New KRT co-prosecutor checks in
Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009122230369/National-news/new-k...
Andrew Cayley, veteran war crimes prosecutor, discusses challenges he expects from new role
Khmer Krom Group Urges More Government Support
Source: http://www.voanews.com/khmer/2009-12-21-voa2.cfm
An overseas group of advocates has requested the government improve its support for the Khmer Kampuchea Krom in both Cambodia and Vietnam.
“They should send professional teachers and books from Cambodia to teach our Khmer Krom in Vietnam,” said Thach Ngoc Thach, head of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Federation, which is based in New Jersey.
Khmer Krom fear reprisal from Vietnam
Source: Phnom Penh Post, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009121630250/National-news/khmer...
KHMER Krom asylum seekers who were deported by Thai authorities earlier this month say they will face arrest and likely reprisal if they are forcibly returned to Vietnam.
The 24 Khmer Krom, as members of Vietnam’s Khmer minority are known, were deported to Cambodia on December 5 and are being sheltered by NGOs in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town.
The Vietnamese Authority Threatens Khmer-Krom
The RFA Khmer Service broadcasted on November 15 that, on November 13, there were about 15-20 Vietnamese polices went from one Khmer-Krom’s house to another in An Cư village, Tinh Bien district, An Giang province to threaten Khmer-Krom farmers to stop filing complaints to demand returning their confiscated farmlands.
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Khmer-Krom Buddhist Monks Forced to Attend a Training about National Security and Defense Policies
Preah Trapeang, Kampuchea-Krom - From October 20 – 23, 2009, One hundred Seventy One Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks in Preah Trapeang (Tra Vinh) were forced to attend three days training about the National Security and Defense Policies at Kampong Temple in Tra Vinh provincial town. If the Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks refused to attend the training, they would be accused and faced the imprisonment.
Vietnam 'making a mockery' of rights obligations, says Human Rights Watch
Posted by The Australian
VIETNAM is making a mockery of its obligations under the UN Human Rights Council, an international rights group said.
The communist country has rejected a raft of recommendations to improve its rights record raised during a periodic review by the UN Human Rights Council that ended this week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement.
Vietnam: Government Rejects UN Proposals to Improve its Rights Record
Story by Human Rights Watch
New Arrests of Peaceful Critics Show Vietnam Lacks Commitment to Protecting Human Rights
September 25, 2009
(New York) - The Vietnamese government has rejected and ignored recommendations to improve its deteriorating human rights record raised during the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review process that ended this week, Human Rights Watch said today.
