rookie Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Today, the NATION reported: "The Royal Thai Army (RTA) will pay Bt505,000 in compensation to two university students who were detained two days beyond what is permitted under martial law. Martial law allows the detention of suspects for up to seven days only. However, Ismalae The and Amizi Manak, students of the Yala Rajabhat University, were arrested on January 27, 2008 and released only on February 4 in the same year...." Typical abysmal reporting as the article _failed_ to indicate the primary reason for the case: According to the initial complaint by the 2 plaintiffs in the Songkhla Administrative Court, the principal grievance was that they were _tortured_ until they confessed to whatever the Army wanted them to confess to. Human Rights Lawyers Association calls to observe first trial at Songkhla Administrative Court on torture case for compensation on 26 October 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 Don't even see it mentioned in the Post, but the Post is always slow on news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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