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Date: 26 Mar 2014 18:00:01 -0400
Subject: UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS DENOUNCE LAND-GRABBING CASE IN VIET NAM
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UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS DENOUNCE LAND-GRABBING CASE IN VIET NAMNew
York, Mar 26 2014 6:00PMA group of United Nations independent human
rights experts today called on the Vietnamese Government to "intervene
urgently" in a case of forced eviction of the last remaining residents
of Con Dau, a small village located on the outskirts of Da Nang city
in the centre of the country.

"This appears to be a clear case of land grabbing for the benefit of
private entrepreneurs and at the expense of local communities," said
Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing.

According to a news release from the Office of the UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in 2007, the local government
of Da Nang city decided to expropriate the residential and farming
land of Con Dau village, for the purpose of leasing it to a private
eco-resort company called Sunland.

Last year, hundreds of residents, who were opposed to the project,
were forced to move out and some even watched as their homes were
demolished.

OHCHR further said that land use rights are now reportedly being sold
by lots to private individuals and that on 7 March, the local Da Nang
government gave the remaining hundred or so households a deadline of
15 April 2014 to give up their land and move out.

Meanwhile however, the compulsory demolition of homes is continuing,
and it is feared that even before the deadline elapse, all houses will
have been destroyed, OHCHR notes. "Since about one hundred families
are still struggling to keep their homes, we are making this urgent
call to the Central Government of Viet Nam to step in firmly," Ms.
Rolnik pleaded.

Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Farida Shaheed, who
recently visited Viet Nam, explained that the village of Con Dau was
home to a small Catholic community and "was built by the work of many
generations of residents, who shaped their culture through cultivating
rice and church activities."

Noting that the parish cemetery, a national culture heritage site, has
been demolished and moved to a remote area, she added: "Such acts are
seriously disrupting the cultural and religious life of the community,
and should immediately be ceased."

Earlier last week, Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of
religion or belief, and Rita Izsák tasked with minority issues, both
joined an urgent appeal to the Vietnamese Government to put an end to
this ongoing case of forced eviction.

Independent experts or special rapporteurs are appointed by the Human
Rights Council to examine and report back on a country situation or a
specific human rights theme. The positions are honorary and the
experts are not UN staff, nor are they paid for their work.Mar 26 2014
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