Khmer Voice

Dear Countrymen and Friends,

Attached please find the link to a YouTube slide show I have created on the subject of the Borei Keila forced evictions. All the photos are available in the public domain on the Internet; I only compiled them.

Nearly half a million Khmers have been evicted from their homes over the last few years. Sacrava’s cartoon at the end of the slide presentation depicts the logical course of Khmer people power in the face of the suffering the Khmer people have endured.

I hope you find the presentation informative and educational.

Sincerely,

Gaffar Peang-Meth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDtmhFlJTdg&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Many readers emailed me following my series of articles on replacing Cambodia’s dictatorship with a democratic form of government. As many emails contained similar concerns, I have grouped those with similar themes and will use this column to deal with two.  Read more... (905 words, estimated 3:37 mins reading time)

A. Gaffar Peang-Meth

This column is the last of my bi-weekly postings to the Pacific Daily News. I am moving on to another project. I thank the PDN for having provided me with the opportunity to offer my thoughts in this space since 1999. Those who read my columns have said they always learn something. I consider that the highest praise and will look forward to occasional submissions to the PDN in the future that will elicit, I hope, that same reaction.  Read more... (939 words, estimated 3:45 mins reading time)

Missing friends is bad:
Emma, Mihai, and JP,
So sad… You agree?

September 15, 2011

An article by Dr. Gaffar Peang-Meth published by the Asian Human Rights Commission

We live in interesting times – times of great challenges, opportunities, and of creativity and hopeful changes.

This year, the 20th anniversary of the Paris Peace Accords falls on October 23. Some people celebrate and commemorate its achievement. Others reflect on its meaning. Some others still, want the Accords to do something for them.

The Final Act of the Accords, signed by 18 governments (Australia, Brunei, Cambodia – the four warring Cambodian factions – Canada, China, France, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam), with the participation of officials of Zimbabwe and Yugoslavia representing the non-aligned movement and of the UN Secretary-General and his special representative, sought to “restore peace” and endow “a system of liberal democracy” to Cambodia.  Read more... (2672 words, 1 image, estimated 10:41 mins reading time)