<p><span>(BANGKOK,&nbsp; 16&nbsp; APRIL&nbsp; 2015)&nbsp; -&nbsp; The&nbsp; United Nations Human Rights Office for&nbsp;</span><span>South-East Asia&nbsp; (OHCHR) reiterated concerns about the lack of progress in</span><br /><span>the&nbsp; &nbsp;investigation&nbsp; &nbsp;on&nbsp; &nbsp;the&nbsp; &nbsp;enforced&nbsp; disappearance&nbsp; of&nbsp; Mr.&nbsp; Pholachi&nbsp;</span><span p> </span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b4e55eca-d90b-a289-4b97-7ed5acd251b8">The Appeal Court has dismissed a request to hold an emergency trial to find ‘Billy’, a Karen human rights activist who disappeared in April 2014, citing lack of evidence.</span></p>

<p dir="ltr">The Thai Police pressed charge against civil servants suspected of taking parts in the unlawful detention of the disappeared Karen activist Billy while Billy’s wife pressed the Thai authorities to investigate the allegedly unlawful detention prior to his disappearance.</p>