Något vi tycks vara överens om här på forumet är att HRW och Amnesty har en opartisk ställning i den Thailändska politiska turbulensen. Det hänvisas inte sällan till att "kolla HRW och Amnesty" i debatten.
Så; jag gjorde det; kollade HRW uppdatering om Thailand. Intressant läsning!
Jag har gjort några utdrag. Hela texten finns att läsa på HRA hemsida; http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/03/30/Thailand-don-t-block-accountability-political-violence
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At least 90 people died and more than 2,000 were wounded during the 2010 political confrontations between the previous government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters, known as “Red Shirts,” backed by former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Arson attacks in and outside Bangkok also caused billions of dollars in damage.
“The victims of the violence in 2010 deserve justice and accountability, not another round of political whitewash,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “A parliamentary proposal now under debate would let people with influence get away with grievous crimes at the expense of the victims.”
Human Rights Watch’s 2010 report “Descent Into Chaos” documented deaths and injuries resulting from excessive and unnecessary use of lethal force by the security forces and attacks by “Black Shirts,” the armed elements within the UDD. Since the new government took office in August 2011, the focus of criminal investigations has been entirely on the cases in which soldiers were implicated.
To date, the police have found evidence that soldiers were responsible for 18 deaths of civilians, including Red Shirts protesters, medical volunteers, and news reporters. At the same time, despite clear evidence to the contrary, the government claims that there were no armed elements within the UDD.
Läs gärna på http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/04/10/Thailand-two-years-no-justice-political-violence
