Cambodia's position on the matter came when at least 22 Western nations voiced concerns against the “political re-education” camps established by Beijing.

 

PHNOM PENH — 

Cambodia joined 36 other nations last week to sign a letter in support of China's actions on Uighurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang autonomous region.

 

Cambodia's position on the matter came when at least 22 Western nations voiced concerns against the “political re-education” camps established by Beijing. More than a million dissidents and Uighur ethnic minorities are reportedly detained in the camp.

 

The twenty-two democratic nations condemned China's detaining of Uighur and other Muslims in the camps as human rights violations.

Ket Sophann, a spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, told VOA Khmer via Telegram on Wednesday that Cambodia, along with 36 other nations, has appealed to the UN Council on Human Rights “not to use human rights as a tool to muddle in the internal affairs” of China.

 

He added that the 37 nations also called on the council “to abide by the norms and practices” which dictate that human rights issues are subjected to each member state's handling in accordance with the realities in each state.

 

According to the Chinese official newspaper Xinhua published last Friday, the ambassadors from the 37 nations—which included Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Russia and Cuba—sent a joint letter to the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council and U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva to express their support for China regarding human rights.

 

The nations praised China's respect for human rights, noting its “remarkable achievements” by adhering to the people-centered development philosophy and protecting and promoting human rights through development, according to Xinhua.

 

The newspaper added that Chinese ambassador to the UN thanked the 37 nations at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday for supporting China's policies.

 

A few days before the letter was sent to OHCHR, 22 democratic nations including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom signed a letter expressing concerns about the “credible reports of arbitrary detention” in Xinjiang and “widespread surveillance and restrictions” particularly targeting Uighurs and other minorities.

 

The 22 signatories also called on China to abide by its national law and its international commitment, including being a member of the UN Security Council.

 

Sophal Ear, associate professor of diplomacy and world affairs at Occidental College in Los Angeles, thinks that taking sides with China regarding the violation of the rights of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang is leading Cambodia away from the path of human rights and democracy.

 

In a response to VOA Khmer via email, Sophal believed that Cambodia's stance will have repercussion which could lead to the “loss of EBA, loss of GSP” trade preferences from the EU and the US respectively.

 

Human Rights Watch released a report showing that since the end of 2016, the Chinese government has subjected around 13 million Uighurs and Muslims in Xinjiang to detention, political engagement, movement restriction, and religious persecution and “more than one million are detained for political reeducation.”

 

Am Sam Ath, a senior investigator for the rights group Licadho, said that Cambodia's support for China’s stance regarding the rights of Uighur and other Muslims shows that “Cambodia seems to not have the real will to restore democracy or respect human rights.”

 

In late 2009, some 20 Uighurs were arrested and sent back to China by the Cambodian government ahead of the state visit by then-Vice President Xi Jinping to Cambodia.

 

https://www.voacambodia.com/a/cambodia-supports-china-actions-on-uighurs-in-xinjiang/5007632.html

Of course they support China, Cambodia is soon to become its colony. China has a 99 year lease on 20% of Cambodia's coastline in Dara Sakor where they will construct a deep water port (Chinese Navy) and International airport (Chinese Air Force). China is also proposing a canal that will cut right through Thailand to the Indian Ocean. The Chinese military will go unchallenged and have direct access to the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea. Their port will be right on Thailand's doorstep. China's tentacles are tightening around all of southeast Asia.

On 7/20/2019 at 9:24 AM, geovalin said:

“political re-education”

China has seized sharia law by the genetics after its members used the koran as a playbook.
No other nation has used this method to combat Islam.
Bleeding heart liberals heads will explode,
imagine that,
China is not an appeaser like the west.

Hun Sen and his cronies are giving Cambodia little by little to China. They get more rich and Cambodia will lose its heritage because of their greed.

The nations praised China's respect for human rights, noting its “remarkable achievements” by adhering to the people-centered development philosophy and protecting and promoting human rights through development, according to Xinhua.

 

Human Rights Watch released a report showing that since the end of 2016, the Chinese government has subjected around 13 million Uighurs and Muslims in Xinjiang to detention, political engagement, movement restriction, and religious persecution and “more than one million are detained for political reeducation.”

 

Umm what to believe its a tricky one???? 

Further reason to apply sanctions, financial and travel restrictions. Europe and all western countries need to follow suit.

" Human Rights Watch released a report showing that since the end of 2016, the Chinese government has subjected around 13 million Uighur and Muslims in Xinjiang to detention, "  

 

All authoritarian governments tend to over kill, but Xinjiang is 95% dry desert land mostly suitable for solar energy generation.  

The entire population of Uighur is less than 13 millions.              Human Rights Watch is grossly exaggerating.      

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Further reason to apply sanctions, financial and travel restrictions. Europe and all western countries need to follow suit.

Should have gone all the way with sanctions before the 2008 world wide financial melt down.  

China came out of the 2008 melt down unharmed due to their habits of saving their money under the mattress.   

 

On 7/20/2019 at 9:24 AM, geovalin said:

The nations praised China's respect for human rights

That is the same as saying that trumpy never lied...

Tibet has a democratic chosen government consisting of Chinese (because China killed a lot of Tibetans and imported many more Chinese to Tibet). China NEVER respected human rights, not now, not in the past and probably not in the future.

cambodia. a chinese state.

signing and doing everything chain wants.

ruling cambodia and keeping the lashes of corrupt Hun Sen and his people. They are selling Cambodia.

by Cambodia or shall we can Chinabodia?

On 7/20/2019 at 11:36 AM, Uptooyoo said:

China is also proposing a canal that will cut right through Thailand to the Indian Ocean

Can you please point to an article(s) stating this? I do not doubt it, but I would like to read it