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Curbed freedoms: hypocrisy at new heights

Thai diplomacy may have gained a new definition: hypocrisy.

Sihasak Phuangketkeow, president of the UN Human Rights Council, delivers a statement at the 15th session of the HRC in Geneva on Sept 13, 2010.

While Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has prided itself on having its representative as the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Thailand has continued to violate human rights and curb freedom of expression.

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Writer: Pavin Chachavalpongpun
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