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The Coming Attack on the US
John Draper One of the first social consequences of the UK vote to exit the EU has been an increase in race-based hate crimes perpetrated by sympathizers of Britain’s far-right movements. These...
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Number of lèse-majesté suspects with mental-illness increase after 2014 coup
A report reveals that Thai justice system hardly take mental-illness of lèse-majesté suspects into account and the number of lèse-majesté cases against mental-illnesses has increased after the 2014...
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Freedom of expression unneccessary for Thailand: Deputy Junta Head
The deputy junta head has said this was not proper a time to demand for the freedom of expression since the country is now in the ‘transitional period,’ adding that the arrest of the anti-junta...
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Letter from Prison: A student writes to his professor
Rangsiman Rome Rangsiman Rome is 1 of the 7 students who was arrested and is being detained as a result of campaigning around the constitutional referendum. He dictated this letter to Somkit...
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Malay language and conflict in Deep South
Thaweeporn Kummetha The liberation movement engaged in armed struggle for the independence of the three southernmost provinces, called Patani by local people, has always cited Thailand’s assimilation...
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Dolls, cartoon figures, balloons: activist’ new tactic for referendum campaign
After a series of arrests and the detention of junta opponents, activists across the country have come up with new tactics to campaign for fair play in the August referendum. Instead of hosting...
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ASEAN MPs call on Thai authorities to allow for free expression in advance of...
ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights JAKARTA, 30 June 2016 — Parliamentarians from across Southeast Asia expressed disappointment at yesterday’s ruling by the Thai Constitutional Court upholding...
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Civil society group reports Thailand’s torture situation to UN
A civil society network has said although Thailand ratified the Convention against Torture for almost a decade, the country’s torture situation has been hardly improved. A victim, whose son was killed...
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Climate of fear not our fault: Election Commissioner
Kornkritch Somjittranukit An Election Commissioner has claimed that the public inclination to self-censoring their opinions on the charter draft because of a climate of fear was not the commission’s...
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Human Rights Watch's comments on TIP Report.
Human Rights Watch The State Department trafficking office does extensive work monitoring human trafficking and forced labor around the world and providing assistance to governments that stand willing...
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Is the key to happiness a daughter in Europe?
Sine Plambech While Europe worries about trafficking and the so-called refugee crisis, Thai villagers are still building their hopes on women’s migration and labor abroad. Isaan-natives Sommai, Basit,...
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Police intimidate activists rallying in Isaan
The police have intimidated activists during a month long rally to raise awareness of rights of the northeastern people, and ordered them to stop their campaign. The police on Friday at Srisalai...
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Insiders’ thoughts on the Thai junta’s submarine deal
Kongpob Areerat Citing arms race in Southeast Asia as a primary reason, the Thai junta has embraced a plan to equip the Royal Thai Navy with submarines. However, many wonder if the extra 36 billion...
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Deep South rangers barred from affairs with Muslim women
The Thai authorities have prohibited rangers and soldiers in the restive Deep South from having affairs with Muslim women.Col Yuttanam Petchmuang, Deputy Spokesperson of the 4th Region Internal...
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Junta duplicates red-shirt referendum watchdog centres
After shutting down red-shirt referendum watch centres, the junta has established its own nationwide system for the sake of a supposedly ‘peaceful, clean, fair, independent, and unbiased’ referendum...
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Being charged or undertaking attitude adjustment, military tells red shirts
The Thai military have accused red shirts in Phrae of breaking the junta’s ban on political gatherings and summoned them for a four-day attitude adjustment session in exchange for having charges...
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Thai authorities again confiscate ‘right to campaign’ balloons
Police officers and soldiers have again confiscated ‘right to campaign’ balloons from pro-democracy activists in northern Thailand, threatening to prosecute the activists if they continue the campaign....
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Red-shirt TV faces month-long shutdown
Khaosod English The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has revoked the broadcasting licence of a red-shirt TV station for 30 days for violating the junta’s laws. A key...
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Thailand heading in right direction against torture and enforced...
Austin Silvan Thailand has a grim and poor record of torture and enforced disappearances, which even in the last 10-15 years has barely improved, regardless of the international treaties and...
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Thailand: English translation of draft Constitution
International Commission of Jurists The ICJ, International IDEA (Australia) and the Office of the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Thailand have collaborated to produce an unofficial translation...
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