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Suspects of alleged terrorist plot indicted for lèse majesté
Military prosecutors indicted suspects of the alleged Bike for Dad terrorist plot with the lèse majesté law while the suspects plead innocent. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that on...
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Rights coalition urges European Union to extend yellow card for Thai seafood
International Labor Rights Forum A coalition of nearly 30 labor, environmental and human rights organizations sent a letter to the European Commission on Feb. 17 asking it to extend for at least...
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Military harassing family of exiled anti-junta academic
A well-known anti-junta academic currently in self-imposed exile has reported that the Thai junta has sent military officers to harass his family in Thailand.Pavin Chachavalpongpun, a fierce critic of...
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Harassment of human rights defender Anchana Heemmina
Front Line Defenders 24 February 2016Harassment of human rights defender Anchana HeemminaOn 19 February 2016, a group of ten men claiming to be border police officers came to the house of human rights...
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Police bar environmental activist to assemble against junta’s orders
Thai police threatened environmental activists demanding revocation of recent junta’s orders to weaken regulations on power plants and industries with the junta’s political gathering ban to while...
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Red shirt man dies of stroke after military summon
A key member an anti-establishment red shirt group Isan, Thailand’s northeast, died of stroke one day after being summoned by the military. Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that on...
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Exiled academic Somsak may face more lèse majesté charges
The Thai police are considering a further lèse majesté charge against Somsak Jeamteerasakul, in self-imposed exile in France, and the Thai PBS channel over a talk programme on the lèse majesté law....
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Seminar on draft charter aborted over junta’s political gathering ban
Thai Police have ordered a seminar about the new draft constitution to be aborted, saying that it is against the junta’s political gathering ban. The facebook page of ‘Prachamati’ (referendum), an...
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Thailand: Lèse-majesté detentions have reached alarming levels, new report says
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Lèse-majesté detentions have reached alarming levels after the 22 May 2014 military coup in Thailand, FIDH and UCL said in a new report published...
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Media to be tamed under new charter: media experts
Media experts said that the controversial draft constitution will provide the authorities with control mechanisms to keep the media at bay in the name of national security. On Friday, 26 February...
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Nidhi Eoseewong: Islamophobia in the Upper North
Nidhi Eoseewong I was surprised and disappointed at a recent statement opposing plans to site a Halal industrial park anywhere in Chiang Mai. The statement was issued to the Governor in late January...
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Lawyer calls for justice for man mocking King’s dog
The defence lawyer for a factory worker accused of lèse majesté for mocking the King’s dog requested the military prosecutors not to indict the suspect, saying that the lèse majesté law does not cover...
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Rights groups urge govt to reveal details of Cyber Security Bill
After the Defence Ministry gave the green light to the Cyber Security Bill yesterday, human rights organizations urged the government to reveal details of the bill for public scrutiny.Amnesty...
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Exiled academic Somsak not guilty of absence: Administrative Court
An officer of the Administrative Court has said that Somsak Jeamteerasakul, the embattled lèse majesté critic and ex-Thammasat lecturer in self-imposed exile, is not guilty of being absent without...
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National Identity Crisis and Thainess - IV
Frank G Anderson This essay does not advocate support of coups. It does support more study of coups and the various international conditions that exist when coups are effected. Society needs to gain a...
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Military intimidates anti-mine activist
Military and police officers intimidated a key anti-mine leader in northern Thailand, telling her not submit a petition against a gold mining operator.The Manager Online, reported that on Tuesday at 7...
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Politician taken to army barrack after criticising deputy junta head
Military officers have taken Phue Thai Party politician to an army base after he criticised Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, Minister of Defence and deputy of the junta leader.According to Matichon Online, at 10...
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Red shirt leader gets six months imprisonment for defaming Abhisit
The Supreme Court gave a key leader of the anti-establishment red shirt six months imprisonment for defaming Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of the Democrat Party, at the 2010 red shirt rally....
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Deep South rangers intimidate family of rights activist
Rangers in the Deep South visited the family of a local human rights activist one day after he organised a seminar on torture.According to Wartani News, four rangers from a Special Task Force in...
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Military files charges against politician criticising deputy junta leader
The Thai military has filed charges against a Pheu Thai Party politician after abducting him for criticism of a deputy junta head.According to Voice TV, at around 10 pm on Wednesday, 2 March 2016,...
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