Thailand: WHRD arrested after house raided
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Oct 25, 2018
- Event Description
On 25 October, Ms. Koreeyoh Jehlong, a Malay Muslim villager from Ragne District, Narathiwat Province and a social activist affiliated with Perwani, a local civil society organization working on women and children related issue, were arrested after a raid at her house in a joint operation by police from Tan Yongmas Provincial Police Station and local military officials under the Martial Law. According to the information received, Ms. Koreeyoh was accused of possessing a suspect's mobile phone number which could be linked to many violent incidents in Ra-nge District this year. The officials searched her house for an hour; confiscated her mobile phone and brought her to Tan Yongmas Provincial Police Station to file her arrest report. On the same day, Ms. Koreeyoh was brought to the Ingkhayuththaborihan Military Camp in Pattani and remains in custody till date under the 2005 Emergency Decree without clear allegations and without access to a lawyer. The Regional Office raised concern of arbitrary detention against the woman with the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand and will be following-up closely with the family, lawyer, and NHRCT on this case. The Regional Office had been urging the Internal Security Operation Command Region 4th to ensure that the basic rights - including information to family, visit by the families, and access to a lawyer- are guaranteed during detention of persons in military facilities.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Woman
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Raid
- Rights Concerned
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to privacy
- HRD
- WHRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Summary for Publications
On 25 October 2018, Ms. Koreeyoh Jehlong, a Malay Muslim villager from Ragne District, Narathiwat Province and a social activist affiliated with Perwani, a local civil society organization working on women and children related issue, were arrested after a raid at her house in a joint operation by police from Tan Yongmas Provincial Police Station and local military officials under the Martial Law