BANGKOK — Over 90 percent of the human rights violations in Thailand were committed by state officials, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) revealed yesterday, adding that it is getting worse. He said that even though state officials commit 90 per cent of human rights violations against citizens, each of the five primary stakeholders have violated the rights of other stakeholders and created conflicts due to a lack of mutual understanding about where rights end and duties begin. “It is clear that most of the rights violations in Thailand occur in the same pattern – officials violating the rights of people. When someone opposes the government and their policies, state officials turn on these people,” Pornpen said. “The not-so-free atmosphere under the NCPO dictatorship, the problem of human rights violation by the state, is worse than ever,” she said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 12, 2018 08:37 UTC