Silencing the Media over Rohingya Abuses An evening panel with the 2 Phuketwan journalists facing Jail.

 

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Silencing the Media over Rohingya Abuses
An evening panel with the 2 Phuketwan journalists facing Jail.

19:00, Wednesday 5th March, 2014

Non-members 350 Baht, Members Free

 

On Wednesday 5th March, 1900 hrs, please come to the Foreign Correspondent¹s Club of Thailand to hear Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison speaking about their ground-breaking work in exposing the systematic abuse of Rohingya refugees in Thailand.

Alan and Chutima are both being prosecuted under the Computer Crimes Act by the Royal Thai Navy, for an article they ran on their online newspaper Phuketwan last year, documenting the sale of Rohingyas intercepted in Thai waters into bonded labour. The investigative article was actually researched and written by Reuters and published in other Thai papers.

Alan and Chutima have played a central role over the past 6 years in exposing the exploitation and abuse of Rohingyas detained along Thailand¹s Andaman coast, in the finest tradition of investigative reporting

If convicted they could face up to seven years in prison.

These are two inspiring and courageous journalists, running their own newspaper, without the backing of a big media organisation. They are really worth listening to while they still have the freedom to speak.

 

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Foreign Correspondents' Club of Thailand

Penthouse, Maneeya Center Building

518/5 Ploenchit Road (connected to the BTS Skytrain Chitlom station)

Patumwan, Bangkok 10330