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Attached is the 2009 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur (former) on the Right to Adequate Housing, including Forced Evictions & Homelessness, & Gender Dimensions.

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Direct Link to Full 36-Page Report on Land Grabbing & Poverty in Cambodia:

http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/reports/files/134LICADHOREportMythofDevelopment2009Eng.pdf

Cambodia - Razing Dey Krahorm: The Death of a Village

Photo Album - http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/album/view_photo.php?cat=43

A woman wails as workers begin to destroy her house - her possessions

http://www.licadho-cambodia.org/reports.php#r-134

CAMBODIA - LAND GRABBING & POVERTY - THE MYTH OF DEVELOPMENT

In recent years it has become a tragic cliche to say that Cambodia is suffering from an "epidemic" of land-grabbing by the rich and powerful - an epidemic which is resulting in the loss of residence and livelihoods by the poor and vulnerable on a massive scale.

In the 13 provinces in which LICADHO works - roughly half the country - more than a quarter of a million people have been affected by land-grabbing and forced evictions since 2003.

Released in June 2009

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