Donors Must Put Pressures on the Government Regarding Land Issues

Past evictions have seen houses torched, owners brutally beaten and arrested.

4th March 2008
By Khim Sarong
Radio Free Asia

Translated from Khmer to English by Khmerization

The International Federation of Human Right Alliance said that donor countries and donor organisations must make the cambodian government accountable for the forced evictions of the people from their lands and homes.
In a statement from France, issued on the 3rd of March 2008, Mrs. Souhayr Belhassen, President of the International Federation of Human Alliance said that, the same as during her recent visit to Cambodia, she is appealing to the international donors to put pressures on the Cambodian authority to resolve all critical issues of forced evictions as a priority. And the international community must stress clearly about this issue to the Cambodian authority.
The statement comes one day after the meeting between the Cambodian government and the international donors which takes place on the 4th of March.
That meeting will discuss a wide range of issues, including the issue of land disputes.
The statement further stated that, on top of that, the donor countries must publicly state their strong supports for the continued presence of the UN human right envoy in Cambodia and they must stress on the importance of the strong co-operations between the Cambodian government and the UN human right envoy of the day. //END//