Articles by: VOKK - Voice of Kampuchea-Krom

Human Rights Council starts interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

Human Rights Council starts interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

MORNING 10 March 2015 Concludes Clustered Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteurs on Torture and on Human Rights Defenders The Human Rights Council today started its interactive dialogue with Heiner Bielefeldt, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. It also concluded its clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment […]

Vietnam: Letter to Member states of ECOSOC in support of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation

Vietnam: Letter to Member states of ECOSOC in support of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation

July 18, 2012 To: Member states of ECOSOC Re: Support for the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation Your Excellency, We, the undersigned group of civil society organizations from around the world, are writing to express our strong support for the special consultative status with the United Nations granted to the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) and its right to exercise […]

UN silences group seeking human rights in Vietnam

UN silences group seeking human rights in Vietnam

The UN’s 19-member committee that oversees non-governmental organizations voted overwhelmingly to silence a human rights group fighting oppression in Vietnam, in violation of the UN’s own freedom of expression and association guarantees under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The vote was 13-4, with only Greece, Israel, the U.S. and Uruguay voting to support the human rights group. Those voting to censor […]

UN Committee on NGOs: Don’t deny NGO the right to speak

UN Committee on NGOs: Don’t deny NGO the right to speak

In a decision that must be reversed by ECOSOC, States that are members of the UN Committee on NGOs have moved to silence an NGO and deny it access to the UN in violation of the rights to freedom of expression, association and due process. Update 1 February 2016 The NGO Committee has voted to close the application of the  Khmers Kampuchea-Krom […]

Vietnam ruling party boss re-elected, cements hold on power

Vietnam ruling party boss re-elected, cements hold on power

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam’s Communist Party Wednesday re-elected its 71-year-old chief for a second term, an expected outcome that sees the conservative pro-China ideologue cementing his hold on power. The party’s congress elected Nguyen Phu Trong (pronounced Noo-yen Foo Chong) to a 19-member Politburo, the all-powerful body that handles the day-to-day affairs of the government and the party. In […]

Geography of Kampuchea-Krom

Geography of Kampuchea-Krom

Kampuchea-Krom literally means “the lower land of Kampuchea.” “Krom” in Khmer also means “below” to indicate “Southern” part of Cambodia. Kampuchea-Krom was the southernmost territory of the Khmer Empire, and was once known as Cochinchina (French). It covers an area of 67,700 km2 with Cambodia to the North, the Gulf of Thailand to the West, the South China Sea to […]

The Culture of the Khmer-Krom

The Culture of the Khmer-Krom

By The KKF Research Team (Extracted from the same name of the culture document in  “The Khmer-Krom Journey to Self-Determination” book) The Khmer-Krom People The term “Khmer-Krom” denotes the ethnic Khmer in Kampuchea-Krom. The term “Khmer-Krom” is used to differentiate from the Khmer (Cambodian) who live in Cambodia. Physically, the Khmer-Krom people look exactly the same as the Khmer in […]

A Brief History of the Kampuchea-Krom

A Brief History of the Kampuchea-Krom

By Peter Scott and KKF Research Team (Extracted from the same name of the history document in  “The Khmer-Krom Journey to Self-Determination” book) Historically, the identity and name of the Khmer-Krom people and their ancestral lands have been changed and/or referred to differently by various civilizations as well as the colonizing governments. Under the colonization of France, Kampuchea-Krom was called […]

Human Right Watch Vietnam Press Release – 2015

Human Right Watch Vietnam Press Release – 2015

Press Source: Human Rights Watch For Immediate Release Vietnam: Tight Control of Critics, Democracy Advocates in 2014 No Light at the End of the Tunnel for Activists (New York, January 29, 2015) – The human rights situation in Vietnam in 2014 continued to be characterized by one-party rule, politically motivated convictions, lack of labor rights, widespread police abuse, and an escalating land crisis, […]

KKF Human Rights Council Side Event Opened by Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom and Belief

KKF Human Rights Council Side Event Opened by Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom and Belief

–Press Release March 11, 2015– Geneva (March 11, 2015)- Special Rapporteur (SR) on Freedom of Religion or Beliefs, Heiner Bielefeldt, opened up a side event for Religious Freedom in Vietnam and The Mekong Delta, co-organized by the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF). The SR gave an overview of the reality that exists for indigenous peoples and  religious minorities in Vietnam, speaking of […]

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