស សុំគោរពអញ្ជើញបងប្អូន
ចូលរួមប្រជុំជាមួយ លោកប្រធាន ស្តីអំពីការវិវត្តន៍នយោបាយថ្មី នៃ
ចលនាប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ។

ការិយាល័យទំនាក់ទំនង គសរ-អឺរ៉ុប
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Chumreab suor,

Les membres PSR-Suisse ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence
d'information avec M. Sam Rainsy concernant l'évolution politique récente
du Mouvement Démocratique pour le Salut National et le Parti de Salut National.

Lieu : SCHÜTZENHAUS, LORENSTRASSE, 5607 HÄGGLINGEN

Date : le samedi 22 septembre 2012

BR des PSR-Europe
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Chumreab suor,

PSR-Swiss members are pleased to invite all of you to a conference information
with Mr. Sam Rainsy on recent political developments of Cambodia
Democratic Movement for National Rescue and National Rescue Party.

Location: Schützenhaus, LORENSTRASSE, 5607 Hägglingen

Date: Saturday, September 22th 2012

RO of SRP-Europe

Cambodian Demonstration at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland on 18 May 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqwiH2q6jis

SRP-Europe Seminar on 19 May 2012 in BERN, Switzerlan​d

Invitation for a rally for Chut Wutty in Geneva, Switzerland

• What: Demonstration against the murder of Chut Wutty
• When: Friday 18 May 2012 at 11AM
• Where: In front of the UN Headquarters in Geneva (Place des Nations), Switzerland

SRP Seminar Invitation - Switzerland on 19 May 2012

https://www.box.com/s/7c6b5be059242e3264f5


https://www.box.com/s/9536ebe288f44c507fe8

Invitation for a rally for Chut Wutty in Geneva, Switzerland

• What: Demonstration against the murder of Chut Wutty
• When: Friday 18 May 2012 at 11AM
• Where: In front of the UN Headquarters in Geneva (Place des Nations), Switzerland

20th Anniversary of Paris Peace Agreements, Geneva, October 21st, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fkf-H0hjpo

Rally for the 20th Anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia in Geneva, Switzerland

Some of the participants to the demonstration

Stomping on a photo of Cambodia's "strong" puppet

A banner depicting the current situation of Cambodia, 20 years after the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements

Participants to the demonstration

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy addressing the crowd

An elderly Cambodian man held a sign that reads: "Hun Xen, extremely corrupt"

Please click on the slideshow below to look at other photos:

Geneva Rally for the anniversary of the Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia - 1991-2011

What: 

Mass Demonstration for the Safeguard of Cambodia

during the 20th Anniversary of the 1991 Peace Agreements on Cambodia

When:

21 October 2011

Where:

Geneva, Switzerland

Information:

(Tel) +33 6 32 58 12 97

30 March 1997 Commemoration by SRP Switzerland

What:

Commemoration of the

30 March 1997 Grenade Attack

on Peaceful SRP Protesters

When:

Sunday 03 April 2011

From 9:30AM

Where:

Biel Pagoda

5 Rue de la Cascase

2603 Péry

Switzerland

Khmer M'chas Srok: The UN Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia

SRP Bonn Phka Prak Samaki in Switzerland and meeting with Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy

What:

Flower Ceremony to help the victims of violence in Cambodia

When:

Saturday 18 December 2010

Where:

Gemeindesaal Ottenbach Schulweg 12 8913 Ottenbach /ZH

Contact:

Mr. Men San

Natel 079 743 38 14 P. 032 342 35 92

Meet Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy in Switzerland on 24 April 2010

Click on the flyer to zoom in

Where:
Gemeindesaal
Am Rainli 4
8906 Bonstetten/ZH

When:
24 April 2010
From 9:30AM to 5PM

Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy to visit Switzerland on 24 April 2010

Where:
Gemeindesaal
Am Rainli 4
8906 Bonstetten/ZH

When:
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Starting from 9:30AM

Khmer M'chas Srok Rally for "Human Rights in Cambodia" in Geneva on March 14, 2010

Click on the announcement in Khmer/English/French to zoom in

Rare treasures from Angkor come to Zurich

Portrait of Jayavarman VII, 12th century stoneware (John Gollings)

September 14, 2007
SwissInfo (Switzerland)

Masterpieces from Angkor in Cambodia, thought to be the world's first-pre industrial city, are currently pulling in the crowds at the Rietberg museum in Zurich.

