Thailand, Investigate Murder of Environmentalist!
Care2 Petition
Target: Thailand Government
Sponsored by: Brittany E.G.
Since 2001, 30 environmentalists and human rights activists have been killed in Thailand. Someone has been charged in fewer than 20% of the murders.
The most recent case is the murder of Prajob Nao-opas, an environmentalist who led a campaign to reveal the toxic waste being dumped in the Chachoengsao province. The toxins have gotten into water sources, coming from industries on the eastern seaboard of Thailand, and contain substances at a level that is 30 times the safe limit.
Prajob was warned by the police that there may be an attempted assassination of him, and he repeatedly reported being followed and photographed, but no protection was given to him. Similarly, inadequate witness protection has contributed to bad police work that has made it difficult to get justice for these victims.
Please tell the Thailand government to properly investigate the murder of Prajob Nao-opas and to change its practices so that this doesn’t happen again!
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