The Abhisit Vejjajiva government has announced that it is sending out teams to “rehabilitate Thailand’s image” following the government’s crackdowns on red shirt demonstrators, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries and hundreds of political prisoners. The regime has also told “Thailand’s friends” that they are expected to do more to “help.” We have posted on one of those efforts already. And, the government has already made the script available.
PPT guesses that this is the reasoning behind the Asia Society’s hosting of a “live webcast-only event featuring Kiat Sitthiamorn, Thai Special Envoy to New York and Washington. The discussion will center on the current political situation in Thailand. This live webcast takes place June 14th on http://www.AsiaSociety.org/Live from 4:00 to 5:00 pm ET.
Political Prisoners in Thailand 
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