Human rights groups are urging Thailand not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok.
FILE - A flag of Vietnam is seen as a soldier watches from a top of a building neighboring Government Guesthouse and a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 24, 2019. Human rights groups urged Thailand on Thursday, June 13, 2024, not to extradite a Vietnamese activist detained in Bangkok, saying that he could be at risk if handed back to Vietnam.
“I am a human rights activist fighting for religious freedom and advocating for people's rights,” said the 32-year-old Bdap, who fled to Thailand in 2018. UNHCR, the U.N. agency for refugees, said that it couldn't comment on individual cases, but that it “actively engages” with Thailand's government to ensure fundamental international obligations are honored, including not forcibly returning refugees to a country where they are likely to be subject to persecution.
"Thai authorities should immediately release this prominent religious freedom advocate and refugee. Returning him to Vietnam would be a violation of Thailand’s obligations under Thai and international law.”
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