Rights Commissioner Tells Court That No Evidence Victims Of Police Killings Were Insurgents

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Rights commissioner tells court that no evidence victims of police killings were insurgents

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information on the post-mortem inquest into the killing of 19 young men by the police in southern Thailand during 2004 (UP-075-2007). At the end of May, a member of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of Thailand told the court investigating the killings that the victims were unarmed and there was no evidence that they were insurgents, as claimed by the police. The inquest will continue on 21 September 2007.

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