Thursday, September 28, 2017

Minister defends rights record

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn has in New

York defended the government’s arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha, claiming the country “upholds itself to the universal principle of fundamental human rights”.
Speaking on Friday during an address to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr Sokhonn accused the international community of criticising Cambodia to further their own aims.
“The assessment of the human rights situation varies depending on the political predisposition of certain great powers. The same reasoning holds true for the big international NGOs, whose agendas are far from being politically neutral,” he said.