Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011930936/National-news/no-ch...

KRT judges’ Case 002 decision based on procedural factors

GENOCIDE charges specific to the Khmer Krom will not be brought by the Khmer Rouge tribunal against the regime leaders awaiting trial, judges have ruled, sparking accusations that the suffering endured by the ethnic minority group has been overlooked by the court.

Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011830904/National-news/k-kro...

AN ethnic Khmer Krom monk who says authorities are accusing him of distributing leaflets that deride the January 7 anniversary commemorating the fall of the Khmer Rouge said he has gone into hiding to flee arrest.

Source: http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011830906/National-news/right...

THE UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia is scheduled to begin his second official mission to the Kingdom today – a visit that marks a pivotal period in the rights watchdog’s relationship with government officials, observers say.

On Thursday, 18 February 2010, Cambodia will be reviewed by The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

To learn more about the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, please visit: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm

This is a report of Cambodia:
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cerd/docs/AdvanceVersions/CERD.C.KH...

On January 12, Freedom House released its findings from the latest edition of Freedom in the World, the annual survey of global political rights and civil liberties. According to the survey’s findings, 2009 marked the fourth consecutive year in which global freedom suffered a decline—the longest consecutive period of setbacks for freedom in the nearly 40-year history of the report. These declines were most pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa, although they also occurred in most other regions of the world.

Source: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=505

Indigenous peoples contribute extensibly to humanity's cultural diversity, enriching it withmore than two thirds of its languages and an extrordinary amount of its traditional knowledge.

Source: Phnom Penh Post, http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011430832/National-news/polic...

THE 24 Khmer Krom refugees deported from Thailand last month were visited Tuesday by district police in Phnom Penh, who gathered information that the group believes may be used to produce identification cards.

Posted by The Phnom Penh Post
Thursday, 31 December 2009
By Sen David and Cameron Wells

A group of 24 ethnic Khmer Krom deported from Thailand earlier this month has resolved to continue seeking government assistance despite being denied refugee status by the UN refugee agency and amid fears that the government may seek to deport them to Vietnam, a rights group advocating on their behalf said Wednesday.