Unesco urged not to give heritage status to Thai park amid claims of Indigenous abuses
by Reuters from Environment | The Guardian on (#5MHGM)
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.
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