NHRC delays report on April-May clashes

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NHRC delays report on April-May clashes

Published: 9/07/2011 at 02:06 AM
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The National Human Rights Commission has delayed the release of a report into human rights violations during the April-May clashes last year after internal discord over its content and findings.

The seven-member NHRC board had planned to release the report yesterday but decided to postpone it after the report came under criticism by a member of the NHRC's subcommittee on civil and political rights, chaired by Niran Pitakwatchara.

Kittisak Prokati, a Thammasat University law professor and member of Dr Niran's panel, has criticised the 80-page report for confusing chronological analysis, lack of evidence and having unconvincing conclusions.

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durieu
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Discussion 11 : 10/07/2011 at 12:06 AM11
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The country needs the truth in order to do not repeat the same mistake in the future as well as for the justice that the victims deserve. To get it, the testimony of the soldiers who shoot on the people is needed. They do not do it if they think they, or their army leaders, could be put in jail. Then, like in Cambodia or Rwanda, Thailand must give them a kind of immunity if they accept to say what they know… After that, this commission will be able to publish an accurate and faire report!
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Discussion 10 : 09/07/2011 at 03:21 PM10
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It doesn't matter who was wrong, they will all get amnesty soon.
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Discussion 9 : 09/07/2011 at 01:31 PM9
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The NHRC has taken a long time to prepare to report the FACTS. BUT now that the Pheu Thai + UDD leaders are now to lead the government. They pulled out since they might be targeted.
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Discussion 8 : 09/07/2011 at 12:13 PM8
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Peterd, please enlighten me; is it far from the ex-government version or is it far from the UDD version, which denies any crime, any involvement any aggression, any men in black , any incitement to violence in front of the cameras,any arson????
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Discussion 7 : 09/07/2011 at 12:01 PM7
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musashi (D: 1) You MAY be right... but, (in addition to) the fact that most Thai (University level) academic research & reporting is NOT at an International Standard. Read closely and you may perceive "sloppy" "incomplete" and overall Not high-quality work by the NHRC.

IMHO Thailand has too many unaccountable committees (the classic Thai penchant for "kammikon") which so often act as a bureaucratic slowing down mechanisms to getting things done. Soon it will be 2012, well into the 21st Century & governments must be able to move quickly on many matters. Not dictatorship, but efficiency.
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Discussion 6 : 09/07/2011 at 10:50 AM6
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I wonder if no delaying tactics are being used because - for sure- this report must contain overwhelming facts about the interventions of the militant faction of UDD during last year's occupation of Bangkok. Those facts are the truth, we all witnessed it! But it has been the hard strategy of UDD to lie and keep lying about it and to shamelessly deny any involvement. It is a shame to deny the truth like this and I think also a newspaper like BP should try and put a stop to these kinds of denials .
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Discussion 5 : 09/07/2011 at 10:23 AM5
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I think people in the NHRC reportings are afraid that they will be targetted with violence or threats from the outcome of the reporting. Therefore the reportings that they are about to present are not conclusive and does not contribute to anything we do not know at the moment.

Anyone with common sense can tell both sides violated human rights and broke the law. The question is if anything will be and can be done about it. Most likely nothing will be done to sentence those who broke the law, as its always "they did that why can't we?"
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Discussion 4 : 09/07/2011 at 09:34 AM4
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It's clear that the truth is disturbing because it's very far from the official version. We can understand that, for electoral and partisan reasons, the truth was difficult to obtain before the last week. But now, if 'reconciliation' is not only a word, everybody must say the truth and take the part of responsibility he have in this sad story.
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Discussion 3 : 09/07/2011 at 07:43 AM3
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I wonder if the NHRC will bias or unbias in their report, and IF the report would be published before the year 2099. This has taken over 1 year and the facts are still not clear ? That is impossible ! What is the real reason ??
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Discussion 2 : 09/07/2011 at 06:54 AM2
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Dis 1. Don't think the report was biased in favour of the outgoing government. If it was I'm sure it would have been more explicit about the role of the blackshirts and also about deaths on the government side. I get the feeling this was just an awful report which was graded as an F. So not released.
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