Prominent Muslim human rights lawyer Somchai disappeared 15 years ago when he was bundled into a car off the streets of Bangkok.
Angkhana Neelapaijit of Thailand’s National Human Rights Commission speaks at a forum at the Netherlands embassy in Bangkok about her missing husband Somchai Neelapaijit who disappeared exactly 15 years ago.
Rights groups say 30 human rights activists have disappeared or been murdered in Thailand since 2001. Well-known for representing clients accused of insurgency-related violence in Thailand’s deep south, Somchai’s abduction came while he was defending suspected Islamic militants who had accused authorities of torturing them while in custody.
“Bringing perpetrators to justice … cannot be ignored, no matter the level of the government official,” Angkhana said during a memorial event at the Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok.The event Tuesday was attended by family members of other disappeared activists around the region, including Shui-Meng Ng, whose husband environmental campaigner Sombath Somphone went missing in 2012 in Laos.
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