UPDATED: Five Falun Gong Still Detained in Thailand; Legality of Arrests in Doubt

UPDATED: Five Falun Gong Still Detained in Thailand; Legality of Arrests in Doubt
BANGKOK: Falun Gong peacefully protests across from the Chinese Embassy in Bangkok on December 31, 2005. The protest condemned the ongoing detention of five Falun Gong adherents for past two weeks at the Bangkok Immigration Detention Center, following their arrest by Thai police at the apparent behest of Embassy officials. The Epoch Times
Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
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BANGKOK – Five Falun Gong refugees to Thailand remain detained at the Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in Bangkok, over two weeks after being arrested across from the Chinese Embassy for peacefully protesting the state persecution of Falun Gong adherents in China. Their arrests contravene basic human rights and the Thai constitution, and were conducted at the behest of the Chinese Embassy, say supporters of the detainees.

Jan Jekielek
Jan Jekielek
Senior Editor
Jan Jekielek is a senior editor with The Epoch Times, host of the show “American Thought Leaders.” Jan’s career has spanned academia, international human rights work, and now for almost two decades, media. He has interviewed nearly a thousand thought leaders on camera, and specializes in long-form discussions challenging the grand narratives of our time. He’s also an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producing “The Unseen Crisis,” “DeSantis: Florida vs. Lockdowns,” and “Finding Manny.”
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