Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses

UN human rights experts decry arrests and evictions of ethnic Karen from Kaeng Krachan national park

UN human rights experts have urged Unesco not to grant World Heritage Site status to a national park in Thailand, where they said Indigenous people are being arrested and evicted from their traditional lands.

The UN experts said in a statement: This is an important precedent-setting case, and may influence policies on how Indigenous peoples' rights are respected in protected areas across Asia.