Sep 17, 2010
Facing Double Discrimination: Cambodian Lesbians Are Breaking the Silence
Pride Poster designed by Amy Sanford for RoCK.
Gender and Sexuality Art Exhibition, New Art Gallery, Phnom Penh. Photograph by Nick Sells.
Pheang Sanh and Noy Sitha with a colleague from Women’s Network for Unity. Photograph courtesy of Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance, Cambodia.September 17, 2010
By Meghan Lewis, Cambodia
TheWIP.net
By Meghan Lewis, Cambodia
TheWIP.net
“Feelings, oh feelings, please accept this. I have not wronged - even in law. We wish to have a place in this world and to love one another freely.” -Noy Sitha, 58, Women’s Network for Unity
More than 200,000 Cambodian garment workers halt strike
September 17, 2010
Reuters
Reuters
PHNOM PENH -- More than 200,000 Cambodian garment workers demanding higher wages halted a strike on Thursday after the government proposed talks to end the deadlock, a union leader said. Ath Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic Union (CCAWDU), told workers to suspend their strike action and work normally from Thursday.
Faced with a crisis in a sector that is the impoverished country's third-largest currency earner, Cambodia's government called for an end to the stoppage that began on Monday to avoid huge losses to the economy, the workers and their families.
Faced with a crisis in a sector that is the impoverished country's third-largest currency earner, Cambodia's government called for an end to the stoppage that began on Monday to avoid huge losses to the economy, the workers and their families.
Opposition MP demands justice for Khmer Krom men killed by Viet mob
Chau Net, one of the two Khmer Krom victims killed by a Viet mob in Raung Damrey (Tay Ninh) province16 Sept 2010
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the article in Khmer
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the article in Khmer
The death of two Khmer Krom men at the beginning of September 2010 has not been legally resolved by the Viet authority yet.
On 16 September, A SRP MP asked high-ranking Viet officials to intervene in order to arrest the suspects or the murderers who led a mob beating and killing on 2 Khmer Krom men, and injuring 11 others at the beginning of September. The beating and killing was done by a mob of Viet villagers in Raung Damrey province (renamed Tay Ninh in Vietnamese) on Kampuchea Krom land (South Vietnam).
SRP MP Yont Tharo sent a letter to Son Son Song, a member of the Vietnamese Communist party central committee and deputy chairman of the southwest region of Vietnam, through the intermediary of the Viet embassy in Phnom Penh. However, no Viet diplomat dare came out to accept this letter.
Yont Tharo told RFA on 16 September: “I am asking him to help intervene for the family of the victims in order to provide justice for them, because, up to now, the Khmer Krom men were victimized for more than two weeks already. The cops still have not arrested the culprits, nor charge them according to the law yet.”
The killing took place on 02 September 2010 at a Viet rubber plantation in Raung Damrey province. The family of the victims claimed that the killing was due to a racial discrimination dispute. A mob of several dozen Viets used batons and knives in the killing.
Chau Net, a 22-year-old Khmer Krom man who was born in Rolaing commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province (renamed An Giang in Viet) was killed on the spot, and another Khmer Krom man, Chau Phat, who was born in Banteay Svay commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province, later died at the hospital.
A Viet embassy official in Cambodia who can speak Cambodian, said briefly that he heard the information about Yont Tharo’s protest also: “We cannot accept it. The information heard was as such, but the truth about it, the embassy did not receive it.”
Chau Net’s father said that he demanded a compensation amounting to 60 million dongs (about $3,000) and he also demanded that the authority arrest and bring to justice the suspects in this case: “Now, they told us to bring a complain, they told us to complain like that. We also complained to the lower level so that the group of killers pays for the compensation.”
Chau Net’s father was summoned by the Viet authority to clarify this case in the upcoming few days in order to provide his report and his complaint about his son’s murder.
On 16 September, A SRP MP asked high-ranking Viet officials to intervene in order to arrest the suspects or the murderers who led a mob beating and killing on 2 Khmer Krom men, and injuring 11 others at the beginning of September. The beating and killing was done by a mob of Viet villagers in Raung Damrey province (renamed Tay Ninh in Vietnamese) on Kampuchea Krom land (South Vietnam).
