Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the government to disclose the whereabouts of a prominent rights lawyer who has been missing since his house was raided at the weekend. He has been missing since soldiers went to his house on Saturday, Human Rights Watch said in a statement. "The Thai junta should urgently disclose Prawet's whereabouts and release him if he hasn't been charged with a credible offence," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "Secretly detaining rights lawyers, critics of the monarchy, and other dissidents has created a climate of fear in Thailand that is generating international outrage." Since 1980, 82 cases of enforced or involuntary disappearance in Thailand were reported to the UN working group on enforced or involuntary disappearances.

Source: Bangkok Post May 03, 2017 08:26 UTC