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UDD (United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship)Imperial
Plaza,Bangkok, Thailand
June 20,2010Human Rights Council and Treaties Division
Complaints Procedure OHCRHR-UNOG
Submit the complaint of UDD on the violation of Human Rights by
the Government of Thailand.
I am Mr,Jaran Ditapichai, a former national human rights
commissioner ,on behalf of the UnitedFront for Democracy against
Dictatorship(UDD) or the red shirts movement would like tocomplain
that the government of Thailand committed the serious violation of
human rights of thepeople since March 9 ,2010 to the present.It
vilolated the freedom of movement , of assembly ,of
expression ,of media , the rigth to life and physical body.These
violation of human rights occurred during the UDDs demonstration
since March 12
th May
19th, 2010, for demanding the dissolution of the parliament. UDD
rallies the red shirts people
complied to the Constitution 2007 article 63 and the
International Covenants on Civil and PoliticalRights 1966 article
21. UDD adopted a peaceful. The red shirts all over the country
beganflowing on March 12 into Bangkok by various cars.
The government of Thailand by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva
imposed on 9 March the InternalSecurity Act from 1123 March. A
50,000-strong security force was deployed on Bangkok. He setup the
government/military situation room for monitoring the protest,
officially called the Peace-keeping Operations Command, was
established at the 11th Infantry Regiment. Police and
militarycheckpoints set up along all main routes to inspect
protester caravans from entering Bangkok,
especially from coming from UDD strongholds in the North and
North-East, Governmentintimidated the red shirts by declare to
detain any protester with weapons and issued a warningthat bus
companies transporting people to Bangkok with out official
permission could have theirconcessions revoked. These were the
violation of freedom of movement and freedom ofassembly.
While the biggest demonstration with almost 500,000 persons, the
largest rally in Thai historytook place on March 14 on the
Rajadamneun Street. After the talk between the leaders of UDDand
Prime minister and his colleagues televised on March 28-29 failed
and UDD moved partly torally at the Rajaprasong intersection
(commercial center). Prime Minister Abhisit declared a stateof
emergency on April 8 and began to limit the freedom of expression
and freedom of media bysending the troops to barricade the uplink
station for the Thaicom satellite to prevent it from airingPeople
Channel, a popular TV station sympathetic to the UDD.
On 10 April, the government troops began to crackdown the
demonstration at Phan Fah Bridgesite .Twenty-one people were killed
( almost all of them shot by sniper), with more than 800people
injured. Because of in that bloody event there were unindentified
men in black shirt firedat the soldiers that killed and injured the
high commander and soldiers. Consequently thegovernment began to
accuse the red shirts as terrorist.
Tensions continued to grow, as pro-government rallies started to
appear alongside the anti-government ones. In the mid of April the
protesters created an encampment in Rajaprasongintersection,
surrounding themselves by a barricade of tires and bamboo spears.
On 28 April,Thai security forces and anti-government protesters
clashed on the outskirts of Bangkok, with
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troops firing both over and then directly into a crowd of Red
Shirts to keep them from expandingtheir demonstrations. At least 16
protesters were wounded and one soldier was killed.
The talk between the leaders of UDD.and representative of the
government still continued andPriminister Abhisit offered the
earlier new general elections on November 14.UDD accepted
hisnational reconciliation plan.
But since the of May 13 the dissident general Khattiya
Sawasdiphol was shot (died a few dayslater) includingt 3 red shirts
.Then the soldiers were aproaching the demonstration.They used
thesniper guns to shoot the protesters who tried to obstruct their
operation. There were 37 deaths
and more than 200 injured.
On May 19, the military raided the protestors barricaded area
with the heavily fortified protestcamp. Armored tanks rammed into
barriers constructed from sharpened bamboo staves
andkerosene-soaked tires. The soldiers stormed the redshirt
encampment in a bloody crackdown, 9people killed. 5 leaders of UDD
surrendered themselves to prevent the massacre. Instead, theangry
crowd dispersed throughout Bangkok, setting fire to and looting
dozens of buildings,including major malls, banks, and the Thai
stock exchange. The violent protests flared up acrossthe city and
the country.After the crackdown, the government declared cur-few in
22 provinces for 6 days and still keepsthe Emergency decree. Police
arrested 400 red shirt leaders on over the country.The
criminalcourt did not release 8 leaders of UDD who surrendered on
May 19-20 .The government
closed the red shirts medias , freezed the bank accounts of 150
persons. The serious violationof human rights widespread over the
country. Thai political regime is more or less
aristocraticdictatorship not democratic one.
In conclusion, the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva has violated
human rights of red shirts andpeople of Thailand as below
Limit the freedom of the movement of the red shirts coming to
the demonstration in thecapital by building up more than 300
checkpoints, intimidating the red shirts and warningthe bus
companies not to transport them to Bangkok.
Implemention of the Internal Security Act and declaring the
Emergency decree to limit thefreedom of expression and assembly of
the red shirts people.
Deployed almost 50,000 soldiers and polices to control the
demonstration. Closing 1 television, 20 community radios, 5
journals and magazines, and 36 internet
Medias.
Freezing bank accounts of 150 persons
Crackdown the demonstration caused 86 deaths and almost 2,000
injured.
Issue the arrest warrants for leaders of UDD by charging them
the terrorists and arrested400 red shirts leaders and
demonstrators.
Assassination of 3 red shirt guards last june.
I demand Human Rights council to investigate urgently these
violations of human rights inThailand to remedy the victimes and to
stop the national wide of violation of human rights by
thegovernment of Thailand. The more detail and evidences of the
cases I will submit to the
Complaint Division later. Hopefully the Human Rights Council
accepts our complaints.
RespectivelyJaran DitapichaiContact: [email protected]
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Dear Mr. Ditapichai , this is to confirm that the Secretariat of
the Complaint Procedure has
received your complaint dated 23 June 2010. You will informed in
due course whether the
communication could be registered by the Working Group on
Communications.
Yours sincerely, the CP Secretariat
