HUMAN RIGHTS
Lese majeste suspect on award shortlist
- Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: News
A grassroots group and four individuals, including a detained lese majeste suspect, have been nominated for the inaugural Somchai Neelapaijit Award for defenders of human rights.
The Somchai Neelapaijit Memorial Fund, established in the name of a missing solicitor, will announce the winner of the award tomorrow.
The four nominated individuals are former labour union leader Jitra Kotchadet, human rights lawyer Rasada Manurasada, former labour activist and lese majeste suspect Somyot Prueksakasemsuk and migrant worker advocate Adisorn Kerdmongkol.
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