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	At least 30 human-rights defenders &ndash; many of them activists for land and community rights &ndash; have been victims of extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in Thailand since 2001.</div>
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	The United Nations body highlighted the recent killings of anti-mine activist Pitan Thongpanang and land-rights activist Sumsuk Kokrang in the South.</div>
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	&ldquo;Two human-rights defenders working on land and natural-resource issues have been murdered in the South of Thailand in the space of four days,&rdquo; the UNHCR said in one of its press-briefing notes.</div>
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	The Nation</div>

Govt urged to launch probe in to activists' killings

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UHCHR) is calling on Thailand to launch immediate investigations into the disappearance and killings of human-rights defenders on its soil.