Wife of disappeared Thai activist jailed
AFP reported on 28 July that the wife of a Thai land activist who disappeared in mysterious circumstances has been jailed for trespassing, her lawyer said Friday. Supap Kamlae has campaigned for a full probe into the suspected enforced disappearance of her husband Den, who disappeared in April 2016. Den, then 65, led a decades-long battle to secure land deeds for his community in northeastern Chaiyaphum province. On Thursday the Supreme Court upheld sentences against the couple for encroaching on forest land, ending a long-running case that began before Den’s disappearance. The UN has recorded at least 82 open cases of enforced disappearance in Thailand dating back to the 1980s. http://bit.ly/2uaMTPM
Pakistan activists highlight enforced disappearances
The News, from Pakistan, reported on 29 July that prominent human rights and civil society activists urged the Sindh government on Friday to withdraw policing powers from the paramilitary…