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Thai army murders suspect. Another Cover-up, Thailand
Jul 4 2008, Jason

Thailand is again under the spotlight for the wrong reasons. It has come under the attention of the Human Rights Watch. And this is for a very good reason.

On March 20 and 21 this year in 2008 the army conducted an interrogation on a man named Imam...

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