Red shirts treated unfairly, says rights group
- Published: 26/02/2012 at 03:57 PM
- Newspaper section: News
Thai courts have systematically denied bail in lese majeste cases involving red shirt supporters behind the 2009-10 protests, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday.
The New York-based group said bail was denied in 12 cases involving members of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD), while bail was granted for a leader of the rival yellow shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) in July 2010.
The UDD protested against the government of former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in Bangkok in 2009 and 2010, resulting in street battles that left scores dead and buildings ablaze.
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