"They Treat Us Like Animals"

Mistreatment of Drug Users and "Undesirables" in Cambodia’s Drug Detention Centers

DECEMBER 9, 2013 The 55-page report documents the experiences of people recently confined in the centers, who described being thrashed with rubber water hoses and hit with sticks or branches. Some described being punished with exercises intended to cause intense physical pain and humiliation, such as crawling along stony ground or standing in septic water pits. Former female detainees described rape and other sexual abuse by male guards. Many detainees said they were forced to work unpaid in the centers – and in some cases, on construction sites – and those who refused were beaten.

(2013-12-09/HRW)