Archive for February 2012
February 22, 2012 OPPOSITION MP CHAN CHENG’S CASE FOLLOWED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SRP National Assembly member Chan Cheng whose parliamentary immunity was suspended in December 2011, is now back in Cambodia after staying two months in France. His case is being followed by the European Parliament. On January 9, 2012, Members of the European […]
(ខ្មែរ) In today’s Cambodia Daily article titled “EU Gives $4.8 M to Fund
Human Rights Projects” one can read, “The provincial councils in
Ratanakkiri and Oddar Meanchey were given [by the European Union
represented by Ambassador Jean-François Cautain ] $646,000 and
547,000, respectively, to help provide support to families embroiled
in land evictions.”
(ខ្មែរ) Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week wrote a similar
letter to 21 world leaders including the UN Secretary-General, the
President of the European Commission, Presidents, Prime Ministers and
Foreign Ministers of a number of friendly and influential countries.
February 15, 2012 SAM RAINSY HELPING CAMBODIAN WORKERS ENSLAVED IN THAILAND Because the Hun Sen government doesn’t seem to care about the fate of Cambodian workers who are victims of human trafficking in Thailand, opposition leader Sam Rainsy on February 13 wrote to Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra asking her to help put an end […]
February 5, 2012 PRICE-SUPPORT POLICY NEEDED TO PROTECT CAMBODIAN FARMERS Opposition leader Sam Rainsy last week wrote to The Cambodia Daily the following letter: “In your January 31 article titled “Thais Ask Cambodia To Curb Cassava Exports” (page 25) you exposed problems encountered by Cambodian farmers struggling with falling cassava prices. You pointed to Thailand’s […]
February 5, 2012 RESULTS OF SENATORIAL ELECTIONS PROVE THAT CORRUPTION AND INTIMIDATION CANNOT DESTROY THE HUMAN SPIRIT CPP Prime Minister Hun Sen is reportedly furious with many of his government advisers and provincial governors who, before the January 29 senatorial elections, had assured him that the opposition SRP would not be able to win any […]
February 4, 2012 THREE TOPICS IN SAM RAINSY’S INTERVIEW WITH RADIO FRANCE INTERNATIONALE (RFI) In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI) broadcast on February 4, 2012 opposition leader Sam Rainsy elaborated on three main topics: - Senatorial elections: The opposition’s remarkable gains (from two to 11 seats) at the January 29 […]
Personal message to every member and friend of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Paris, February 2, 2012 Dear fellow countryman, Over the last 12 months we have won two successive legal victories versus the Hun Sen government at the Paris tribunal: 1. My definitive victory versus Hor Nam Hong at the “Cour de Cassation” (French […]
