Thailand: land rights activist detained, released
Event- Country
- Thailand
- Initial Date
- Jul 17, 2014
- Final Date
- Jul 17, 2014
- Event Description
Prom Jarana, a land rights activist and member of the Assembly of the Poor, who was detained by the military on Thursday mornng has been released, according to the Assembly of the Poor. The Assembly reported on its Facebook page at 10.30pm that the 65-year-old activist safely arrived his house around 8pm of Thursday. About five military officers at 10.30 am on Thursday detained him at his home in the Buriram Province, after a week of tension between the military and villagers over a land issue, according to the Assembly of the Poor. The military did not inform him why he was arrested or where he would be detained. According to the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), Prom on Tuesday joined a delegation of the Assembly of the Poor to Bangkok. The delegation gathered at Thai Army headquarters to demand that the ruling junta, the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), put an end to the ongoing forced evictions of villagers by army soldiers from six villages of Non Din Daeng District in Buriram. Also on Wednesday, Prom visited Kao Baat, one of the villages affected by the forced evictions in Buriram.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Intimidation and Threats
- Reprisal as Result of Communication
- Rights Concerned
- Right to property
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Not active
- Event Location
Latitude: 14.386538
Longitude: 102.644587
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 17 July 2014 Prom Jarana, a land rights activist and an active member of the Assembly of the Poor, was detained at his house in Buriram at around 10:30 a.m. and released around 8 p.m. Prom has been an active advocate of the land rights of a community in Buriram Province which is currently in a dispute with military authorities. On 15 July, Prom participated in a march to army headquarters demanding a halt to the forced evictions of villagers by the military, and on 16 July he had visited one of the affected villages. It is unclear whether he will face any charges.