<p>Expressing profound concern over reports of enforced disappearances that have continued in a number of countries across South-East Asia, the UN Human Rights Office is urgently calling on States in the region to&nbsp;criminalize this egregious act and to prioritize ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.</p>

<p>The Myanmar government must determine the fate or whereabouts of scores of Rohingya who remain missing nearly four years after the beginning of Myanmar government security forces&rsquo; &ldquo;clearance operations&rdquo; in northern Rakhine State, <a href="https://www.fidh.org/en/region/asia/burma/un-body-petitioned-over-enforced-disappearance-of-rohingya-in-rakhine">FIDH</a> and its member organizations Odhikar and ALTSEAN-Burma urged today (27 August).</p>

<p>Representatives of Amnesty International Thailand and Wanchalearm Satsaksit&#39;s family went to the Cambodian Embassy to seek progress on Wanchalearm&#39;s case.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Hear from friends and colleagues of missing activist-in-exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit about enforced disappearance, his abduction, and Wanchalearm as they have known him.&nbsp;</p>

<p>After more than a decade of deliberation, it is critical that the proposed law criminalising torture and enforced disappearance in Thailand meet international human rights standards to ensure both prevention and justice for these heinous crimes, the UN Human Rights Office for South-East Asia said today (17 July).&nbsp;</p>

<p>The family of missing activist in exile <a href="https://prachatai.com/english/category/wanchalearm-satsaksit">Wanchalearm Satsaksit</a> has filed a complaint with the Cambodian authorities calling for legal proceedings against the group of armed people who abducted Wanchalearm.</p>

<p>Leading MEPs ask for clarifications on the abduction of Thai human rights activist Wanchalearm Satsaksit in Cambodia.</p>

<p>The family of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit has filed a complaint with the Thai Office of the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice&rsquo;s Rights and Liberties Protection Department, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), calling for an investigation into his disappearance, while also preparing to file a complaint with the Cambodian police.</p>

<p>The Thai government&rsquo;s inadequate response to the enforced disappearance of&nbsp;pro-democracy activist Wanchalerm Satsaksit demonstrates its failure to protect human rights defenders and other dissenting voices, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Asia Democracy Network said today.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Human rights activists, legal experts and politicians are demanding laws to protect citizens from enforced disappearance while calling on the Thai and Cambodian governments to show responsibility for the disappearance of Thai dissident Wanchalearm Satsaksit.</p>