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
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