Khmer minority lack equal rights: report
Thach Ry, a 64-year-old Khmer Krom man, fled Vietnam in 2008 after authorities there tried to arrest him for protesting the government’s treatment of his community. Arriving in Cambodia with his wife and daughter, authorities here tried to arrest him, too, he said, so like many politically active Khmer Krom, he fled to Thailand to apply for asylum at the UN refugee agency (UNHCR). But the UN said no. … According to a new report from the Minority Rights Organisation (MIRO), Ry’s experience is a common one for Khmer Krom – the ethnic Khmers who live in southern Vietnam. …
Kevin Ponniah and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/khmer-minority-lack-equal-rights-report
