1/ ARE THAI ACTIVISTS BEING ABDUCTED?
At 4:30PM on June 4, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, an activist in exile, was on the phone w/ his sister. "I can't breathe," he said & the line was abruptly cut.
Security camera footage reportedly shows a black SUV departing his condo around then
2/ A known dissident, Wanchalearm often exercised his right to freedom of expression online. He faces charges of sedition in Thailand & Thai authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 2018. Thai authorities allegedly requested his extradition from Cambodia in the past.
3/ He is among dozens of political activists from Thailand who have sought asylum in neighbouring countries following political unrest in the country in the last decade. Many left after military authorities took power in a coup in May 2014 and issued summons for them.
4/ Nine Thai activists who sought exile in neighbouring countries have gone missing in recent years.
The bodies of two of those activists were found stuffed with concrete in the Mekong River in December 2018.
Wanchalearm's whereabouts remain unknown.
5/ Despite suspicions of official involvement, none of the perpetrators has been identified, and no independent, thorough or effective investigation is known to have taken place.
6/ Neighbouring states – including the Lao and Vietnamese governments – have not exercised due diligence in investigating this pattern of abductions of Thai nationals whose extradition to face charges of lèse majesté had been sought by Thai authorities.
thestar.com.my/news/world/202…
7/ We are concerned of the possibility that neighbouring authorities – including Cambodia - have colluded with Thailand in recent years in the forcible return of wanted individuals who would face human rights violations if returned to their respective countries.
8/ Take action. Sign this appeal by @AmnestyThailand demanding that Cambodian authorities thoroughly and effectively investigate his disappearance and seek to establish his whereabouts.
#savewanchalearm
amnesty.or.th/en/get-involve…
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