Forty-seven
families are facing eviction from the Borei Keila cummunity in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia. Below is a report by The Hub, in cooperation with
FORUM-ASIA's member LICADHO. The Hub is a participatory media site for
human rights.
Forty-seven
families are facing eviction from the Borei Keila cummunity in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia. Below is a report by The Hub, in cooperation with
FORUM-ASIA's member LICADHO. The Hub is a participatory media site for
human rights.
47 families are facing imminent forced eviction from the Borei Keila
community in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia – and 32 of these families
are affected by HIV/AIDS. The proposed site for resettlement of these
families – Tuol Sambo – sits on a landfill 20 kilometres away and has
no clean water, sanitation, electricity, or health facilities. Despite
protests from the community, local authorities have announced that the
eviction will take place sometime this month.
According to WITNESS partner LICADHO ,
"the families will face serious public health dangers at the relocation
site and, because of the distance from Phnom Penh, will have limited
access to vital medical services they are currently getting." Amnesty
International reports
that at least one person in each family requires access to
anti-retroviral treatment and treatment for AIDS-related illnesses.
LICADHO also warns that the families will "lose prospects for income
generation" if moved to such a site, away from employment in the city.
Today's featured video has just been released by LICADHO and takes
us into the so-called "green shed" of Borei Kila, where these families
have been living for the past two years. Watch more videos about
forced evictions in Cambodia from LICADHO and LICADHO Canada and learn more on the Hub Blog .
