Human Rights Urges government to review drug detentions
According to the report alleging that the Cambodia’s government rehab centers forcibly detain suspected drug addicts who are often forced to work at hard manual labor or exercise as a means of treatment, Rights group has urged the United Nations to reconsider its support of government drug rehabilitation centers.
Joe Amon, Health and Human Rights director at Human rights Watch said in a statement that “UN officials agree that these centers are illegal and absusive,” adding that “now Unicef and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime need to make clear to the Cambodian government that the centers should be shut down,” VOA Khmer reported.
Khieu Samon, deputy director of the Ministry of Interior’s traffic and crime department, said Monday the report by Human Rights Watch was “not true,” continued VOA.
“The drug center is not a place to detain or commit abuse to drug users,” he said. “Normally, we receive the request from drug users and the parents of drug users to cure the child in the center.”
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