Public ‘must fight for human rights victims’

By KASAMAKORN CHANWANPEN
THE SUNDAY NATION

 

Pawinee Chumsri

 

MEMBERS OF the public and civil society should take a greater role in speaking out against torture and forced disappearance victims who are mainly human rights defenders, and calling for laws to protect them, a symposium at the Somchai Neelapaijit Award ceremony heard yesterday.

 

“Human rights defenders also need defence,” said Poonsuk Poonsukcharoen, a lawyer at the Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).

 

“In being vocal about the crime, it enables rights defenders to work more safely in bringing the truth |to society,” Poonsuk said. “It is not just the responsibility of human rights lawyers or the victims, but everyone.”

 

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,The problem with speaking out about this worrying issue in Thailand is that they are more likely to become a "magicians assistant" , as,  based on history and what has happened to other vocal objectors,   they will disappear !!,

Edited March 11, 20179 yr by whatawonderfulday

"What made it so difficult to get justice, she said, was the fact that the wrongdoers and the investigators were often of the same clique. Also, the offenders were military officers who could only be tried in a military court to which civilians could not bring a case."

 

Justice and legal recourse are clearly absent in Thailand.

Public ‘must fight for human rights victims’

 

in groups of fewer than five of course.

 

 

“In being vocal about the crime, it enables rights defenders to work more safely in bringing the truth |to society,” 

 

I'm not sure "society" wants the truth? And the life expectancy of a "rights defender" is shrinking every day.

 

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 20179 yr by mtls2005

Yes, speak out against forced Attitude adjustments. Against unlawful detainment.

"The nail that sticks out gets hammered down." 

Or 

"Standing out goes hand in hand with criticism."

 

And we all know, where this will lead to...

 

Edited March 12, 20179 yr by Lupatria

Speak out and spend the next two years and several hundred thousand baht defending defamation suits in this backward nation.