<p>Human rights activists, legal experts and politicians are demanding laws to protect citizens from enforced disappearance while calling on the Thai and Cambodian governments to show responsibility for the disappearance of Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit.</p>

<p>Six people who participated in the demonstration in front of the Cambodian Embassy last Monday (8 June) to call for the authorities to address the disappearance of activist in exile <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8561">Wanchalearm Satsaksit</a> have been summoned by the police on Emergency Decree charges, said <a href="https://www.tlhr2014.com/?p=18477&amp;fbclid=IwAR1y3R-g4OcSqZjiET8QYgqmSsp1fvTljo5XtvhuqVSDzoew_ixam0y-zQM">Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR)</a>.</p>

<p>Police have pressed charges against three students for violation of the Cleanliness Act and failing to carry their national identification cards after they attempted to tie white ribbons at various locations around Bangkok to protest against the abduction in Cambodia of Thai activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit.</p>

<p>Following the recent abduction of Thai political activist Wanchalerm Satsakit in Phnom Penh, regional MPs are today calling on the Cambodian and Thai authorities to investigate the case and ensure his safety as a matter of urgency.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The disappearance of Thai activist in exile <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/node/8561">Wanchalearm Satsaksit</a> has sparked a wave of NGOs, activists, and members of the public both online and offline who are calling for justice. Netizens are using the #savewanchalearm (#saveวันเฉลิม) to show their support, while at least three demonstrations have been staged in his name since Friday.</p>

<p>In addition to pressure from Thai civil society, the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Socialist Party of Malaysia have called on the Thai and Cambodian authorities to immediately address and investigate the abduction of Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Phnom Penh.</p>

<p>Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a Thai political activist in exile in Phnom Penh was allegedly kidnapped from in front of his condominium in the evening of 4 June.</p>

<p>8 May marks 1 year since Siam Theerawut went missing after being extradited from Vietnam along with other 2 self-exiled activists. His family&rsquo;s attempts to discover his whereabouts have yielded no progress.</p>

<p>On the 6th anniversary of the disappearance of Karen community rights activist Porlajee &quot;Billy&quot;&nbsp;Rakchongcharoen, Amnesty International calls on the authorities to ensure that Billy&#39;s family learn the truth about what happened to him and that those responsible are brought to justice.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On 20 December 2019, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) submitted <a href="https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Thailand-Torture-ED-Bill-Recommendations-2019-ENG.pdf">recommendations</a> to the Ministry of Justice on the Draft Prevention and Suppression of Torture and Enforced Disappearances Act, scheduled for public consultation between 4 and 31 December 2019.</p>

<p>On the seventh anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, 88 organizations urge the Lao and Thai governments to investigate enforced disappearances, and demand Vientiane finally reveal Sombath&rsquo;s whereabouts and ensure justice for him and his family.</p>