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Country
28.
29.
Canada
Date
Type
Mandate
31/07/07
JUA
HRD; TOR
01/02/07
JUA
WGAD;
HLTH;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
leaving between 200 to 300 villagers without
shelter. Many of the forcibly evicted families are
now living in destitution along the roadside of
National Road 4 under tarpaulins provided by
NGOs. Reports indicate that this eviction order
was issued without any judicial oversight and was
not preceded or followed by any consultation with
most of the families concerned. The reports
received suggest that the forced evictions and
house demolitions carried out were actions taken
by the police and military police while executing a
separate warrant issued by the Sihanoukville
municipal court to search for illegal weapons. No
such weapons were found.
Sath Savuth, a human rights defender working
for the protection of forests and land rights of the
inhabitants of Thlath commune, Anglong Veng
district, Oddar Meanchey province. On 21 July
2007, Mr. Sath Savuth was subject to a grenade
attack by unknown assailants at his home in
Anglong Veng. His life was previousy threatened
in July 2005 when he was attacked while working
in Tumring commune, Sandan district, Kampong
Thom province. No arrests were made, and no
investigation into that attack has been carried out.
Three men in immigration detention on so-called
“security certificates”, Mohammad Mahjoub, an
Egyptian citizen and accepted as a refugee in
Canada in 1996, Mahmoud Jaballah, an
Egyptian citizen, and Hassan Almrei, a Syrian
citizen and accepted as a refugee in Canada in
2000. Mohammad Mahjoub was arrested in
Toronto in June 2000 and has been in immigration
Government response
By letter dated 2 March 2007 the Government
replied that the detainees' health is being
monitored closely in accordance with detailed
written directives that conform to Canada's
international legal obligations, as well as with
international standards for the medical care of
detained persons. The detainees are in no
immediate risk. Moreover, both the basis of their
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