Daughter Malika with the human rights activist, politician and mother Mu
Sochua.
Daughter Malika with the human rights activist, politician and mother Mu Sochua.
UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnams occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
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.
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.
June 27, 2010
Jim Luce.Thought Leaders and Global Citizens
The Huffington Post
Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua received a standing ovation from the
sold-out, standing room-only crowd at the red carpet world premier of REDLIGHT
last week. Produced and narrated by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu, the
film left many stunned and some in tears. It is that wrenching.
"I am not a victim in Cambodia, but a survivor of Cambodia!," Sochua told the
guests present. "In the darkest recess of human trafficking, there is hope!"
The film featured the work of both Sochua and Somaly Mam, forming a narrative
of the children they have helped out of the pits of exploitation - such as
Reena and Sokha.
Deftly blending horror and compassion, hope and futility, REDLIGHT is the
second film in a trilogy that is changing the dynamics of child trafficking
globally. Filmmaker Guy Jacobson has mastered the emotional edge of sexual
slavery and manages to bring it to us in our sterile lives so that we get it -
and want to stop it. The photography of the film is superb, with the
breathtaking beauty of Cambodia juxtaposed with the squalid conditions of the
children forced into the country's unspeakable brothels.
Rarely does a film have such in-depth access to the characters it follows.
REDLIGHT weaves together the touching stories of its subjects into an
inspirational journey for the audience. It is a true accomplishment in
filmmaking.
The narration by Lucy Liu is familiar enough so that we are able to handle the
unfamiliar. The quality and sensitivity of the film assures that its message
will resound with audiences around the world as it is sure to win awards from
Cannes to Sundance. If you chose to see only one documentary this year, make
sure it is REDLIGHT.
More amazing than the film is the dangers Guy Jacobson overcame to film it in
the shadow of the mafia, for whom human life holds no sanctity. He continues to
risk his life daily fighting to expose and sabotage organized crime's most
lucrative business.
Guy Jacobson, along with Lucy Liu, Mu Sochua, Somaly Mam, and child slavery
expert
Kevin Bales, are leading advocates to end child trafficking.
After the film, Sochua told the many gathered, "The movie was so real I could
smell the brothel and feel the T.B. in the hospital. My Cambodia is this film."
Sochua is a politician and a human rights activist. "I am a member of the
Cambodian parliament - a member of the Opposition - who has been stripped of my
immunity," she told the hushed audience. She represents the Sam Rainsy Party.
Guy Jacobson spoke after the film with Mu Sochua, UNICEF Global Chief
of Child Protection Dr. Susan Bissell, and Israeli actress Adi Ezroni.
Sochua has refused to pay a frivolous fine imposed on her by the corrupt court
there for 'defaming' the Prime Minister because she sued him for calling her a
whore. "When I go back, I might be put in jail."
"My goal is to be re-elected and continue the fight for justice," she told us.
"Justice! Hope!," she reminded us. "Justice is my own pursuit," Sochua said.
Guy Jacobson is a passionate filmmaker who understand child trafficking - and
exposes it.
As I wrote last week, not often does a filmmaker present both an untenable
social problem - and its solution. Guy Jacobson has done that. As filmmaker,
former banker and lawyer, Guy's past and present reflected much of the audience
comprised from the top ranks of the arts, finance and law. LexisNexis is the
film's major corporate sponsor.
LexisNexis' involvement made a deep impression on many of the film viewers.
"LexisNexis is to be commended for their support. It is wonderful that they
have put their resources behind such an important problem," Dr. Lucie Lapovsky
stated. Roberta Cooper added, "It is critical that corporations take a role in
this international problem, as has LexisNexis, among others in the travel and
business community. Their important work should be publicized and praised
widely."
Mu Sochua is empathetic to the stories these girls, one a victim and the other
her big sister.
The brilliant film REDLIGHT is shown from the perspective of two Cambodian
women opposed to childhood sexual slavery. One, Sochua, and the other Somaly
Mam, a woman who escaped the brothels to dedicate her life to freeing others.
Child trafficking expert Kevin Bales, author of Ending Slavery and President of
Free the Slaves, is also interviewed in the film. See the film's trailer on
Vimeo.
"REDLIGHT" director Guy Jacobson with me and John Lee at the premiere in New
York City.
Following this superb film I know I cannot answer one question: Why has the
United States and Somalia not signed the United Nations Convention of the
Rights of Children (CRC)? As founder of Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW),
I demand that our own nation takes responsibility for the lives of the children
whose innocence, safety - and often lives - have been so terribly compromised.
Mr. President, we owe this to these defenseless children.
CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM : IN PICTURES
THE FAKE CAMBODIAN OFF TO CHINA .
PICTURES OF THE FAKE CAMBOPDIAN
UN Passes Strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses
Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a
resolution condemning Vietnams occupation of Cambodia as a violation of
Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions.
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.
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.
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
VIETNAM INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA 1978-2009.
December 25, 1978 Invasion of Cambodia. Some 100,000 Vietnamese with 20,000
KUFNS troops, under the direction of Gen. Van Tien Dung, launch an invasion of
Cambodia.
B.. CHINESE INVASION OF VIETNAM (SHORT)
Feb.. 17, 1979 "Teaching a lesson". Some 170,000 Chinese troops with 700
warplanes, and 250-300 tanks launched an invasion of Vietnam to punish it for
invading of Cambodia.
THE WORDS OF THE VIETNAMESE ARE PURE LIES : Study these words made by by PHAM
VAN DONG, the Prime Minister of North Vietnam, his public statement, his
promises made to Prince Sihanouk and his orders to launch an invasion of
Cambodia. It reflects the Vietnamese culture of lies. It reflects also the
Vietnamese race and national character based on dishonesty ,deception , and
pure lies. .
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