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- Only Chumteav Thum Dr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Bun Rany Hoon Xhen is allowed to celebrate Int'l Women's Day in Cambodia
- Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Who's there?
- Seen in Phnom Penh...
- Award finalists weave local change
- Land dispute prompts civil case solution
- Opposition merger moves forward
- Veera has infected mouth, says brother [-Welcome to Prey Sar Hilton]
- Thai embassy seeks to help Veera
- Han Chey Inscriptions (Kampong Cham) and Tuk Mas Inscription( Central Java) , a connection
- Queen Monineath Sihanouk's message on the occasion of the International Women's Day 08 March 2011
- CCHR 2nd Newsletter: Justice for Women - An analysis of women’s fair trial rights in Cambodia
- Voice of Civil Society
- Gangster in Kingdom of Hun Sen
- "Chbabb Prei" a Poem in Khmer by Anonymous Poet
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- Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Viet Friends
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Monday, 07 March 2011 Thomas Miller The Phnom Penh Post
While Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over a celebration of International Women's Day at the Peace Palace today, Phnom Penh City Hall rejected a request by unions and NGOs to do the same. City Hall issued a letter today to the Cambodian Women's Movement Organisation, a federation of domestic labour unions, refusing its request to host a public event with other NGOs to celebrate the day's 100th anniversary near Wat Botum, said Phork Hoeurng, a liaison officer for CWMO. Instead, an expected 1,800 people from a range of civil society organisations will gather on private property on the outskirts of town in Meanchey district. CWMO sought backing from the Ministry of Women's Affairs before submitting its application to City Hall, which had rejected a similar request last year, said Phork Hoeurng. "The Ministry of Women's Affairs agreed with us to attend the event," she said. A copy of the letter seeking support from the ministry that was returned to CWMO and obtained today by The Post, appears to corroborate Phork Hoeurng's claim. A note written by hand and dated January 12 reads: "the Minister has agreed to participate." Ing Kantha Phavi, Minister of Women's Affairs, said today she had only agreed to look into the request once it had been approved by the city. "I didn't support initially. I said that if the governor accepts them, there is no problem, we'll look at what is the intention," Ing Kantha Phavi said. "If they want to celebrate March 8, of course we support the celebration of March 8. But it seems that they did not get the green light," she said. CWMO received a call from a city official last week saying the request, which it submitted last month, had been rejected, Phork Hoeurng said. The group subsequently learned that Ing Kantha Phavi could no longer participate. The letter denying the request, signed by Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema and dated March 3, gave no reason for the rejection, according to a copy obtained by The Post. Kep Chuktema declined to comment today. Phork Hoeurng said today's event will highlight issues important to women such as maternity leave and short-term contracts, as well as domestic violence and rape, human trafficking and land disputes. The government has denied a number of requests to hold public rallies since the 2009 Law on Demonstrations that have sought to address much more sensitive issues, such as the Boeung Kak lake evictions or the 2004 assassination of union leader Chea Vichea. Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said the rejection of the CWMO permit was a "clear violation of the right to freedom of assembly" and a "sad commentary on the state of women's rights in Cambodia". "The government seems to be imposing a de facto ban on all public assemblies regardless of the issue or the grievances," he said in Phnom Penh today.  | ||||
| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Who's there? Posted: 07 Mar 2011 03:56 PM PST
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| Award finalists weave local change Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:42 AM PST
Monday, 07 March 2011 Sarah Macklin The Phnom Penh Post SIX inspiring women have been named as finalists for Cambodia's first Indradevi Hope Awards. "We wanted to honour the extraordinary Cambodian women who are working hard to bring about a positive change in their communities," said Lynn Muller, president of Women's International Group, a non-profit group of more than 20 nationalities who meet regularly in Phnom Penh. And the awards were a great way to draw attention to the unsung heroines working in the fields of education, health and the empowerment of women, she added. "The Indradevi awards demonstrate WIG's commitment to community-based projects. This is an inaugural award that we hope will continue on an annual basis." Each of three winners will be awarded US$1,500 toward their chosen project during an awards dinner on Saturday, March 12 at the InterContinental Hotel. The Indradevi Hope