Five Khmer Krom arrested by Vietnamese authority for protecting their rice crops
Friday, 19 February 2010
Source RFA
Translated by Khmerization
Five Khmer Krom people in Moat Chrouk (An Giang) province were arrested by the Vietnamese police for trying to prevent the Vietnamese authority from harvesting rice crops from their rice fields, reports Radio Free Asia.
The five Khmer Krom: Neang Var, Neang Khorn, Chau Roeun, Chau Chhin and Neang Srey were arrested at Ang commune in Tinh Bien district of Moat Chrouk province on 17th February for trying to protect their rice crops from being harvested by the Vietnamese authority in their 3 hectares rice fields.
Police finish documentation for Khmer Krom deportees
Published by Phnom Penh Post
DOCUMENTATION necessary for members of a group of Khmer Krom seeking Cambodian citizenship has been completed, a police official said Wednesday, amid fears that the 22 men, women and children who were deported from Thailand last year will lose the financial support of the NGO sheltering them at the end of the month.
Information for the individuals that was originally collected in January was sent to district authorities Wednesday, said commune Police Chief Tep Bora.
KKF Delegation Attends CERD's 76th Session
From February 18 to 19, 2010, the KKF delegation attends the 76th Session of Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) reviewing the Cambodia's Human Rights violation.
More info about the 76th session can be found at: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/cerds76.htm
KKF's Briefing paper concerning the Eighth to Thirteenth Periodic Reports of Cambodia (CERD/C/KHM/8-13) under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/ngos/KKK_Cambodia76.pdf
Group condemns treatment of Khmer Krom
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
David Boyle and Tharum Bun of the Phnom Penh Post
A STATEMENT issued Monday by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) condemned the treatment of Khmer Krom, Uighur and Hmong refugees by several nations, including Cambodia, after a conference on refugees in Rome last week.
UNPO: PRESS RELEASE - Returning Refugees: Extradition to Torture
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Returning Refugees: Extradition to Torture
Out of the Pot and Into the Fire
The Hague, The Netherlands, 9 February 2010
A conference entitled 'Returning Refugees: Extradition to Torture' took place in the Sala delle Colonne della Camera dei Deputati, Rome last Friday [5th February 2010] drawing international attention to the gravity of returning individuals seeking asylum to states where they face perseuction and torture.
Meeting highlights plight of refugees
By David Boyle and Tharum Bun
Souce: Phnom Penh Post, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010020831744/National-news/meeti...
A CONFERENCE highlighting the plight of Khmer Krom, Uighur and Hmong refugees held Friday in Rome has drawn international attention to ongoing problems faced by a group of Khmer Krom refugees in Cambodia.
Govt inaction means K Krom still in limbo
Posted by the Phnom Penh Post
Tuesday, 26 January 2010 15:03 Cameron Wells and Tharum bun
POLICE in Boeung Tumpun commune have forwarded to their superiors information about a group of ethnic Khmer Krom who say they are fleeing persecution in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, and a representative of the group said Monday that he was planning to meet today with the commune chief to discuss their plight.
Cambodia: Rights Defenders Under Fire
Posted by Human Rights Watch
Donors Should Speak Up to Protect Civil Society
January 21, 2010
(New York) - Cambodia's respect for basic rights dramatically deteriorated in 2009 as the government misused the judiciary to silence government critics, attacked human rights defenders, tightened restrictions on press freedom, and abandoned its international obligations to protect refugees, Human Rights Watch said today in its new World Report 2010.
Clinton: All deserve Internet freedom
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/21/clinton.internet/index.html
(KKN: Currently, the khmerkrom.net and khmerkrom.org are blocked by the Vietnamese government in Vietnam.)
Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Thursday that the latest information technology -- designed to open access to governments -- can also be used by those governments to "crush dissent and deny human rights."
Khmer Krom migrants appeal to UN envoy as conditions deteriorate
Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011930932/National-news/khmer...
A GROUP of ethnic Khmer Krom who say they are fleeing persecution in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region are making a public appeal to a UN-appointed rights watchdog, claiming Cambodian officials have not been receptive to their pleas for citizenship.
