Interview with the Venerable Luon Sovath on How He Uses Video Advocacy

From http://www.witness.org | WITNESS partner LICADHO [ http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/ ] filmed this interview with human rights defender, the Venerable Luon Sovath, in Cambodia for International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2010.

The Venerable speaks personally about how he uses video to fight for the rights of his community in Chi Kreng District, Siem Reap Province. The Venerable also speaks out about communities across Cambodia at risk of forced evictions. This video includes footage of 100s of villagers assembling outside the Siem Reap courthouse during the trial of land rights activists from the Venerable's village in Chi Kreng.

The Venerable is being featured by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in its Human Rights Day 2010 video [ http://www.youtube.com/user/UNOHCHR#p/a/u/2/dr_hKOiXXVc ]

Read the WITNESS blog post about the Venerable's visit to New York City to attend the WITNESS Focus For Change Gala [ http://blog.witness.org/2010/12/hrd2010 ]

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[SithSereyPheap1]

The name of the shooter please...

[preanearya]

you are rightousness monk, those monks that try to stop you from doing the right

thing for people, they are cpp devils. keep up sir, we know who is right who is wrong. These corrupt officials will disappear by the power of good people.

[khemaraktevak]

There are a lot of GOOD PEOPLE who live with WISDOM and COMPASSION;many of them live with less than two meals a day, but their APPRECIATIONS of LIFE are far more than some millionaires. We as human must understand the LAWS of KARMA. Our spirit is an energy,it doesn't die,it is our blue print of what we've done in this life toward next life.EVIL will be reborn to be EVIL and suffers- GOOD will be reborn to be GOOD and live a happy life with WISDOM,COMPASSION and LOVE...

[MaoSuratt911]

The citizens disarmed themselves,they turn in their weapons and their guns in the believe that their government will exercise justice and fairness.They were deprived of their rights to bare arms to protect their land,family and ways of life.hun sen promised them lower death rate,less crime and violent in the country.But now we see otherwise,those permited to carry guns abused the power.hun sen had alway been generous with the vows,but never follow through

[MaoSuratt911]

In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights....

[MaoSuratt911]

Nonviolence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the end we seek.The movement of non-violent non-cooperation....is not based on brute force or hatred.It doese not aim at destroying the tyrant.It is a movement of self-purification.It therefore seeks to convert the tyrant....

[MaoSuratt911]

Just as physicians are the saviours of the sick,so are the laws the guardians of those who are wronged.The more corrupt the state,the greater the number of laws your grace.Laws grind the poor,and rich men rule the law...

[MaoSuratt911]

War is an invention of the human mind your grace,the human mind can also invent peace...

[vthilton]

Sharing, Justice and Peace for all.

[khi590]

great man - gives hope to so many (and shows what is possible to all of us) - thank you