Awards were named after a remarkable queen – the wife of King Jayavarman VII who established health and education programmes for women, way ahead of her time in the 11th century. The finalists come from across Cambodia. Touth Koeun used her training in midwifery and nursing, first gained through Médicins sans Frontières in Thai refugee camps during the 1990s, to improve the lives of women and their babies in remote villages in Preah Vihear province. Since 1995 she has worked with traditional healers and trains midwives to improve ante-natal health and child health across 18 rural clinics through her NGO M'day Rea Reay, Kone Reay (Happy Mother, Happy Baby). Villagers in Stung Treng province also have another nominee to thank for improved livelihoods. Nguon Chantha's Stung Treng Women's Development Centre has grown from teaching weaving to patients with AIDS and HIV to becoming a UNESCO-awarded silk group producing bags and cloth in Mekong Blue shops in Phnom Penh and online. Originally trained as a nurse, Nguon Chantha's commitment to reviving crafts has provided employment at fair wages to rural women, along with supplying them with free lunches, kindergartens and schooling for their children. Chum Kirivath has also used weaving as a way to help the ethnic Kreung community in remote Rattanakiri province. Giving skills training to young women, she runs her own business designing textile products and is about to open a shop in Siem Reap. Sophea Oum is another award nominee who provides employment to more than 70 women in a village about 30 kilometres outside Siem Reap, reviving the traditional skills of raising, spinning and dyeing Cambodian golden silk, which is indigenous to the area. She also established an orphanage in Battambang that is still open today, run by one of her former charges. Young women were also to the forefront of the awards. Young Phnom Penh accountant Houn Sovannary, 25, uses the money she earns from her part-time job teaching Khmer to fund a makeshift school near the golf course at New City, teaching English every Saturday to eager children. She hopes one day to open her own school on land she has bought. And teacher Loem Lida is making a difference in her village near Siem Reap. Seeing health problems from piles of rubbish in outlying hamlets, she's organised volunteers for community development to teach English and organise rubbish collection. Her latest inspiration is a community vegetable garden and fish farm to improve nutrition among villagers. A total of 48 women were nominated for the awards, for which the trophy was designed by Artisans d'Angkor. Sponsors of the award include ANZ Royal Bank, Cellcard and Lucky Supermarkets. For more details on the finalists, see Friday's 7Days magazine.  | ||||
| Land dispute prompts civil case solution Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:37 AM PST Monday, 07 March 2011 Tep Nimol The Phnom Penh Post Ratanakkiri provincial court issued a summons for three ethnic Tumpoun minority residents of Bakeo district's Paor village, to appear at a hearing related to a private company's accusations that they had illegally seized 100 hectares of their land. The summons was sent on Wednesday to Long Lorn, a lawyer for local rights group Adhoc, which represents the codefendants Rorch Phoen, Horn Ror and Kvas Ti, requesting their presence in a civil case in provincial court on March 22, which Long Lorn confirmed they would attend. "We will prepare some documents and witnesses to explain [our position] in court," he said. Horn Ror, a representative for the Tumpoun ethnic villagers in Paor village, said yesterday that although the case is in dispute, the Ly Sokim Company continues to clear villager's cashew plantations and hopes the upcoming hearing will act as "a positive sign" in finding justice for the villagers, whose land he claimed the company has encroached on since 2007. It is not known what the company intends to do with the land concession it purchased in 2007 in the Loe Horn village of Keh Chung commune, eight kilometres from Paor village. Yet in March of last year, the company filed a complaint to the court that more than 100 hectares of land they had bought from Loe Horn villagers was occupied by Paor villagers developing cashew plantations. "The company bought over 100 hectares from Loe Horn villagers, but it got confused about the land and [cleared land] in Paor village, filing a complaint against the villagers for growing plantations," Horn Ror said. Pen Bonnar, provincial coordinator for Adhoc, said yesterday that research into the disputed land shows that it is under the control of the Paor village, which authorities have legally recognised. "The representing company bought land legally but the letter is contrary to the law because this is the community's land and no one has the right to buy or sell it," he said. The Ly Sokim Company could not be reached for comment.  | ||||
