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Longtime political cartoonist ‘Stephff’ loses work permit & Visa
Khaosod English A longtime political cartoonist for a major English-language newspaper said today he has been denied his media visa, working permit and press card, effectively making it illegal for...
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Torture of Malay Muslims reportedly still rampant in Deep South
Allegations of torture and ill-treatment committed by state authorities against the Malay Muslim minority in the restive Deep South are currently double the level reported after the 2014 coup d’état....
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Military presses computer crime charge against Lahu activist
A military officer in northern Thailand has sued a Lahu ethnic minority activist for posting a facebook video clip, saying that the clip defamed him and injured the honor of Thai military. On...
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Army cadets to stand at polling stations to inform people about new charter
The Commander of the Royal Thai Army has announced that military students will be sent to stand at referendum polling stations to inform people about the draft constitution.At the event to celebrate...
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Seminar on draft charter cancelled on junta’s orders
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the formal name of the Thai junta, has ordered academics to cancel a seminar about the draft constitution.On Thursday, 4 February 2016, Komsarn Pokong,...
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Angel Children: Societal Insanity or the Deprivation of Women’s Rights?
John Draper For the past three years, as part of a growing trend which has now hit the international headlines, increasing numbers of what appear to be middle class, reasonably well-educated women...
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Thailand: UN body demands immediate release of lèse-majesté detainee
International Federation for Human Rights Paris, Bangkok, 4 February 2016: A UN body has requested that Thailand immediately release lèse-majesté detainee Pornthip Munkong aka Golf and award her...
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Doctors say lèse majesté suspect with mental illness can face trial
A psychiatric institute in Thailand has concluded that the trial can go ahead of a lèse majesté suspect who claims that he has telepathic powers to communicate with Thaksin Shinawatra, the...
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Military tries to censor political parodies at football match
Military officers have attempted to censor displays of political parody at the upcoming annual football match between Chulalongkorn (CU) and Thammasat University (TU).Military officers in plainclothes...
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Judicial harassment of human rights defender Sirikan Charoensiri
Front Line Defenders On 2 February 2016, human rights defender Ms Sirikan Charoensiri received a summons ordering her to report to Chanasongkram Police Station in Bangkok on 9 February 2016. The human...
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Police arrest, allegedly ill-treat villager over disputed land
Police officers in plainclothes in northeastern Thailand, Isan, arrested a villager over a land dispute and allegedly abused her in an attempted eviction.Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported...
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Army denounces Deep South torture report as product of ‘imagination’
Khaosod English A spokesman for the national counter-insurgency agency today denounced a report alleging the use of more than a dozen torture techniques to force confessions from insurgent suspects in...
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Life under Thailand’s 2016 constitution
Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang Rather than acting for the people, Thailand’s latest constitution drafting committee are the junta’s loyal servants, writes Khemthong Tonsakulrungruang.Thailand’s 1997 and...
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Park authorities not guilty of burning homes of Karen villagers, court says
The Administrative Court of Thailand has acquitted National Park authorities accused of burning down the houses of a Karen ethnic minority village in an attempt to evict them, saying that the Karen...
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Decoding latest constitutional draft
Taweesak Kerdpoka Meechai Ruchuphan, a veteran Thai political figure, was appointed by the NCPO in October 2015 to chair the 21-member Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC). Meechai’s latest draft...
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Draft charter leaves embattled communities destitute
Kongpob Areerat After years of fighting for rights over land and resources, communities living on disputed land or standing on the way of state megaprojects are to be left destitute under the new...
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Drafters threaten legal action against critics of new charter
The head of the junta-appointed Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has threatened legal action to quell criticism of the new draft constitution. Thai News Agency on Monday, 8 February 2016,...
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Lawyer accused of defying police orders denies charges
A human rights lawyer for the 14 well-known anti-junta youth activists detained in June and July 2015, has denied charges that she refused to cooperate with police officers.Sirikan Charoensiri, a...
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Deep South activist rebukes involvement in insurgents’ operations
A human rights activist in Thailand’s restive Deep South has denied rumors that he is a member of an insurgent group in the region.Weefah-ie Malor, 31, a human rights activist based in the Deep...
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Police threatened to kill me and dump my body: theft suspect
A wrongly identified theft suspect says that police officers threatened to kill him and dump his body on a mountain. The Cross Cultural Foundation (CrCF), a human rights advocacy group, reported that...
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