PUBLISHED: 18 Oct 2024 at 19: 25
More than 30 civil society organizations have formed to require that the Asian government not extradite Y Quynh Bdap, who is currently imprisoned in Thailand.
They jointly expressed their concern for the death of Mr. Bdap, a political activist with UN migrant status, to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra and Foreign Minister Maris Sangiampongsa. He is now incarcerated in Bangkok Remand Prison, where he was detained in July.
The email was signed by 33 agencies including Amnesty International, Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates, International Commission of Jurists, Migrant Working Group and Asian Advocates for Change.
We ask that you abide by Thailand’s international and domestic law requirements and refuse to apprehend Y Quynh Bdap to Vietnam, where he faces serious human rights violations, including rape and protracted arbitrary detention, in the email.
The Criminal Court mandated the abduction of the advocate on September 30. He is attempting to contest the choice.
Pursuant to Section 22 of the Extradition Act BE 2551 ( 2008 ), a court order and approval from the government are needed for extradition.
Therefore, according to the letter, the government may refuse to apprehend Mr. Bdap in court proceedings in addition to his pending charm of the Criminal Court’s decision.
” Prime Minister Paetongtarn should acknowledge that being elected to the UN Human Rights Council carries serious obligations to implement policies and actions that respect human rights,” said Prakaidao Phurksakasemsuk, the Cross Cultural Foundation’s ( CrCF ) deputy executive director.
The prime minister should do the right item and grant his family the right to properly absorb with his home in a third country where he can be protected, according to Ms. Prakaidao.” What happens to Y Quynh Bdap is a test situation of that Thai responsibility.
Mr Bdap is the leader of Montagnards Stand for Justice, an entity that has advocated for Montagnards ‘ right to freedom of religion and belief, animal rights, and aboriginal women’s rights. He emigrated to Thailand in 2018 and applied for and received refugee status from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ). He is now awaiting relocation as a refugee in a second nation.
“UNHCR refugee status means that Thailand must protect, not prosecute, the person who has it”, said Krittaporn Semsantad, program director at the Peace Rights Foundation ( PRF ).
Given Y Quynh Bdap’s refugee status and the non-refoulement principle, Prime Minister Paetongtarn should immediately order the appropriate government agencies to no reinstate him.
According to Phil Robertson, director at Asia Human Rights and Labour Advocates, Mr. Bdap should be given bail on an urgent humanitarian basis because there is n’t enough reason to keep a refugee in detention.