A long-stalled bill criminalising torture and political disappearances cleared its first hurdle in Parliament on Wednesday as victims’ families struggle for answers in scores of unsolved missing-persons cases. The United Nations estimates there have been at least 82 cases of enforced disappearance in Thailand since 1980, but experts say the true figure could be higher. Human rights activists accuse authorities of involvement, but perpetrators are rarely brought to justice. In an effort to counter that, lawmakers in the House of Representatives unanimously passed draft laws on Wednesday after a…

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