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Stop Torture and Protect Victims on the Occasion of International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Mr.Makta Harong and others were arrested and allegedly tortured after a raid on an army camp on the 4th January 2004. The prosecutor subsequently decided not to pursue the case. Mr. Eakkawat Seemanta was severely tortured by a police officer at a police station in Phra Nakhonsriayuttaya Province on the 2-3 November 2004. Mr. Kietisak [...]

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Torture still a dirty secret in Thailand

AWZAR THI
Column: Rule of Lords, UPI Asia Online

A little over a week ago, the Bangkok Post reported that a special inquiry unit under Thailand’s Justice Ministry had asked the public prosecutor to lodge charges against six police officers for allegedly torturing a man in their custody.
The police in Ayutthaya, near Bangkok, hooded Ekkawat Srimanta and [...]

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