Junta claims the barracks where people are blindfolded and shackled is needed for national security but lawyers say it is a unsafe expansion of powerThe Thai junta has set up a “black site” at a Bangkok army base to hold people deemed threats to national security in what lawyers and rights groups say is an unprecedented expansion of the military’s control over the criminal justice system.
The authorities say the facility at the 11th army base near Bangkok’s old city is essential for the investigation of major threats to the kingdom.
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Source: theguardian.com