Thai junta tells rights group to 'get its facts straight'


  • World
  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2014

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's ruling junta urged Amnesty International to "get its facts straight" after the human rights group issued a scathing appraisal of 100 days under military rule.

The military had created a "climate of fear" since seizing power on May 22, with hundreds of arbitrary detentions, alleged abuse in military custody and sweeping restrictions on freedom of expression and assembly, Amnesty said in a report released on Thursday.

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