Friday, 14 March 2008

Cambodia rejects U.S. human rights assessment



The Cambodia Foreign Affair state that "we have found that many of the accusations contained in this report do not even exist or are simply over exaggerated." what is in the picture? or the Cambodian Foreign Affair believe that beating up people, killing people it's just a normal way of life in Cambodia? or killing human is simillar to killing animal then there is no human rights to be consider?
chinaview.cn
2008-03-14

PHNOM PENH, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has dismissed a U.S. report on the country's human rights record, saying that the annual report to the U.S. congress entirely contradicts the true reality in the country, the Cambodia Daily newspaper reported Friday.

The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement in response of the U.S. report, saying "we have found that many of the accusations contained in this report do not even exist or are simply over exaggerated."

"We certainly recognize that human rights in Cambodia are not perfect. But is there any perfect human rights situation anywhere in the world?" the statement said, adding that the report relied too heavily on the views of anti-government NGOs (Non-Government Organizations) and appeared timed to coincide with the national election.

Cambodia fully does not believe that the country will ever receive a good mark unless the Cambodian government has "affectionate" relations with the United States, the statement said.

The annual report, release by the U.S. State Department on Wednesday, said an array of human rights guarantees were lacking in Cambodia and that the country's human rights record "remained poor."

Editor: Du Guodong

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