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THAILAND: Regularization of torture following coup

By
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC)
16 Oct 2014
  On 10 October 2014, the independent online media outlet Prachatai reported on three instances of torture of persons held in military and police custody which have taken place since the 22 May 2014 coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) in Thailand (Read the entire report by Prachatai in English here and in Thai here).

'Men in Black’ suspects tortured to confess: lawyer

14 Oct 2014
  Five suspects, accused of being the ‘Men in Black’, recanted their confessions, and said their confessions were made under duress due to alleged torture and ill-treatment during military detention, according to their lawyer.

Police link Kritsuda to militant ‘men in black’ in 2010 political violence

11 Sep 2014
  Thai police on Thursday said that they had arrested five red shirts suspected of being “men in black” who allegedly attacked the military near the Democracy Monument in April 2010, resulting in 26 civilian and military deaths.

Human Rights Watch: Opposition Supporter 'Disappeared'

11 Sep 2014
Thailand: Opposition Supporter 'Disappeared' End Arbitrary Arrests, Secret Military Detention   9 September 2014   The Thai government should immediately disclose the whereabouts of an opposition supporter arrested by soldiers in Bangkok on September 5, 2014, Human Rights Watch said today.
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