On the fourth anniversary of lawyer Somchai Neelaphaijit’s disappearance, Human Rights Watch has put out a strongly worded press release about his case. Unfortunately, it is just one of many such cases. More details on recent disappearances in Thailand are available in Human Rights Watch’s 2007 report - “It Was Like Suddenly My Son No Longer [...]
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