My name is Sam Rainsy. My family and I are from Cambodia. That is a very bad country. Please help me destroying it. Thank you.
On Sep 19, 6:13 am, [email protected] wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Rainsy Sam <[email protected]> > To: SRP Cabinet <[email protected]> > > Cc: Ingeborg Schwarz <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Sep 19, 2010 4:29 am > Subject: Appeal to Parliamentarians of All Countries > > 20 September 2010 > > APPEAL TO PARLIAMENTARIANS OF ALL COUNTRIES > > My name is Sam Rainsy. I am a member of parliament of Cambodia and the leader > of my country’s second largest political party. > > As the leader of a vocal opposition I have been persecuted by the > authoritarian ruling party and government of Cambodia. > > In 1995, I was expelled from parliament, but I managed to recover my > parliamentary seat through subsequent elections. I have escaped several > assassination attempts, such as a deadly grenade attack in 1997, but some > eighty of my supporters have been murdered. Besides trying to kill me or to > expel me from parliament, the ruling party has managed to strip me of my > parliamentary immunity three times and to get me sentenced to prison terms > twice. While currently in exile, I am expecting another sentence of up to > fifteen years in jail, again under false charges. > > My only crime is my unyielding denunciation of corruption and human rights > abuses and my unwavering defense of the people who have elected me as their > representative. > > In 2006, I received the Prize for Freedom from Liberal International. > > The strategy of Cambodia’s ruling party is to use a politically subservient > judiciary to crackdown on all government critics. > > On 28 January 2009, following my last conviction by the Kangaroo court, Human > Rights Watch titled a statement, “Cambodia: Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy’s > Trial a Farce” and added, “conviction demonstrates continuing persecution of > critics, political control of judiciary.” > > In a 17 June 2010 report, Professor Surya Subedi, the United Nations Special > Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Cambodia deplores “external > interference in the work of the judiciary.” > > In a 12-15 July 2010 decision of its Committee on the Human Rights of > Parliamentarians, the Inter-Parliamentary Union “reaffirms that the judicial > action against Mr. [Sam] Rainsy bears no relationship to the alleged offence." > > A 14 September 2010 statement of a coalition of 16 Human Rights NGOs reads, > “the government has used the courts to silence criticism of its responses to > land-grabbing, corruption and border disputes," and the “criminal charges > [against Sam Rainsy] are politically motivated.” > > I call on your solidarity as fellow parliamentarians. Please help me by > asking the government of your respective countries to put pressure on the > authorities of Cambodia so that I can resume my parliamentary work in > acceptable conditions and continue to promote democracy in my country. > > Thank you. > > Sam Rainsy- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
