Human Rights and Religious Liberty
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Article 18 "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Saturday, May 08, 2004

UN SLAMS CAMBODIA'S TREATMENT OF MONTAGNARD REFUGEES [RFA]
PHNOM PENH—A top United Nations official has accused Cambodia of failing in its international treaty obligations in its treatment of ethnic minority hill-people from Vietnam known as Montagnards, RFA's Khmer service reports. "I am extremely concerned about the fate of people who attempt to come into this country with the illusion that they will reach safety," Jean-Marie Fakhouri, head of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Asia-Pacific region, told a news conference. [more]
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