Danh Tol is a Cambodian Buddhist monk from Vietnam living and practicing out of the Soryarangsky (“rising sun”) Buddhist temple in the Olney section of Philadelphia. He practices Theravada Buddhism, the most popular religion in Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, and has been a monk since 1996. Theravada Buddhism in its present state could not exist without the relationship between […]
FOR IMMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE Vietnamese Aut hority Disrupted Ve nerable Lieu Ny’s Re-ordain Ceremony Pennsauken, NJ, 10 July 2017 — The Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) condemns the inhuman acts of the Vietnamese local authority of the Tra Set commune, Vinh Hai village, Vinh Chau district, Soc Trang province, for disrupting the Buddhist re-ordain ceremony of Venerable Lieu Ny. In 2013, […]
Siem Reap police are fending off allegations that they harassed and humiliated a Khmer Krom monk and a layman who have gone missing while visiting the province. Meas Vichet, the monk, and a layman known as Ny, both from the Toul Sangke pagoda in Phnom Penh, have been missing since June 19. This follows a series of bizarre events that […]
About 100 police armed with batons, pistols and rifles blocked the road in front of Phnom Penh’s Wat Chas pagoda yesterday to stop about a dozen activists from marching to the National Assembly to demand a national holiday to mark territorial losses to Vietnam. The police, standing alongside four large trucks fronted by metal barricades, formed a long line with […]
A week after opposition leader Kem Sokha said his party would no longer appeal to anti-Vietnamese sentiments in its campaigns, two prominent opposition officials said on Saturday the party would demand the return of southern Vietnam to Cambodia if it wins power next year. Speaking at Phnom Penh’s Wat Chas at an event to mark France’s June 1949 transfer to […]
KKFYC CONDEMNS THE INTIMIDATION OF KHMER-KROM YOUTHS BY VIETNAMESE POLICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT “Indigenous peoples have the right to practice and revitalize their cultural traditions and customs. This includes the right to maintain, protect and develop the past, present and future manifestations of their cultures, such as archaeological and historical sites, artifacts, designs, ceremonies, technologies and visual and performing […]
From 22 April to 5 May 2017, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), represented by several of its Members as well as its Secretariat, takes part in the 2017 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), taking place in Turtle Bay, New York City. During two weeks, the UNPO attends sessions of the Forum and a number of […]
In light of developments over the past year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has delivered a report regarding the current state of religious freedom in Vietnam, and it shows little amelioration. Under the guise of nationalism, Vietnam recently imposed severe restrictions on religious activity, evidencing a clear violation of international standards for religious freedom. While USCIRF […]
The decision to stop the resettlement of all refugees for 120 days, including those previously agreed upon with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), has hit hard a Khmer Krom family who thought it had reached the end of an arduous escape from religious and political persecution in Vietnam. In 2007, after participating in a protest for religious freedom in his […]
Many Khmer Krom people living in Cambodia struggle to gain proper identification documents—despite the government repeatedly declaring them “automatic citizens”—and face social and economic hardships as a result, according to a new report. “Citizenship Rights for Khmer Krom in Cambodia,” being released today by the Alliance for Conflict Transformation, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) and Khmer Kampuchea Krom […]
