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Junta leader threatens to sue people criticising govt for mishandling economy
The Thai junta leader said that people blaming the government for the economic slump will be sued while his Deputy said that the people will not be happy without the junta premier. The BBC Thai...
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Military asks university to silence anti-coal-fired power plant lecturer
The military has asked a university in the Deep South to ‘educate’ the opponents of a local coal-fired power plant. An environmentalist said the military is actually asking for a total silence. On...
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Human rights lawyer charged with showing support for junta critics
A human rights lawyer has been charged for hosting ‘standing still’ activities demanding that the junta free detained critics. On Tuesday, 24 May 2016, BBC Thai reported that a prosecutor had filed...
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Thailand: Press junta to end torture, ‘disappearances’
Human Rights Watch (HRW) The Thai government should promptly act on pledges to make torture and enforced disappearance criminal offenses, Human Rights Watch said today.On May 24, 2016, Thailand’s...
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Refugee rights groups urge investigation on shooting of Rohingya
Refugee rights advocacy groups urged the Thai authorities to stop indefinite detention of Rohingya refugees and to investigate the extrajudicial killing of a Rohingya refugee by the police. The...
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Police search student activists' house in Deep South
The police have searched the house of student activists campaigning for the Deep South’s right to self-determination. The activists said they felt threatened by the authorities’ action. On...
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Brief skirmishes erupt between indigenous sea nomads, unidentified men
Brief skirmishes between a group of unidentified individuals and an embattled community of sea nomadshave reportedly erupted again in the presence of public officials.Maitree Jongkraijug, a citizen...
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Embattled northern villagers get 1 year in prison for land encroachment
The Provincial Court has sentenced seven villagers in northern Thailand to one year’s imprisonment for encroaching onto private property.The Provincial Court of the northern province of Lamphun on...
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22 May commemorative march analysis: Junta listening, or saving face
Austin Silvan Considering the climate of fear and repression, the success of a protest march commemorating the 2014 coup has raised questions about the government crackdown on political discussion....
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People rally against military for ordering university to silence academics
Civil society and student activists have rallied at military bases in Bangkok and the southern province of Songkhla after the military recently asked a university to silence academics who oppose a...
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Thailand will be aged-society before it gets rich: economic experts
Thai society will become an aging society before the country manage to move up from the middle-income trap, said an economist and expert.Kirida Paopichit, director of research and international...
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Govt might get more power to arrest netizens under new law: rights orgs
International rights organisations have expressed concerns that the amendment of the Computer Crime Act might violate the rights to freedom of expression and to privacy.On Thursday, 26 May 2016,...
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ICT Ministry to amend law to read encrypted websites
The proposed amendments to the controversial Computer Crime Act will increase online surveillance and censorship by expanding legal boundaries and obliging Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to comply...
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The Case of Somyot Prueksakasemsuk: Guilty of Lèse Majesté for Reaching a...
Wad Rawee In January 2013, the Criminal Court convicted and sentenced a magazine editor to ten years in prison in Thailand. His crime was violation of the lèse majesté law by publishing and...
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Soldiers acquitted for allegedly shooting red shirt
The Provincial Court in northeastern Thailand dismissed charges against five soldiers and a member of the Territorial Defence Volunteer Corps (TDVC) accused of shooting of a local redshirt leader.The...
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Court acquits Hmong tribesman accused of land encroachment
The Provincial Court in northern Thailand has acquitted a Hmong tribesman accused by national park officers of trespassing into national park area.The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) reported that...
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Northern villagers sue mining company
The villagers from Thailand's northern provinces filed a lawsuit against a mining company, saying that their health and local environment have been affected by the mining activities.On Friday, 27 May...
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School uses military uniforms to discipline kindergarteners
For four years, children in a kindergarten in the northeastern province of Khon Kaen have been ordered to wear military uniforms once a week. A teacher claims that the uniforms help disciplining the...
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No more beggars on the footpath? The new Beggar Control Act
Nalutporn Krairiksh In the near future, Thailand’s ubiquitous roadside beggars – whether young, old, or physically infirm – may completely disappear. Under the terms of a new Beggar Control Act,...
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University warns lecturers not to criticise junta-sponsored draft charter
A public university has notified its lecturers not to criticise the junta-sponsored draft constitution, saying public institutions have to support the government.Arjinjonathan Arjinkit, lecturer of the...
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