VIETNAMESE CRIMES IN CAMBODIA FROM 1979-2009
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UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnam��s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
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Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote
of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces
from Cambodia.
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Kaing Kek Iev, aka Duch, was arrested in 1999. According to the Morphology
study on race and forensic data analysis ,Kaing Kek Iev, aka Duch is A
VIETNAMESE.
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100 TORTURE CENTERS across CAMBODIA.
Vietnam's occupation of Cambodia 1979-1989 under Le Duc Tho rule.
An estimated 460 000 innocent Cambodians died , killed , tortured, etc...
100 Torture centers were established across Cambodia. (Methods of torture
described to Amnesty International).
Methods of torture described to Amnesty International as being used by the
Vietnamese forces of invasion and occupation of Cambodia under Le Duc Tho's
rule, from 1979-1989, through the CPP/HUN SEN regime.( an estimated 460 000
innocent Cambodians died during that period)
1. Beatings with truncheons, sharp-edged wooden staves, and iron bars and
whippings
with chains and rubber hoses.( Methods of torture described to Amnesty
International)
2. Near-suffocation with plastic bags,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty
International)
3. Near-drowning in vats of water,( Methods of torture described to Amnesty
International(Methods of torture described to Amnesty International)
Last updated: 17:1 - May 16, 2009
International People Tribunal of Conscience to support Vietnamese AO victims
opens
The tribunal is attended by many foreigners who strongly support
Vietnamese victims�� struggle for justice.
The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) on May 15 convened a
two-day International People��s Tribunal of Conscience in support of the
Vietnamese Victims of Agent Orange in Paris, France.
Opening the trial, President of the Tribunal - Jitendra Sharma, said : ��The
chemical warfare waged by the United States against Vietnam though the use of
Agent Orange and other dioxin laced chemicals from 1961 to 1971 has caused
severe, massive and prolonged consequences for the environment, ecology and
health of the people of Vietnam.
>From that time until the present no United States administration has
>acknowledged its liability for the consequences of the use of these chemicals.
> The United States took a position against liability for the firms which
>manufactured Agent Orange in the law suit filed by the Vietnam Association for
>the Victims of Agent Orange, (VAVA).
In the name of Public Opinion and International Conscience, the International
Peoples�� Tribunal of Conscience in support of the Vietnamese Victims of Agent
Orange at the initiative of the International Association of Democratic
Lawyers (IADL), will consider and draw conclusions on the matters: 1) The
facts showing the consequences to the environment and ecology of Vietnam and to
the health of the Vietnamese people caused by the use of Agent Orange by the
United States Military from 1961 to 1971. 2) The responsibility of the United
States administrations during 1961 to 1971 in the conduct of the chemical
warfare in Vietnam under Customary International Laws. 3) The responsibility
of the United States and providing firms for spraying Agent Orange on Vietnam
in the remediation of the consequences to the environment and ecology of
Vietnam and to the health of the Vietnamese people.
On behalf of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin, VAVA
President Nguyen Van Rinh pointed to the fact that the legacies of the US War
in Vietnam during the 1960s and 1970s had caused enormous damages to the
eco-environment and exposed more than 4.8 million people of Vietnam to poison.
Out of about 3 millions who have become its victims, many have died, many
others are surviving in agony due to strange and severe diseases and
disabilities, many young children have been born with horrible and heart-felt
deformities. After nearly 40 years, these affects still show no signs of fading
as other wounds of war did. Instead they have exhibit even more devastating and
long lasting manifestations than anyone ever expected.
Meanwhile, the US who directly caused this tragedy has so far strived to evade
its moral and legal responsibility. Consequently, the Vietnamese victims
decided to file a lawsuit in the U.S District Court in Brooklyn, New York, on
January 30, 2004. The victims spent five years long to pursue the legal case in
the US courts, but it has been denied by all three levels of its federal
courts, despite the fact that the US government has spent billions of US
dollars to compensate the American veterans who are victims of AO sprayed in
the chemical warfare in Vietnam.
The US courts refuted the case staged by the Vietnamese victims on the simple
ground that AO/dioxin could be only characterized as a herbicide, not in anyway
as a poison and its harmful consequences was unintended. This irrational
assertion made by the US courts need to be analysed and exposed to the world
public opinion
Mr Rinh stressed: ��The pain suffered by the Vietnamese victims is the pain of
all humanity. Their struggle for justice is not only in their interest but also
in the interest of other victims in the US, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea
and Canada; not only victims of Agent Orange/dioxin but also victims of all
other cruel weapons of mass destruction; not only for the present generation
but for future generations as well. Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange are
daily being deprived of their fundamental and sacred rights in the conception
of justice and human rights, namely rights to life, liberty and pursuit of
happiness.��
He took this opportunity, calling upon all the peace and justice loving people
all over the world to turn their thoughts to this Tribunal and march, side by
side, with all the participants herein, to carry out the common mandate for
justice.
Later, the participants in the court were moved by the stories of three victims
from Vietnam concerning their sufferings caused by Agent Orange. Pham The Minh,
born on December 16, 1975 from An Duong district, Haiphong city talked about
how his parents were contaminated by Agent Orange chemical when they were
serving in the battle field of Quang Tri province, South of the DMZ where the
sprayings were most intensive in Vietnam.
