News Forum - Activists rally in Bangkok against eviction of Karenni people from national park

[Thaiger]

Activists demanding justice for evicted Karenni forest-dwellers have rallied in Bangkok, calling on the government to support the ethnic communities ousted from Kaeng Krachan National Park. According to a Nation Thailand report, a procession of vehicles through the capital was led by P-move and the Save Bang Kloy group. The group is named after the village in the central province of Phetchaburi, where the evicted Karenni people live. Protesters say the people have been living in the Kaeng Krachan forest well before it was officially designated a national park in 1981. In 2010, 57 Karenni families were moved out of […]

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[Cabra]

Apparently indigenous people have no standing in any modern culture or country. Sad and disappointing.