Below we publish extracts of a letter written from prison by Somyot Pruksakasemsuk. The full text can be read here. And APC will broadcast an interview this Saturday (9:00, 03.09.2011 Melbourne, live internet broadcast 23:00, 02.09.2011 UTC, podcast here) with Ji Ungpakorn, exiled political/labour activist, on the current political situation in Thailand.
20 August 2011
To whom it may concern,
I have been detained at the Bangkok Remand Prison since April 30, 2011 for violating Section 112 of the Penal Code.
Three labour activists were accused on violating lèse majesté law. Mr. Giles Ungpakorn and his wife were forced to live in exile in the UK; Junya Yimprasert, director of Thai Labour Campaign is unable to return to Thailand; Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, former director of Centre for Labour Information Service and Training, is currently being detained without bail under lèse majesté.
I have been informed by visitors that human rights activists and unionists worldwide have demanded the Royal Thai Government release all political prisoners. Your movement means much to Thai people. It reflects how international community strives to achieve the common goal of forging a peaceful society in which everyone is genuinely entitled to the right to equality, freedom and democracy.
I fervently believe in the collective power and solidarity of all labour unions and justice concerned people. Your struggle to demand the release of all political prisoners in Thailand is an initial step toward democratization.
In solidarity,
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk
Bangkok Remand Prison
33 Ngamwongwan Rd., Lay Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Email : b_remand@hotmail.com
Below we publish extracts of a letter written from prison by Somyot Pruksakasemsuk. The full text can be read here. And APC will broadcast an interview this Saturday (9:00, 03.09.2011 Melbourne, live internet broadcast 23:00, 02.09.2011 UTC, podcast here) with Ji Ungpakorn, exiled political/labour activist, on the current political situation in Thailand.
20 August 2011
To whom it may concern,
I have been detained at the Bangkok Remand Prison since April 30, 2011 for violating Section 112 of the Penal Code.
Three labour activists were accused on violating lèse majesté law. Mr. Giles Ungpakorn and his wife were forced to live in exile in the UK; Junya Yimprasert, director of Thai Labour Campaign is unable to return to Thailand; Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, former director of Centre for Labour Information Service and Training, is currently being detained without bail under lèse majesté.
I have been informed by visitors that human rights activists and unionists worldwide have demanded the Royal Thai Government release all political prisoners. Your movement means much to Thai people. It reflects how international community strives to achieve the common goal of forging a peaceful society in which everyone is genuinely entitled to the right to equality, freedom and democracy.
I fervently believe in the collective power and solidarity of all labour unions and justice concerned people. Your struggle to demand the release of all political prisoners in Thailand is an initial step toward democratization.
In solidarity,
Somyot Pruksakasemsuk
Bangkok Remand Prison
33 Ngamwongwan Rd., Lay Yao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Email : b_remand@hotmail.com
