People wrongly prosecuted, detained entitled to compensation
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published : 11 Jul 2021 at 12:16
20 ๋Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin gives a speech marking the 130th anniversary of the ministry s establishment on Chaeng Watthana Road in Laksi district, Bangkok on March 25. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The Justice Ministry is looking for 411 people who were wrongly prosecuted, tried and imprisoned in criminal cases but later found not guilty and released to inform them they are entitled to compensation under the law, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Sunday.
Of the 411 people released from prisons by the Corrections Department, 26 were in Bangkok and 385 in other provinces.
Mr Somsak said he had instructed the Department of Rights and Liberties Protection Department to locate the 411 and inform them of their rights to compensation.
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Thailand markets itself as a liberal destination for LGBTQ people and earns billions of tourist dollars from it, yet the nation still doesn’t recognize same-sex unions. That could change as soon as this year.
After nearly a decade, the country now has three potential paths toward recognizing same-sex partnerships, short of full marriage a same-sex-partnership bill that received the Cabinet’s nod in 2020, a proposed legal amendment that would allow same-sex marriage and a court ruling in April on the constitutionality of denying same-sex couples the right to marry.
These signs point to Thailand possibly becoming the next country in Asia to recognize gay partnerships, a significant move in a region that lags far behind Europe and the Americas in LGBTQ rights.