A human rights group from Narathiwat’s Tak Bai district has offered moral support to a young activist in Songkhla’s Chana district who was charged by Pathumwan police with defying the emergency decree.
Yaena Salaemae, a human rights defender in Tak Bai, led over 50 villagers and young people to give encouragement to Khairiyah Rahmanyah, a community rights and environmental activist, in Ban Suan Kong of tambon Na Thap.
Ms Khairiyah was charged with defying the emergency decree and using an amplifier without permission early last month. She has been issued a summons to visit the police station tomorrow.
In July 2020, at the age of 17, she travelled alone from Songkhla to Government House and staged a sit-in protest against the controversial Chana industrial complex project,…
