Joint letter on prison conditions and COVID-19
19/07/2021
Bangkok, Thailand
Dear Mr. Somsak,
We, the undersigned national and international human rights organizations, reiterate our calls for the Ministry of Justice to take urgent measures to address ongoing overcrowding and the COVID-19 crisis in prisons across the country.
In mid-April of 2020, during the early stages of the pandemic, we sent a joint letter to the Department of Corrections in which we expressed our gravest concern over the potentially disastrous impact of the pandemic on the prison population and prison staff in Thailand. One year later, COVID-19 cases surged in the Thailand’s prison system amid a new wave of virus transmissions that hit many parts of the country beginning in April 2021.
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Commission on Human Rights (MANILA BULLETIN)
CHR Spokesperson Jacqueline de Guia on Monday night, February 22, said:
“We are concerned with this another death of an infant as this raises questions about the government’s fulfilment of the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-Custodial Measures for Women Offenders or the ‘Bangkok Rules.’”
Last year, various groups criticized the government on the treatment of detained activist Reina Mae Nasino whose newborn baby daughter River died after being separated from her.
“Ultimately, decisions pertaining to the lives of our vulnerable children should keep their best interests in mind,” De Guia, a lawyer, said.