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Date: April 30, 2024 Tue
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Results for drug treatment (cambodia)
1 results foundAuthor: Human Rights Watch Title: "They Treat Us Like Animals" : Mistreatment of Drug Users and "Undesirables" in Cambodia's Drug Detention Centers Summary: The Cambodian government claims its eight "drug treatment" centers provide treatment and rehabilitation for people dependent on drugs. In reality, they provide neither. At any one time, these facilities collectively hold around 1,000 men, women, and children: some are dependent upon drugs, others are homeless people, beggars, street children, sex workers, or have actual or perceived disabilities. They do not see a lawyer or a judge before or during detention, receive no formal sentence, and have no way to appeal the decision to detain them. Many are confined as part of "sweep the streets" operations ahead of high-profile international meetings, or visits by foreign dignitaries. "They Treat Us Like Animals," a follow-up to a 2010 Human Rights Watch report on the same issue, is based on interviews with 33 recent detainees of Cambodia's drug treatment centers. It finds that arbitrary detention, forced labor, and physical and sexual abuse continue with impunity. Detainees are punched and kicked by center staff, whipped with rubber water hoses, hit with sticks or branches, shocked with electric batons, and punished with physical exercises intended to cause intense physical pain and humiliation, such as having to crawl along stony ground. Former female detainees described sexual abuse by male guards. Many detainees are forced to work, such as growing vegetables or as part of work gangs on construction sites. Those who refuse are beaten. Despite the international outcry over these centers, Cambodian authorities have not released all detainees, investigated alleged torture and other abuses, or held any perpetrators accountable. Human Rights Watch calls on Cambodia's government to permanently close its drug detention centers. Authorities should also investigate credible reports of torture and other ill-treatment, and appropriately discipline or prosecute those responsible, in accordance with Cambodian and international law. Details: New York: HRW, 2014. 65p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 4, 2014 at: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/cambodia1213_ForUpload_1.pdf Year: 2014 Country: Cambodia URL: http://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/reports/cambodia1213_ForUpload_1.pdf Shelf Number: 133964 Keywords: Detention CentersDrug Abuse and AddictionDrug Treatment (Cambodia)Human Rights Abuses |