A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 34 Para 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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