SRP MP Yont Tharo sent a letter to Son Son Song, a member of the Vietnamese Communist party central committee and deputy chairman of the southwest region of Vietnam, through the intermediary of the Viet embassy in Phnom Penh. However, no Viet diplomat dare came out to accept this letter.
Yont Tharo told RFA on 16 September: “I am asking him to help intervene for the family of the victims in order to provide justice for them, because, up to now, the Khmer Krom men were victimized for more than two weeks already. The cops still have not arrested the culprits, nor charge them according to the law yet.”
The killing took place on 02 September 2010 at a Viet rubber plantation in Raung Damrey province. The family of the victims claimed that the killing was due to a racial discrimination dispute. A mob of several dozen Viets used batons and knives in the killing.
Chau Net, a 22-year-old Khmer Krom man who was born in Rolaing commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province (renamed An Giang in Viet) was killed on the spot, and another Khmer Krom man, Chau Phat, who was born in Banteay Svay commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province, later died at the hospital.
A Viet embassy official in Cambodia who can speak Cambodian, said briefly that he heard the information about Yont Tharo’s protest also: “We cannot accept it. The information heard was as such, but the truth about it, the embassy did not receive it.”
Chau Net’s father said that he demanded a compensation amounting to 60 million dongs (about $3,000) and he also demanded that the authority arrest and bring to justice the suspects in this case: “Now, they told us to bring a complain, they told us to complain like that. We also complained to the lower level so that the group of killers pays for the compensation.”
Chau Net’s father was summoned by the Viet authority to clarify this case in the upcoming few days in order to provide his report and his complaint about his son’s murder.
China, Cambodia Agree to Further Military Ties
Xinhua
Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Liang Guanglie made the remark in a meeting with visiting Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Tea Banh in Beijing.
Liang hailed the good relations between China and Cambodia, with close high-level contact and expanding areas of cooperation.
Recent years had witnessed the smooth development of China-Cambodia military ties, with frequent visits on various levels and exchanges in military training, education and logistics, said Liang.
China would like to work with Cambodia to continuously deepen the friendship and cooperation between the two nations and two armed forces, Liang added.
Tea Banh said Cambodia appreciated China's support and help with Cambodia's development and national defense building and was ready to enhance cooperation with China.
Cambodia would continue to firmly adhere to the one-China policy, Tea Banh said.
He also expressed the hope to further promote military cooperation and exchanges between Cambodia and China.
Sep 14, 2010
Obama’s Cairo Speech (Full)
5 June 2009
The full transcripts of President Obama’s speech in Cairo in June 2009.
I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement. Together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. I am grateful for your hospitality, and the hospitality of the people of Egypt. I am also proud to carry with me the goodwill of the American people, and a greeting of peace from Muslim communities in my country: assalaamu alaykum.
Sep 9, 2010
Trade Unions To Hold General Strike After Talks
Ath Thun (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 08 September 2010
“We won't have it any other way if no negotiation happens beforehand.”A group of garment factory workers has decided to hold a general strike for five days next week, following a meeting with managers on Monday that did not bring about a wage increase.
Workers voted to strike despite assurances from the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia for more talks in November and into next year.
Sam Rainsy Tried for Alleging Land Loss on Web Map
Opposition leader Sam RainsyHeng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 08 September 2010
“But if they make their sentence according to politics, Sam Rainsy will be sentenced to jail.”Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday held a hearing for opposition leader Sam Rainsy on charges related to his posting of a border map on the opposition party's website that the government says is illegal.
or Kim Sy, top finishing high school student in Cambodia in 2010
Tor Kim Sy, an outstanding student who achieved the topmost score in the final high school exam test in all of Cambodia in 2010 (Photo: Orm Uddom, RFA)07 Sept 2010
By Orm Uddom
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Read about the US secret bombing campaigns in Cambodia ... courtesy of Uncle Sam
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969–1976, Volume VII, Vietnam, July 1970–January 1972
Sam Rainsy clarifies on the merger between the SRP and the HRP
(Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)In this undated (most likely 2009?) audio question, opposition leader Sam Rainsy provided clarifications on the merger between the SRP and the HRP. The audio portion was provided by Visal R.
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