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UN watchdog urges govt to free Somyos

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on the Thai government to release lese majeste defendant Somyos Prueksakasemsuk.

The group's said on Tuesday that the imprisonment of Mr Somyos without bail goes against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Thailand has signed.

The request will be sent to the Thai government.

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  • nitnoi

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    Discussion 1 : 19 Oct 2012 at 02.331

    If it were 500 years ago he could have lost his tongue or/and his head, in this 21 century he lost his freedom. Lucky to be Thai in any centuries.

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