Request of Civil Party Theary Seng to be on Co-Prosecutors' Witness List

Theary Seng (pointing at a mass grave, possibly where her mom was killed in 1978) speaking with man who was there at Boeung Rai (the heart of the East Zone) when she was a prisoner there; DC-Cam estimated that 30,000 to be killed here. Mrs. Andrea Mann (the German Ambassador's real boss!), Helen & Wally Boelkins, Daravuth Seng, village children, filmmaker Marc Eberle (Svay Rieng, 18 Jan. 2010). * I forgot to include in my original...

Hu's Missing

Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, the victim of an enforced "disappearance" from February 2009 to March 2010, and again in April 2010. © CHRD Give China's disappeared a voice at U.S.-China summitBy Phelim KinePublished in: The Washington Times.January 17, 2011 "If President Obama can raise just one human rights issue at the summit this week with Chinese President Hu Jintao, he should speak for China's disappeared." - Phelim Kine,...

Massive Earthquake Hits Southwest Pakistan

Two Pakistani men, left, read verses from the Quran as they gathered with others outside their homes after as an earthquake hit Pakistan, early Wednesday. (Arshad Butt/Associated Press) JANUARY 18, 2011By TOM WRIGHT and ZAHID HUSSAINWall Street JournalISLAMABAD, Pakistan—A 7.2-magnitude earthquake jolted southwestern Pakistan early on Wednesday in a sparsely-populated area near the nation's borders with Iran and Afghanistan, according...

Gov't has no plan to shut down KI-Media: So Khun

DAP-News reported in its frontpage that So Khun, the minister of Post and Telecommunication, indicated the Hun Xen's government has no goal and no plan to shut down KI-Media....

Cambodia: Judicial harassment against Mr. Sam Chankea

Suy Sem, the CPP minister of Mining and Energy, and Chea Kheng, his wife who is accused of harassing Sam Chankea URGENT APPEAL - THE OBSERVATORYKHM 001 / 0111 / OBS 002Judicial HarassmentCambodiaJanuary 18, 2011The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention in the...

Like husband like wife!

A dumb speech of the first lady Bun Rany Hoon Xen aka Bun Sam HeangBun Rany gave a speech on Birth Control today at Prek Dach, Srok Lerk Daek which broadcasted on all TV Channels in Cambodia that;” Hhom nak ot deung trov reu kos te na , nak rean pek deung kom serch nhom.” “ញុំអ្នកអត់ដឹងត្រូវរឺខុសទេ អ្នករៀនច្ើនពេកដឹងកុំសើចញុំអី” What a shame for a first lady of the country gave such a useless speech! But of course she is better than her...

KI-Media blocked in Cambodia

19 January 2011By Ly Meng HuorRadio France InternationaleTranslated from Khmer by SoyOn Wednesday, Internet users in Cambodia could not access the KI-Media website anymore. The Internet Service Provider (ISP) claimed that the blocking of this website that is critical of the government is an order issued on 18 January by the Ministry of Interior (MoI). However, government officials denied, saying that the Cambodian government has no goal...

Srok Kampong Ter Voat - "They are gobbling up the county" - A Poem in Khmer by Khmer Sachak

Clash with the cops during a forced eviction in Kampong...

Interview of Hun Xen by Soy Sopheap - A satire (Cont'd)

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Inspiration to fight for freedom

January 19, 2011 By A. Gaffar Peang-MethPACIFIC DAILY NEWS"If man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression," the world's nations warned as they proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. "It is essential ... that human rights should be protected by the rule of law."Tibetan Buddhist leader, the 14th Dalai Lama posited: "Peace can only last where human rights...