UN experts* today expressed deep concern over the extradition of Vietnamese Montagnard human rights defender and UNHCR-recognised refugee Y Quynh Bdăp from Thailand to Viet Nam, warning that his return exposes him to a serious risk of torture or other ill-treatment, enforced disappearance, arbitrary detention and other grave human rights violations.

The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders has raised concerns for a Thai senator and human rights defender after she received death threats over her criticism of the broadcasting of ghost sounds intended to disturb Cambodians along the border.

UN experts have demanded urgent action against large-scale trafficking of persons for forced labour forced criminality in scam compounds in Southeast Asia to protect victims and for countries to step up prevention efforts.

<p>UN human rights* experts urged the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to defer Thailand&rsquo;s bid to get a prized heritage listing for the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex, saying the indigenous Karen are being subjected to rights violations in the park.</p>

<p>The Thai government have always maintained that the measures they have taken against pro-democracy protests follow international procedures. Prachatai has talked to the UN Special Rapporteur to find out what these standards actually are.</p>

<div> <div>UN special rapporteurs have sent a letter to the Thai government, expressing grave concerns over the use of Article 112 or the lèse majesté law.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The letter, sent to the Thai government on 8 December 2014, named 21 suspects or defendants or convicts under the lèse majesté law and Article 14 of the Computer Crime Act.&nbsp;</div> </div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>The 21 are:</div> <ol> <li>Khantawut B,&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/4872">Tanat Thanawatcharanon, aka Tom Dundee,</a></li> <li><a href="http://prachatai.org/english/node/4696">Sira<br /> </a></li></ol>