Telling the truth is not permitted in Cambodia. Hun Sen is in his glory....
So is Dr. Ghai. But, those who continue to be in hell are Cambodians.
Virak
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UN human rights envoy to Cambodia resigns
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Updated September 17, 2008 21:25:46
The UN's special envoy for human rights to Cambodia Yash Ghai has resigned
after arguing with Cambodian officials and complaining of being repeatedly
insulted by Prime Ministrer Hun Sen.
The Kenyan lawyer gave unusually blunt assessments of the government's
reform failures.
He was snubbed by government officials during a visit in December when he
declared the country's judiciary had failed.
Cambodia lodged a formal complaint against Mr Ghai with UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon.
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UN Envoy's Resignation Pleases Hun Sen By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
17 September 2008
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday he was "satisfied" with the
resignation of UN special envoy Yash Ghai, who had been a continuous critic of
the
government's human rights record.
Ghai, who was the UN secretary-general's special representative to Cambodia
for human rights, announced his resignation in Geneva Tuesday. His criticism
of Cambodia's human rights efforts over three years had been so nettling that
on his last visit, in December 2007, he was not granted a meeting with any
government official and Hun Sen called for his termination.
Hun Sen told a crowd gathered at a Pannasastra University graduation ceremony
that following Ghai's resignation, "I have no need to curse him anymore."
"I am very satisfied for his resignation," Hun Sen said. "He resigned
because he knew Hun Sen would continue to be the prime minister for the next
five
years, and if Hun Sen continues in his position, he will continue not to meet
[Ghai]."
"I will be ready to meet with his successor appointed by the UN
secretary-general," Hun Sen said.
Ghai's resignation comes as the UN's Human Rights Council is considering
whether it will have a special rights representative for the UN
secretary-general in Cambodia, or whether it will have a Council-designated
rapporteur.
Ny Chakrya, chief of the investigation unit for the rights group Adhoc, said
Tuesday Ghai's resignation signaled how ineffectual his work had become in
the face of government resistance.
"He resigned because Cambodia doesn't need a UN special representative who
criticizes the government," he said. "But we are very regretful for his
resignation, because was a man who could speak out and criticize the
government on
its human rights violations in Cambodia."
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said Ghai's resignation was a loss to victims
of human rights violations in the country.
"But we hope that his successor will fulfill good work like Yash Ghai and
follow Yash Ghai's line in the prevention of and the struggle against human
rights violations in Cambodia."
"I appreciate Yash Ghai, who could speak out against the government in human
rights violations in his mission," he said.
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