Thai government blocks launch of report on ‘culture of torture’ – Amnesty

‘Amnesty International says Thai authorities have shut down the public launch of the NGO’s report which details a “culture of torture” at the hands of police and military, in what is seen as the latest move to silence rights groups in the country.
The NGO had flown members of its UK team to Bangkok for the report’s launch on Wednesday. However, a group of “men wearing jackets with tags identifying them as labour officials” arrived at the event, and an hour after it was due to start, it was shut down.
Nadthasiri Bergman, a Thai legal adviser to Amnesty, said the event’s speakers were told they had the wrong visas.’
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