| Opposition merger moves forward Posted: 07 Mar 2011 01:35 AM PST Sunday, 06 March 2011 Meas Sokchea The Phnom Penh Post Leaders from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties reached an agreement during the latest round of merger talks on Thursday to limit the leadership of party officials to two five-year terms and to ensure a balance of power should the two opposition parties merge, party officials said today. Kiet Sokun, HRP deputy president and chairman of a working group for the negotiations, said officials had agreed to three points: Both parties will have grassroots democracy, limitations on party presidential terms and an equal number of leaders from both parties at the national level. "We want democracy from grassroots to the top, not democracy only for the top," said Kiet Sokun. "Every leader in all levels must have two mandates [10 years] and the national-level leaders must have balance of power to guarantee the responsibility of work." Kiet Sokun said that both working groups had agreed to the three points, but details of the agreement had not been decided by each party. Son Chhay, SRP lawmaker and chairman of the SRP working group, said the party can accept the mandate limitation for party president. "In our Cambodian country, all power is in [government leader's hand] and is very strong; it is dangerous," said Son Chhay. "The SRP thinks it is a good idea. If the party leader rules the party for a long time, it can damage the party's interests." Cheam Yeap, senior lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, said that SRP president Sam Rainsy and HRP president Kem Sokha have different visions and the ruling party is not scared of this merger. "We are not scared of SRP and HRP merging," said Cheam Yeap. "I know the vision of the both parties' leaders are not the same." A previous proposal for the merging of the SRP, HRP and Norodom Ranariddh parties ahead of the 2008 national elections fell through.  | ||||
| Veera has infected mouth, says brother [-Welcome to Prey Sar Hilton] Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:38 AM PST 7/03/2011 Bangkok Post Jailed Thai activist Veera Somkwamkid, who is in Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh, is suffering from a serious mouth infection, his brother Preecha said on Monday. The coordinator of the Thai Patriots Network (TPN) - a splinter group of the yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who has been detained in Cambodia since Dec 29 last year, fell ill after a dental crown came loose and the tooth became infected. For more than two mother his 54-year-old elder brother had been eating unhealthy food and living in "very bad conditions", Mr Preecha said. Mr Preecha said he had already told former Buri Ram senator Karun Sai-ngam, a legal adviser for Mr Veera and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon, to stop attempts to appeal the verdict of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which found the two guilty of illegal entry into Cambodia and espionage. The TPN, which is demading the government take a harsher approach to the border dispute with Cambodia, earlier said it did not support any attempt to seek pardons from the Cambodian king for the two yellow-shirt activists. However, Mr Veera's family is hoping for a royal pardon, even though Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said earlier that the two Thais must first serve two-thirds of their jail sentence. Mr Veera was jailed for eight years and Ms Ratree for six.  | ||||
| Thai embassy seeks to help Veera Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:36 AM PST 7/03/2011 Bangkok Post The Thai embassy in Phnom Penh has sought permission from the Prey Sar prison to send a doctor to visit Veera Somkwamkid in jail or take him outside for treatment but has yet received a reply, Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongphakdi said on Monday. Mr Thani said this in responding to a report that Mr Veera was seriously ill and that his relatives had decided not to appeal against a jail sentence handed down on him by a Cambodian court but to seek a royal pardon instead. Even though the Thai embassy was not allowed to visit Mr Veera, its officials delivered food to him in prison twice a day. The doctors at the Prey Sar prison told the officials only that Veera was having a minor cold. On learning from a news report that his relatives visited Mr Veera at the prison on Mar 4 and found he was seriously ill, the embassy had sought permission from the prison to send a doctor to see him in jail or take him out for treatment. However, the prison had not yet replied to the request, Mr Thani said. Mr Veera and his secretary Ratree Pipatanapaiboon and five other Thais, including Democrat Party MP Panich Vikitsreth, were arrested by Cambodian soldiers on Dec 29, initially for illegal entry. Mr Veera and Ms Ratree were later additionally charged with espionage. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced the five to nine months for illegal entry. The five Thais, including Mr Panich, were freed after their remaining jail time of eight months was suspended. Mr Veera and Ms Ratree were later sentenced to eight and six years imprisonment for espionage. Concerning their wish to seek a royal pardon, Mr Thani said the two had to consult their lawyers to set the time for submitting a request. After that the embassy would facilitate the sumission of it, he added. On a Joint Boundery Commission (JBC) meeting, Mr Thani said Cambodia had informed Thailand that it would wait until the Thai parliament approved the agreements made under three previous JBC meetings first before setting the date for the next JBC meeting.  | ||||