He said: ��Both my younger sister and I were born after the war. I came into
being with congenially deformed lower limbs, and very poor health. My sister
presently still looks usual outside, but she was born prematurely many months
before the expected time and also with congenial heart and lung diseases.
My exposure to dioxin, the cause of my related deformities, is in fact known
through the stories told by my parents about their direct exposure to Agent
Orange and as a result of medical checks and tests in the course of treating my
several illnesses in the hospitals. My family case has been well recognised and
hence offered with monthly financial support from the Vietnamese Government.
As a result of Agent Orange effect, my sister, my mother, my father, all of us,
have not been able to live as comfortably as other people. We can not work hard
while we have to spend a lot of money for constant treatment of illnesses. My
father was consequently deceased in 2005. I can neither within a short time
describe all the sufferings that my family and myself have to undergo nor the
more tragic plights of several other victims of Agent Orange/dioxin in
Vietnam.��
Mr Ho Ngoc Chu, who was born in 1937 and is now living in Quang Ngai city, once
joined the revolutionary forces of South Vietnam, activating in the vast areas
of mountainous region along Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces where American
sprayings were regular and very intensive.
He recalled: ��When the American aircrafts came to spray chemicals, like other
people, I heard that they were simply herbicides. I did not own enough
scientific knowledge hence not being aware that they were toxic to human
beings. Even I did know of their toxicity, it was still unable for me and all
others to escape from contamination because we had to fight and to produce
foodstuffs such as sweet potatoes, maize, rice, vegetables and any eatables
just for our mere survival. We had to drink water taken from streams or bomb
craters.
I can remember that I had been subject at least 4 - 5 direct sprayings. Most of
the times I was staying in tents, but, once when I was back from getting rice,
aircrafts came and sprayed, my whole body was completely soaked with chemical.
The bag of rice that I was carrying along with was also wet.
>From my observation, usually a few days after being sprayed, those vegetation
>rich in sap such as casava, papaja, jack-tree... died first. Those big trees
>in the jungles also soon defoliated. Casava, our regular food, was also
>killed. Later we knew that this was due to AO chemicals, but we could not
>resist eating its roots like we could not resist drinking the water from the
>contaminated streams.
I soon found out among various troubles, my eyes were weak, my teeth fell out
earlier than usual, symptoms of interior troubles related to prostate, large
intestine, vestibule disorder, and troubles related to skin, especially skin on
my back and two legs were troubled with itchy rashes, acnes and pimples; my
back and neck bones became soon degenerate at 35 years old. These diseases have
been treated medically in Hanoi and HCMC, but without effective results.
In addition to my inside troubles, my only son is also another victim of AO. My
wedding was held in March 1977, in the middle of November, he was born
prematurely and extremely weak that needed to be cared in the glass box for
sometime. He could only made a few steps and speak a few words even at 4 years
old. When he grew up to limbs all could not function normally. His achievements
were very low and doctors said that he was suffering some idiocy. Furthermore,
sometimes, he was hit by severe convulsions. Now he is 37 years old, but still
unable to self-support even with simple labor. At first, we didn't know what
was wrong with him. We brought him to the hospitals several times and learnt
from the fact that my wife have had miscarriages, the doctors concluded that I
have been contaminated with AO and this is also the reason of my son's ill fate.
In my country, the similar, even worse sights of horrible diseases and pictures
of deformed children due to AO can be identified in many places where
AO-exposed people are living.��
Then Mr Mai Giang Vu, born in 1937, said that his two sons born in 1974 and
1975 had been healthy and attended schools normally. But in 1980, the eldest
one began to show unusual symptoms. Later, each of them, one followed another,
when reached 10 years old, began to show the same things. At first they were no
longer capable of walking and doing things as usual, after that leaving
schools, their limbs withered and curled up gradually. Finally they all had to
crawl and later stayed in bed forever at 18.
His sons all died at 23 or 25 years old. For a long time, he was really unaware
of the reason behind this disaster until the doctors carried out medical checks.
He drew the participants to the fact that in Vietnam, there had been so far
several families who suffer the similar tragedy and they so much need help from
all the possible sources.
The Vietnamese victims raised their voices, demanding that the US government
and chemical companies to acknowledge their responsibility in contributing
their part, together with Vietnam, helping treating the poisoned persons,
rehabilitating the poisoned areas, taking care of the serious cases, providing
means of transport and other basic necessities.
Later, witnesses from the US, the Republic of Korea and France revealed how
they had to suffer from the terrible consequences of Agent Orange as well as
the images of the victims in Vietnam. They all affirmed that the terrible
consequences of Agent Orange could be measured by only eye-witnessing the pains
of Agent Orange victims.
The International Peoples�� Tribunal of Conscience in support of the Vietnamese
Victims of Agent Orange is being held at the initiative of the International
Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) in the name of Public Opinion and
International Conscience. This Tribunal will provide a record to all those who
support this cause to promote it in their countries and around the world.
KHAI HOAN and HUY THANG
Nhan Dan newspaper��s France-based correspondents
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