Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted KHM 1/2015 30/04/2015 Cambodia JAL Adequate housing; Cambodia; Indigenous peoples; Alleged forced eviction and land appropriation of Bunong indigenous community in Cambodia. According to the information received, in early December 2014, Binh Phouc Rubber Company 1 bulldozed property and farmland occupied since the 1940s by approximately 211 families in Mondulkiri province. Subsequently, on 31 March 2015, company representatives, supported by approximately 90 armed police officers and a provincial prosecutor, who had reportedly been instructed to arrest any protestors, bulldozed additional land and approximately 170 temporary residential structures where individuals and families reside on seasonal basis when planting crops and cultivating land for several months at a time. The Mondulkiri Provincial Governor threatened local NGO members with arrest if they attempted to enter the area to monitor the situation. Both the evictions and the Company’s lease of the land allegedly contravene the community’s property rights under domestic law. They have submitted complaints to District authorities, the Provincial Governor’s office, the National Assembly and others, and are currently left without additional recourse to protect their land. DOM 1/2015 30/04/2015 Dominican JUA Republic Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Alegaciones de amenazas de muerte contra varios periodistas por cubrir noticias en relación con la situación de ciudadanos de ascendencia haitiana en la República Dominicana. Según la información recibida, los Sres. Juan Bolívar Díaz, Luis Eduardo Lora Iglesias y Roberto Cavada, y la Sra. Amelia Deschamps habrían recibido amenazas de muerte, a través de folletos indicando “muerte a los traidores” y amenazas verbales, incluyendo por parte de un presunto miembro del grupo autodenominado “Movimiento Patriótico Independiente”, quien habría hecho un llamado público a asesinar a los periodistas llamándoles “traidores antidominicanos”. El 3 de febrero de 2015, las autoridades habrían informado sobre el inicio de una investigación. Se reporta que a la fecha los responsables de las amenazas de muerte no habrían sido identificados. Reply A/HRC/30/27 41

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