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UN Urges Thai Government to Take Urgent Protective Measures After Death Threats Against Two Anti-EEC Activists
Mary Lawlor, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, posted a message on her official Facebook page expressing serious concern over the situation in Thailand—particularly the threats faced by “human rights defenders in the Eastern region” who have spoken out ...
Human rights defenders at risk in Asia
‘In Asia, we are witnessing more and more human rights defenders being subjected to increasingly severe forms of violations, particularly killings, simply for defending human rights, ’says Sejin Kim, Programme Manager of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), during the launch of ...