{"id":1914,"date":"2019-07-23T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/thailand-investigate-torture-allegations-in-the-south\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T10:08:55","slug":"thailand-investigate-torture-allegations-in-the-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/news\/2019\/07\/thailand-investigate-torture-allegations-in-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand : Investigate torture allegations in the South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Responding to reports that Abdulloh Esormusor, a suspect in a security-related case, was found unconscious in military custody and was taken to an intensive care unit at the Pattani Provincial Hospital , Piyanut Kotsan, Director of Amnesty International Thailand said:<\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"blockquote is-lined\"><p><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u201cThere must be a prompt, effective and independent investigation into allegations that Mr. Esormusor was subjected torture or ill treatment while in custody. The investigation must be carried out by an independent agency, not by the military authorities themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to news reports, Abdulloh Esormusor was found unconscious and taken to receive treatment in an intensive care unit at the Pattani Provincial Hospital on 21 July 2019. On 20 July, Mr. Esormusor was apprehended by an unknown number of security officers around 4pm and held in custody at the Ingkayutthaboriharn military camp in Pattani\u2019s Nong Chik until 3am the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Esorsumor was reportedly admitted to hospital unconscious and suffering from brain swelling after less than a day of custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amnesty International Thailand also urges authorities to provide more effective safeguards against torture. They should ensure those being held in custody in various facilities, including military camps, have prompt access to legal counsel, family members and independent medical treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities should permit unannounced visit by human rights organizations to all detention facilities. Authorities should also repeal or amend legislation that allows for detention without charge or trial and increases the risk of torture and ill-treatment \u2013 including in unauthorized places of detention \u2013 to prevent torture and ensure compliance with Thailand\u2019s international human rights obligations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0e40\u0e23\u0e35\u0e22\u0e19\u0e23\u0e39\u0e49\u0e40\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e48\u0e21\u0e40\u0e15\u0e34\u0e21\u0e40\u0e01\u0e35\u0e48\u0e22\u0e27\u0e01\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e40\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e15\u0e35\u0e49<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/donate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u0e1a\u0e23\u0e34\u0e08\u0e32\u0e04\u0e2a\u0e19\u0e31\u0e1a\u0e2a\u0e19\u0e38\u0e19\u0e41\u0e2d\u0e21\u0e40\u0e19\u0e2a\u0e15\u0e35\u0e49<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Responding to reports that Abdulloh Esormusor, a suspect in a security-related case, was found unconscious in military custody and was taken to an intensive care unit at the Pattani Provincial Hospital , Piyanut Kotsan, Director of Amnesty International Thailand said: Background According to news reports, Abdulloh Esormusor was found unconscious and taken to receive treatment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_opengraph-image-id":0,"_yoast_wpseo_twitter-title":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-description":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image":"","_yoast_wpseo_twitter-image-id":0,"_hero_title":"","_hero_content":"","_hero_cta_text":"","_hero_cta_link":"","_hero_alignment":"","_hero_background":"","_hero_size":"","_hero_show":"","_hero_type":"","_hero_embed":"","_hero_video_id":0,"_hero_hide_image_caption":true,"_hero_hide_image_copyright":false,"_nav_style":"","_disable_share_icons":false,"_disable_sidebar":false,"_display_author_info":false,"_hide_featured_image":false,"_hide_featured_image_caption":true,"_maximize_post_content":false,"_reduce_content_width":false,"_sidebar_id":0,"_stretch_thumbnail":false,"byline_context":"","byline_entity":"","byline_is_author":false,"disable_related_content":false,"download_id":0,"download_text":"","show_published_date":true,"show_updated_date":true,"term_slider":"","amnesty_index_number":"","recipients":"","recipients_refresh":"","recipients_refreshed":"","amnesty_umbraco_data":"","document_ref":"","amnesty_updated":"","footnotes":""},"category":[1585],"location":[1587],"resourceType":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","location-thailand"],"datePosted":"July 23, 2019","mlpRelationships":{"1":1933,"2":1914},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"resource-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resourceType?post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amnesty.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}