The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation is violating the basic human rights of Karen ethnic minorities living in Phetchaburi’s Kaeng Krachan district, saying the villagers have the right to stay in Bang Kloy under the 2017 constitution.
A source close to the matter said yesterday that NHRC chairwoman, Pornprapai Ganjanarintr, had sent Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha a series of guidelines to protect the rights of Karen residents in Bang Kloy Bon, who have been fighting to stay in their village — which is located inside Kaeng Krachan National Park — amid repeated efforts from the DNP to kick them out.
According to the source, indigenous people have the right to maintain their way of living under the 2017 constitution.
As such, the source went on, the DNP cannot invoke the National Park…
