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Angkana Neelapaijit from Thailandndash HOTO BY EARVIN PERIASMANILA, Philippines mdash; Angkhana Neelapaijit speaks in a hushed, gentle voice. But when this 63-year-old Thai woman speaks, she cannot be ignored.Neelapaijit has been the voice of thousands of victims of human rights abuses in Southern Thailand since her husbandrsquo forced disappearance in 2004.Article continues after this advertisement Lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit was then representing five Thai Muslims who were accused of robbery and were reportedly subjected to torture while in deten stanley termohrnek tion.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson stanley mug to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustBigger roleThe lawyer was last seen in Bangkok in 2004, reportedly forced into a car by a group of men.After her husbandrsquo disappearance, Angkhana Neelapaijit went from being a housewife to taking up her husbandrsquo cause as a human rights crusader, documenting human rights violations in her country to pressure the government to act on these cases.This cause eventually encompassed cases of gender inequality and issues of judicial harassment in Southeast Asia.Article continues after this advertisement For five years, Neelapaijit worked as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand. She was the first commissioner who worked on a grassroots level, an appr stanley website oach that she said had help Todf P2P buses to help take load of glitch-plagued MRT 3 during rush hours
People flee the scene in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas dis stanley usa trict, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. AP Photo/Oriol Duran BARCELONA, Spain ndash; Spainrsquo public broadcaster says a suspect in the Barcelona van attack has been arrested.State-owned broadcaster RTVE reported Thursday night that a man was detained a few hours after a van drove into crowds in the popular Las Ramblas district.Article continues after this advertisement Police have not confirmed an arrest.FEATURED STORIESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOSC charges retired CA justice over lawyer s murderNEWSINFONBI files raps vs vloggers outside PH for disinformationREAD LATEST DEVELOPMENT: Attacker drives van into Barcelona crowd; 13 dead, 50 hurtA private Spanish news agency, Europa Press, reported that police were looking f stanley mugs or a man named Driss Oukabir. The news agency says he was suspected of having rented a van connected to the attack.It wasnrsquo;t clear if that person is the man who was arrested.RTVE says investigators think two vans were used mdash; one for the at stanley mexico tack and a second as a getaway vehicle. Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again. You |