Torture Bill gets green light


A long-stalled Bill criminalising torture and political disappearances cleared its first hurdle in the Thai parliament as victims’ families struggle for answers in scores of unsolved missing-persons cases.

The United Nations estimates there have been at least 82 cases of enforced disappearance in Thailand since 1980, but experts say the true figure could be higher.

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