“Skin on the Cable” 

The Illegal Arrest, Arbitrary Detention and Torture of People Who Use Drugs in Cambodia

January 25, 2010

In this 93-page report Human Rights Watch documents detainees being beaten, raped, forced to donate blood, and subjected to painful physical punishments such as “rolling like a barrel” and being chained while standing in the sun.

Human Rights Watch also reported that a large number of detainees told of receiving rotten or insect-ridden food and symptoms of diseases consistent with nutritional deficiencies.

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ISBN: 1-56432-590-3

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Table of Contents

• “Skin on the Cable”
•  Glossary of Slang
• Map of Cambodian Detention Centers
• I. Executive Summary
• II. Recommendations
• III. Methodology
• IV. Background
• V. Findings
• VI. Conclusions
• VII. Acknowledgements
• Annex: Correspondence with the Royal Cambodian Government