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Justice del ayed, often denied
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 08/11/2021
» The impact of Covid-19 on the functioning of Thai courts has created case backlogs and raised concerns over the human rights of the accused during trials via video conferencing, legal experts shared at a panel discussion hosted by the European Union.
Murder in the countryside
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 29/06/2021
» The Royal Thai Police took a good solid year to build an airtight criminal case against Chaiphol "Lung Phol" Wipha, the prime suspect in the death of toddler Orawan "Nong Champoo" Wongsricha, who was found dead and violated on a mountain not far from her home in Mukdahan province last year.
When the innocent fall victim
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/10/2020
» Two years ago, anti-death penalty advocates were surprised by Thailand's first execution in nine years when 26-year-old Teerasak Longji was executed at Bangkok's Bang Kwang Central Prison by lethal injection for aggravated murder.
A better way
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 18/11/2019
» Ben* led five of his school friends to gang-rape a four-year-old kindergartener, eventually slashing her throat when she began to cry. Ben is 14.
Listen to her
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/06/2019
» Twenty-four-year-old Bee* has been living with a verbally abusive husband for years. One day, out of desperation, she tells him she will go to the police. He threatens to kill her if she ever leaves him. He brings home a gun to show that he means business.
Going from strength to strength
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 19/02/2018
» Nvader, a non-government organisation dedicated to combating sex trafficking, has since 2014 been working closely with Thai law enforcement to bring criminals to justice and support survivors.
Grim realities
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 12/09/2017
» Hajee Ismail has hardly slept since receiving news late last month from his family in Buthidaung township that the Myanmar military had begun a brutal crackdown of Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. Ismail's community where he once played as a young boy had been burnt down.
Protecting Children
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 22/04/2014
» Making it mandatory to register convicted paedophiles, that’s a start. Then implementing laws to restrain them from being alone in the company of children and a more determined resolution by parents and society to keep a watchful eye over kids too young to decipher sexual advances made on them — these measures can all work together in keeping paedophiles at an arms length from their intended victims, says a veteran psychiatrist.