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Cambodia: Joint Open Letter to PM Hun Sen on Arrest and Persecution of Mam...
ARTICLE 19, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), and Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) have sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of Cambodia to protest the recent arrest...
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THAILAND: Urged Royal Thai Police to mete out more stringent measures to...
Cross Culture Foundation On Wednesday 25 July 2012 at 15.00, a bomb exploded on the road between Ban Upao and Ban Pakasamae, Moo 7, Tambon Wangphya, Raman District, Yala. The bloody trap was installed...
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Sri Lanka: Release of key suspects in the killing of Human Rights Defender...
FORUM-ASIA (Bangkok, 31 July 2012) Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) is deeply concerned over the news of the release of Nawshaad, one of the key suspects of the abduction and...
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Tried for not trying
Harrison George In another controversial ruling, the Constitutional Court of Thailand has disqualified the Pheu Thai party from politics for ‘not using one’s best efforts to win’ and ‘conducting...
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Viet Nam: Pro-democracy bloggers face harsh penalties in upcoming trial
Bangkok-Paris-Geneva, August 1, 2012. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint FIDH and OMCT programme, together with the Vietnam Committee on Human Rights (VCHR), call on...
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BURMA: Censorship board back in action, suspends two weeklies
Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders and its partner organization, the Burma Media Association, roundly condemn the resumption of censorship by Burma’s Press Scrutiny and Registration...
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Now a free man
After serving about 2 years and 4 months in prison, Nat Sattayapornpisut was released on 19 April this year. He was jailed for sending e-mails to a foreign friend containing links to some materials...
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15,000 miles from Altai to Thailand
The Tourism Authority of Thailand has organized a trip for a group of Thais to drive from the Altai Mountains in northwestern China to Thailand, with a mission to bring soil and rose plants to be...
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THAILAND: Five police convicted of murder in landmark ruling
Asian Human Rights Commission The Asian Human Rights Commission greets with cautious optimism the landmark ruling of the Criminal Court in Bangkok to convict five police officers for the murder of a...
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Stop Rights Violations against Myanmar Migrant Workers at Vita Food Factory...
State Enterprise Workers’ Relations Confederation of Thailand and Thai Labour Solidarity Committee The State Enterprise Workers’ Relations Confederation (SERC) of Thailand, together with the Thai...
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THAILAND: Statement on the death penalty imposed on three police officers for...
On 30 July 2012, in the Black Case No. O3252/2552 involving the murder of Mr. Kiattisak Thitboonkrong, 17 years, the Criminal Court condemned to death the first three defendants including Pol. Snr....
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Youths tried for torching Central World
On 6 Aug, the Central Juvenile and Family Court held a hearing in the case of Attaphol and Phasakorn (family names withheld), who were accused, among other charges, of setting fire to the Central World...
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Olympian Aspirations
Harrison George Kenya’s declared intention to bid for the 2024 Olympic Games has been widely derided both at home and abroad in the light of Kenya’s dismal medal showing in the current London 2012...
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A healthy dose of scepticism is badly needed
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation The growing nostalgia among some Thais for the "golden age" hasn't gone unnoticed by the foreign media. Last week, the Weekend Journal of the Wall Street Journal wrote...
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Ministry of Justice urged to protect witnesses in extrajudicial killing case
On 14 Aug, the Campaign Committee for Human Rights sent a letter to Minister of Justice Pol Gen Pracha Phromnok, asking that the Ministry urgently provide protection to witnesses in the extrajudicial...
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Freedom from Fear
Harrison George While Army Chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha called for all 9,000 insurgents and their supporters in the South to be brought to justice (not the same justice that he applies to security...
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Mekong Migration Network's book launch
Mekong Migration Network On 16 August 2012, the Mekong Migration Network and the Asian Migrant Centre co-hosted the launch of the book, From Our Eyes: Mekong Migrant Reflections: 2000 – 2012, at the...
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Doctors find woman accused of lèse majesté insane
A 63-year-old woman, who was alleged to have committed lèse majesté during a protest in front the Constitution Court in July, has been diagnosed as mentally ill by psychiatrists. On 16 Aug, Pol Lt Col...
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Nitirat members file police complaint against potential threats
On 17 Aug, members of the Nitirat group, which consists of young Thammasat University law academics who have proposed amendments to the lèse majesté law and the rewriting of the constitution, went to...
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Bangladesh: Assist, Protect Rohingya Refugees
Human Rights Watch (New York, August 23, 2012) – The government of Bangladesh should immediately cease its punitive restrictions on international organizations providing lifesaving humanitarian aid to...
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