With its 140 examples of Khmer art from different periods, the exhibition -"Cambodia's Divine Legacy" - offers fascinating insights into the ancient kingdoms of the country.

The director of the Rietberg museum, Albert Lutz, couldn't hide his enthusiasm as he presented the works to the media.

"We have never had so many significant treasures of art history from one country," he said.

It was largely thanks to German president Horst Köhler, who held discussions with King Norodom Sihamoni, that Cambodia's national treasures were allowed out of the country.

The two curators of the exhibition, Wibke Lobo from Berlin and Helen Ibbitson Jessup from Washington, are among the world's most knowledgeable specialists of Khmer art.

"Even if you know the masterpieces by heart, they come to life again at every exhibition", the United States art historian said when seeing them in Zurich.

"This is one of the most beautiful presentations I have ever seen."

Orange recesses bring out the contours of the Buddha statues inside them, large panelled walls were chosen for imposing heads and special lighting intensifies the illusion of movement of the four-armed sculptures.

Fitting setting

The Rietberg museum prides itself in providing a fitting setting to such timeless treasures.

The entrance to the exhibition presents a model of the Angkor Wat temple, which was probably built between 1113 and 1150.

"Since the Paris peace agreements in 1991, archaeologists from all-over the world have been working in Angkor" Lobo explained. " New temples are being discovered all the time".

According to museum director Lutz, recent archaeological findings show that Angkor could have well been the world's first pre-industrial city. It is thought to have had up to one million inhabitants.

Beside the impressive model of the renowned temple, the first room contains the bust of a demon made in 1191.

With its squint eyes, the stoneware face comes from one of the monumental statues that lined the "Alley of the Giants" and were intended to ward off visitors.

The first room is also decorated with copies of low relief, which ornamented the galleries around the temple. Over 500 metres in length, these two-metre high panels show all kinds of scenes, such as fighting between gods and demons.

Lobo explained that the photographer Jaroslav Poncar made a "slit scan" of it, a single long negative lit up laterally, which allows you to see numerous figures almost better than in reality. The detail is so fine that it's as though you're in front of a painted fresco.

Apart from many linga, phallic symbols of Shiva, the exhibition also shows the first anthropomorphic representations of Shiva, coming from north Cambodia. The shapes are very simple with a very characteristic torso and a meditative posture.

The entrance in the Angkorian period, from the ninth century shows a new wealth and iconography. The kings now identify themselves with gods and want to show it.

One of the most beautiful pieces of the exhibition, "Vishnu Anantashayin", a face elegantly posed on a double arm, required an "intensive exchange of letters" before the National Museum of Phnom Penh gave permission for the work to leave the building, Lutz said.

With a height of about six metres, it is the biggest bronze masterpiece discovered to this day.

It was found in 1936 in an artificial lake, where it had been "resting" for centuries.

Another significant item in the exhibition is the portrait of King Jayavarman VII (1181 to about 1218), the biggest builder of Angkor, who through his meditative face expresses the two principles of Mahayana Buddhism - compassion and wisdom.

The celebrated "Angkor smile" may well remain engraved in visitors' minds.

swissinfo, based on an article in French by Ariane Gigon Bormann

King Sihamoni returns home

Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

King Norodom Sihamoni returned back to Cambodia in the evening of Friday 15 June 2007 after completing his official visit in Switzerland. The king visited Switzerland at the end of May and he continued on to France for medical checkup.