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Draft Referendum Act contradicts Interim Charter: ex-rights commissioner
Former senators, human rights and election commissioners pointed out that the laws regulating campaigns on the referendum to pass junta-sponsored draft constitution is ironically against the junta’s...
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Sub-district admins summoned by military over trip to investigate corruption
The Thai military have summoned sub-district administrators in the northern province of Phitsanulok and others who joined a field trip to investigate on corruption allegations over a canal dredging...
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Military court detains two junta critics, their supporter for lѐse majesté
The Military Court has detained two of the eight junta critics and another political dissident charged under the lѐse majesté law.The Military Court of Bangkok at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2016,...
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Military court detains two junta critics, their supporter for lѐse majesté
The Military Court has detained two of the eight junta critics and another political dissident charged under the lѐse majesté law.The Military Court of Bangkok at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, 11 May 2016,...
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Military detains 8 villagers, politicians after revealing military corruption
The embattled Phue Thai politician Watana Muangsuk said nine people have been summoned and eight of them have been detained after they inspected a state’s alleged corrupted project in Thailand’s...
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Military attempts to detain Pheu Thai politician for criticising junta leader
The Thai military and police have attempted to break into the house of a Pheu Thai Party politician to detain him after he criticized the junta leader.According to Voice TV, a news source from the Pheu...
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Cameraman in Samut Prakan reported abducted by military
The Thai military have reportedly abducted a cameraman and another individual in the central province of Samut Prakan after attempting to break into the house of a Pheu Thai Party politician earlier...
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Other countries don’t have lèse majesté law since they’re not civilized:...
Amid international concerns on the abuse of Thailand’s lèse majesté law, the Thai Justice Minister said other countries did not understand that the law is necessary for Thailand since they did not have...
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Military intimidates pro-democracy Buddhist monk
The military has gone to a new level by intimidating a pro-democracy Buddhist monk at his temple. On Thursday, 12 May 2016, Phraiwan Wannabut revealed on Facebook and to Prachatai that the military...
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Politicians, political dissidents caught up in junta’s mafia crackdown
Thai military detained political dissidents associated with the anti-establishment red shirt and raided their houses together with Pheu Thai politicians in a campaign to crackdown on mafia. A combined...
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Thailand's UPR: a comedy show?
Austin Silvan Giggles were heard Wednesday, 11 May 2016, at a panel discussion and viewing of Phase Two of Thailand’s Universal Periodic Review by the United Nations at Black Box Café and Bar...
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Teachers ordered to say ‘keep fighting PM Prayut’ in conference
Applaud but not standing, take selfie politely, and say ‘keep fighting PM Prayut’ are stated in a schedule of a conference between PM and government school’s teachers. The schedule of the conference...
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UN review highlights Thai junta’s hypocrisy
Human Rights Watch The Thai government’s pledges to the United Nations Human Rights Council to respect human rights and restore democratic rule have been mostly meaningless, Human Rights Watch said...
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Censored to Protect Participants in a Private Conversation from Lèse-Majesté...
John Draper Introduction In a country like the UK, which has a detailed written history of its monarchs going back far earlier than that of Thailand’s, if Her Majesty the Queen were to be severely...
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Junta representatives to UPR lie about military courts: Human rights lawyers
After the Thai representatives to the UN’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) told other nations that Thai military courts only handle serious crimes involving civilians, Thai human rights lawyers have...
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Poll shows Thais want limits to military’s powers
A recent survey has shown that the majority of Thai people want the size and tasks of Thai military to be curtailed, and believe it should not have any responsibility other than protecting national...
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Police press charges against human rights lawyer for defying their orders
Police officers have decided to press charges against a human rights lawyer representing anti-junta youth activists, accusing her of defying police orders.According to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights...
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16 women’s rights groups demand end to forced pelvic exam in prison
Leading women's rights advocacy groups in Thailand urged the authorities to stop forcing pelvic examination on female detainees.16 women’s rights organisations, such as Friend of Women Foundation,...
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Diplomatic scene between Thai FM, US Amb over human rights statement
Thai Foreign Minister has been shamed when the US Ambassador has publicly confirmed that the statement expressing Washington’s “concerns” on Thailand’s human rights situation is real after the minister...
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Anti-junta activist mourns late son killed during 2010 political crackdown
A core member of Resistant Citizen, an anti-junta activist group, Pansak Srithep, and other activists commemorated the death of Pansak’s son who was killed during the military crackdown on red shirt...
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