Book: Youths' rights breached

New report details how young crime victims and suspects are paraded before journalists

Child suspects and victims of crimes in Thailand are commonly paraded before journalists, who identify them, their families and home addresses, violating their rights and further traumatizing them, experts say.

The longtime practice of displaying child suspects and victims to journalists, police, health workers and rights-group staff makes it difficult to repair their lives, the experts said at a panel discussion about a new journalism training book on respecting children's rights.