The caption on the poster erected by the Bangkok city authorities said, "Thank you for giving back Pom Mahakan, a historical monument for all people. But the authorities plan to begin the eviction of about 300 people this coming 3 September.

Please sign right now by clicking here  to support the Pom Mahakam community as it resists that horrendous vision of the future.

After a quarter of a century the tiny (under 300 inhabitants) Pom Mahakan community, which nestles against the original old city wall of Bangkok, Thailand, is faced with the very real threat that early August 2016 the authorities, violating the art. 11 ICESCR acceded by the country, will evict all the residents and begin the demolition of their homes on the name of a so called “beautification project”.

This is an international call: stand in solidarity and sign, right now, Zero Evictions for the Pom Mahakan community!

25 July 2016

To:

Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok
Police General Aswin Khawnmuang, Deputy Governor of Bangkok
173 Dinso Road, Phra Nakhon

Bangkok, Thailand 10200.

Fax: +66 2-621 0878

To:

Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok
Police General Aswin Khawnmuang, Deputy Governor of Bangkok
173 Dinso Road, Phra Nakhon
Bangkok, Thailand 10200.

Fax: +66 2-621 0878

Pom Mahakan, a community of approximately 300 people in the heart of old Bangkok, has been repeatedly threatened with forced eviction over a period of some 25 years in the name of a project of so-called “beautification” that violates the community’s human rights, especially as per art. 11 of ICESCR (to which Thailand is a signatory). The city authorities have shown no willingness even to consider the several highly constructive land-sharing projects that have been proposed; have defamed the community; and have offered only inadequate compensation.