Category: Thailand

As we walked towards a room with glass-partitions, I saw people staring into tiny screens in front of curtained rooms. Julie told me that the men behind the curtains were Bang Kwang’s death row prisoners or those who had been placed in solitary confinement for misbehaviour.

I arrived in Bangkok on 11 July 2010 in a very delicate state.  I’d resigned from my job in Bangladesh due to last-minute visa difficulties and I didn’t know where I was going next.  I hadn’t wanted to leave Bangladesh and I was riding an emotional rollercoaster that was made more intense by the fact […]