| Han Chey Inscriptions (Kampong Cham) and Tuk Mas Inscription( Central Java) , a connection Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:27 AM PST The Han Chey (Kampong Cham, cambodia) and Tuk Mas (of Central Java) inscriptions are incised in Pallava scripts (attached), both are of basically the same period of time 6-7th century, and the same style; and there are quite a number of khmer words (toponyms) in Java, like here Tuk mas (Golden Water). The Java Inscription (840 A.D.) and Airlangga inscription of Java mentioned the "Kmir"/Khmers' presence there. Curiously, how influential the Khmer ruling/connection was on Java in the old times? and also there was a mention of Khmer invasion of Java once during Angkor, but was repelled. Was it, really. Bora Touch Tuk Mas (Central Java) Sanskrit Inscription Java Han Chey Inscription 01 Han Chey Inscription 02  | ||||
| Queen Monineath Sihanouk's message on the occasion of the International Women's Day 08 March 2011 Posted: 07 Mar 2011 12:03 AM PST
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| CCHR 2nd Newsletter: Justice for Women - An analysis of women’s fair trial rights in Cambodia Posted: 06 Mar 2011 11:56 PM PST Dear all, Today CCHR has the great pleasure of issuing the second ' trial monitoring and the promotion of fair trials' newsletter to celebrate Women Rights Day. The theme of this months newsletter is: Justice for Women - An analysis of women's fair trial rights in Cambodia. A MESSAGE FROM CCHR PRESIDENT ON WOMEN RIGHTS DAY": "It is with great pleasure that I join in the celebration of International Women's Rights day. It is important that the world recognises the rights of all women to equality in every facet of our society. I welcome Cambodia's commitment to women's rights through its ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) which came into force on 12 January 2011. Ratification of the CEDAW Optional Protocol means that individuals and groups who believe their rights have been violated can now submit complaints to the UN Committee dealing with women's rights, subject to certain conditions. Individuals and groups now have an additional means of seeking redress for violations of women's rights. It is important to acknowledge that women, particularly young women and girls, remain discriminated against on a massive scale. This includes discrimination within the legal system. With a view to addressing discrimination and promoting equality within the Cambodian justice system, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), as part of its Trial Monitoring Project, has monitored a number of issues regarding women rights in trials in Cambodia. Issue Two of the Trial Monitoring & the Promotion of Fair Trials newsletter entitled: 'Justice for women: An analysis of women's fair trial rights in Cambodia' looks at some of these issues." Ou Virak, President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) Please find attached newsletter in Khmer and English. Thanks and kind regards, CCHR      | ||||
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 11:50 PM PST  Dear Audience, Please find and see the attached release of the Voice of Civil Society radio program in 9th Week (February 28 - March 1-4, 2011), broadcasted every Monday to Sunday from 7:30 am to 8:30 am following private radio stations FM 105 MHz Phnom Penh, FM 90 MHz Phnom Penh, FM 90.25 MHz Battambang, FM 88.5 MHz Kampong Thom, FM 95.5 MHz Siem Reap. The topics of VoC radio programs in 9th Week (February 28 – March 1-4, 2011) :
We do hope that you will interesting in any topic of VoC radio programs and look forward to hearing your warmly feedback. If you wish to listening the completed radio talk show on any topic as you are favor and need more information about VoC radio programs, please feel free to visit : http://www.comfrel.org/voc Hope the VoC will be useful for you, The Voice of Civil society COMFREL Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia Head Office : # 138, Street 122, Sangkat Teuk La ak, Khan Tuol Kork, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. P.O.Box 1145, CCC Box 439 Phone : (855-23) 884 150 Fax : (855-23) 883 750 E-mail : comfrel@online.com.kh Website : www.comfrel.org  | ||||
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| "Chbabb Prei" a Poem in Khmer by Anonymous Poet Posted: 06 Mar 2011 05:43 PM PST   | ||||
| Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:32 PM PST  "I am not worried about the Vietnamese population in Cambodia. It is now big enough to take care of itself." - Prime Minister Hun Sen proudly whispered to his Vietnamese counterpart during the latter's visit to Cambodia in 2010  | ||||
| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Viet Friends Posted: 06 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PST
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