Human rights advocate Angkhana Neelapaijit wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

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Human rights advocate Angkhana Neelapaijit wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

 

 

Thailand’s former National Human Rights commissioner, Mrs. Angkhana Neelapaijit, is to receive the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award for championing the cause of human rights.

 

She was recognized by the board of trustees for her unwavering courage in seeking justice for her husband and many other victims of violence and conflict in southern Thailand, as well as her systematic and determined work to reform a flawed and unfair legal system.

 

With the help of non-governmental organizations and her family, in 2006 Mrs. Angkhana founded the Justice for Peace Foundation, a network of human rights and peace advocates which has undertaken important work in documenting the human rights situation in southern Thailand, so raising public awareness and applying pressure on government to act, providing legal assistance to victims and training women on human rights and the peace process.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/human-rights-advocate-angkhana-neelapaijit-wins-2019-ramon-magsaysay-award/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2019-08-03

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[unamazedloso]

Great, but got a long way to go to clean this dump up! Don't want to be the party pooper but....

[Peasandmash]

she's seeking justice instead she receives the prestigious 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Nice....