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A group of political protestors gathered to perform a skit in Siam Square, Bangkok, as part of an awareness campaign to highlight Thailand’s missing activists. The protestors marched toward Siam Square carrying placards and boards with the names and pictures of activists, Porlajee Rakchongcharoen, Surachai Danwattananusorn, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, and Siam Theerawut, some of whom were later found dead. Some of the protestors wore photos of the victims around their necks while others walked with plastic bags over their heads, with eye holes cut out, as they trudged down Siam Square. Police in uniform were seen watching the proceedings while some […]

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Police in uniform were seen watching the proceedings while some demonstrators noticed plainclothes police taking photographs of the march.

Mint, a Thai traditional dancer-turned-activist who participated in the march, said that the performance signified that anyone could become a victim of enforced disappearance. She made it known that a human rights lawyer, Somchai Neelapaijit, was abducted in the middle of Bangkok, and added that the fates of most people who disappeared remain unknown.

Yes, but they cannot point a finger or accuse who they think ordered or orchestrated the abductions and murders becasue that would get them in serious trouble. Taking pitcures of the march, more like taking picutures of every face in the crowd.

 

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