Thida Win, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
02/05/2007
Amnesty International Tuesday condemned the eviction with excessive force of 117 families from Sihanoukville land and urged authorities to provide the displaced with adequate accommodation.
"The police reportedly used excessive force during the eviction, and several people on both sides were inured," Amnesty International said. "A 77-year-old man is still in hospital. Over 100 homes were destroyed."
Hundred of villagers are now homeless as a result, the group said.
Displacement is a growing problem in Cambodia, with the poor increasingly thrown off land to make room for further development in the growing economy.
"Forced evictions are a grave violation of a range of human rights," Amnesty said, urging authorities to "immediately ensure that those made homeless are provided with emergency relief including shelter, food, water and access to medical assistance."
The group was also worried at reports of excessive force and called for a full inquiry, "with those responsible brought to justice and the findings of the inquiry made public."
"The police reportedly used excessive force during the eviction, and several people on both sides were inured," Amnesty International said. "A 77-year-old man is still in hospital. Over 100 homes were destroyed."
Hundred of villagers are now homeless as a result, the group said.
Displacement is a growing problem in Cambodia, with the poor increasingly thrown off land to make room for further development in the growing economy.
"Forced evictions are a grave violation of a range of human rights," Amnesty said, urging authorities to "immediately ensure that those made homeless are provided with emergency relief including shelter, food, water and access to medical assistance."
The group was also worried at reports of excessive force and called for a full inquiry, "with those responsible brought to justice and the findings of the inquiry made public."
6 comments:
THe problem of landgrabbings is now out of control. Many people have used their power to occupy large size of land without paying a cent to others previous owners. Cambodian Government should use their opportunity to declare that land ownersip is no longer legal. All lands, offshore seasbed, rivers and mountains are all now state properties. All farm lands in each region and areas belongs to the farmers of that areas only.
People who are working in public office, in private commercial sector, shouldn't allowed to own lands. The Government has to review all land conncession agreements. All of those who have awarded with this agreement have breached all their agreements. Therefore, they have to pay compensation to all people who have suffered from their breaches.
In Cambodian Constitution, foreigners cannot owned land in Cambodia. Why, people from China, Hong Kong and taiwan have bought all the land from Phnom Penh toward Sihanouk Ville?
Areak Prey
Iron fist of Hun Sen or I have to be firm of Hun Sen is the continual of land grabbing by his officials conspirating to share the benefits...
Hun Sen's iron fist is good only to protect his power, not to protect the interest of the people...
Oh good, our administration is
doing an excellent job in cracking
down on Ah Khmer-Yuon squatters.
Please take them back to Vietnam
for adequate accomodation.
Love you and thanks a million!
7:46 AM Jos Ah Yuon-Jen rir Ah Yuon-Khmer? You are not Khmer so stop dictate who should go where but you should look for one now. It is more like Ah Jen squatters and Ah Yuon Jen squatters. GO home Ah Jen and Ah Yuon and stop the rapping of Khmer.
Please Khmer out there don't vote in 2008 because voting is a way to lose your freedom and power. Keep it to yourself and way it in the air and say Fuck the Jen fuck the Yuon and motherfucking CPP. No vote no money and if they want to do the job let the fucking government do it them self and let me the motherfuckers harvest their own crops. Think about it and wait for the true Khmer leader. Believe me you vote they get new house, cars while rationalize your food ration.
The real problem of land grabbing to resolve are concerned two groups in CPP (Communist Pro youn Party) : Hun Sen group and Jea sim group.
Those two groups have officials, Oknhas, ... concerned on land grabbing in Cambodia
and CPP is the most corrupted party in Cambodia
Yes 4:35, we all should boycott
the 2008's election and let somdach
Hun Sen continues to lead forever.
It is sooo expensive to have an
election. It is not worth it when
the candidates are not worth shit.
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