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Human Rights Groups Seek Justice for Thai Dissidents

Our Correspondent
Jul 01, 2015
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On May 22, the one-year anniversary of the coup that brought Army general Prayuth Chan-ocha to power in Thailand, handfuls of university students in Bangkok and the northern city of Khon Kaen held peaceful demonstrations advocating community rights and democracy.

That may have been a mistake. The National Council for Peace and Order, as the junta now cal…

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