Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply TUR 2/2014 27/02/2014 Turkey AL Adequate housing; 07/04/2014 Alleged threat to the right to adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living of around 110 families still residing in temporary accommodation, as a result of the 2011 earthquake in Van. According to the information received, there are plans to evict these families from their temporary accommodation in container cities, without providing them with adequate housing alternatives. Reportedly, force and coercion were used, and water and electricity supplies to the containers were cut off to pressure families into leaving the area. In response, in September 2013, around 110 families reportedly started taking turns in a hunger strike to protest against the Government’s eviction plans and expressing their concerns that a permanent and suitable housing alternative had not been offered to them. Allegedly, the current inhabitants of the container cities, who continue to endure very difficult living conditions, are the most vulnerable of all the people affected by the earthquake. KHM 2/2014 28/02/2014 Cambodia JUA Arbitrary detention; Cambodia; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Human rights defenders; Summary executions; Torture; Allegation of excessive and indiscriminate use of force against protestors, resulting in killings and injuries, and arrest and detention (including incommunicado) of 23 individuals. According to the information received, on 2 and 3 January 2014, a protest by workers from the garment industry demanding fairer minimum conditions of employment was met with excessive and indiscriminate use of force by the security agents. A significant number of the protesters were severely beaten and at least four individuals were confirmed dead. 23 persons were detained and subsequently charged for inciting violence and destroying property. The 23 detainees were kept in incommunicado detention until 8 January 2014, and to date, only two were released on bail. An investigation committee is reported to have been established, though concerns were expressed regarding the independence and legitimacy of the investigation. An earlier communication was sent on the same subject on 1 October 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. KHM 1/2013. A/HRC/26/21 67