A/HRC/7/3/Add.1
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Para
27.
Country
Cambodia
Date
07/06/07
Type
JAL
Mandate
HOUS;
FOOD;
TOR
Allegations transmitted
sexuelles perpétrées par les prisonniers adultes.
Forced evictions and home demolitions in the
coastal town of Sihanoukville that took place on
20 April 2007. Police forcibly evicted 117 families
from the community of Mittapheap 4, in the
coastal town of Sihanoukville, following a
protracted land dispute which came into the open
in 2006 when a complaint was filed with the
Mittapheap 4 commune chief, claiming the
villagers were “illegal squatters”. Reports also
indicate that on the day of the eviction, the
community was surrounded by armed security
forces. Violent clashes between the police and
members of the community followed with the
police firing live ammunition in the air and into the
ground, beating people with electric batons and
dispersing them using a water cannon, while
some villagers defended themselves with
machetes, bottles and barbed wire. This resulted
in the injury of several people on both sides,
including that of a 77-year-old man who is still in
hospital. It is reported that 13 of the villagers were
subsequently arrested by police, beaten during
interrogation, and then taken to Sihanoukville
Prison. The detainees have been charged under
the UNTAC (United Nations Transitional Authority
in Cambodia) law, which is still in force, with
"battery with injury" (Article 41) and "wrongful
damage to property" (Article 52). On 2 May 2007,
one of the detainees, a 16-year-old fisherman,
was released on bail, while the 12 others were
denied bail. Over 100 homes were destroyed
during the evictions that took place on 20 April,
Government response
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