Blocking U.N. Expert Vitit seen as Setback by LGBT Thais

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Blocking U.N. Expert Vitit seen as Setback by LGBT Thais

By Kaewta Ketbungkan, Staff Reporter -

 

Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Chulalongkorn University law professor, was appointed in September by the U.N. Human Rights Council to be the first independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Photo: Associated Press

 

BANGKOK — Activists in Thailand worry that a threat to the U.N. appointment of a Thai rights expert as the body’s first independent expert on the protection of LGBT rights would also be a setback to their cause at home.

 

After welcoming the recent news law professor Vitit Muntarbhorn would be named to the newly appointed position, several LGBT activists spoke of their concerns after the position’s legality was challenged Friday by a bloc of African nations who want to see it eliminated.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/identity/2016/11/08/blocking-u-n-expert-vitit-seen-setback-lgbt-thais/

 

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[tukkytuktuk]

Africans persecuted for their sexuality. I'm sure religion is the root cause of this. Send Vitit to Africa to preach about human rights and the right to choose your partner be they the opposite in sex or the same. Africa wake up and embrace the modern world.

[Wilsonandson]

Heal The World
Make It A Better Place
For You And For Me
And The Entire Human Race
There Are People Dying
If You Care Enough
For The Living
Make A Better Place
For You And For Me

[Wilsonandson]

Standing strong with Vitit, the LGBT community salutes you sir. Keep up the good work! Don't let the African dic's get you down.

[SOTIRIOS]

...but racism....and abuse of foreigners....with next to no rights...is okay....???

 

...so the ladyboy thieves score another point...???