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Call for action for detention of 'Pai Dao Din'
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your...
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Pro-democracy groups to gather at Ratchaprasong for ‘Pai Daodin’
Leading anti-junta activist groups has planned to gather at Ratchaprasong Intersection in central Bangkok from 5-6 pm on 18 January 2017 to support Jatuphat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa.The organisers of the...
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Freedom as jail: lives of uncertainty for Thailand’s ex-prisoners
May Barth Despite Thailand’s famously appalling prison conditions, some ex-prisoners are preferring reimprisonment over the challenge of reintegrating into society. The punitive slant of Thailand’s...
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200 more to be arrested over police recruitment examination scam
The Royal Thai Police has announced that as many as 200 people might be arrested for cheating in the highly competitive police recruitment examination.On 18 January 2017, Pol Lt Gen Sanit Mahathavorn,...
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Police intimidate family of British journalist wanted for lèse majesté
The Thai police have intimidated the family of the wife of a former Bangkok-based British journalist wanted for lèse majesté.At 3 pm on 18 January 2017, Ruedeewan Lahthip, the mother-in-law of Andrew...
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Supporters of Pai Daodin gather to support detained student activis
Amid the presence of dozens of soldiers and police officers, people gathered yesterday evening in central Bangkok to show solidarity with an embattled anti-junta activist held in custody for lèse...
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Thai as the First Language
Harrison George The venue: The meeting room of the Thailand 4.0 Policy and Planning Division, Scenarios Section.The cast: The Working Group on Making Thai a Global Language, comprising...
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Yingluck’s supporters fined for staring at prosecutors
The Supreme Court has fined two of Yingluck’s supporters 500 baht each for staring at public prosecutors during the trial on the rice pledging scheme corruption case.On 19 January 2017, judges of the...
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Court denies bail for Pai Daodin in secret trial
A provincial court in northeastern Thailand has denied bail for an anti-junta student activist accused of lèse majesté.At about 12:30 pm on 20 January 2016, the Provincial Court of Khon Kaen in an...
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Govt to have more control over media under new media bill
Blaming media for social ills, the junta’s National Reform Steering Assembly (NRSA) has proposed a new bill to set up moral standards for media. Media groups, however, say the bill allows the...
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Thailand: Activist unjustly jailed for 'insulting monarchy'
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thai authorities should immediately release a prominent pro-democracy activist charged for a Facebook posting under laws intended to protect Thailand’s monarchy, Human Rights...
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People express overwhelmingly support Gen Prayut: Bangkok Poll
A poll conducted by Bangkok University shows that more than half of respondents still support Thailand’s junta leader as Prime Minister.On 22 January 2017, the research centre of Bangkok University...
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Men in military uniforms abduct red shirt
An anti-establishment red shirt activist has reportedly been abducted by men believed to be soldiers.On 23 January 2017, Om Singnoi told Prachatai that her husband, Bunmee Singnoi, 43, was abducted by...
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Public doubt over junta’s reconciliation plans
According to a recent political survey, the Thai public believes that the country is in need of political reconciliation. However, it is divided over whether reconciliation can be achieved under the...
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Junta approves controversial plan to spend billions on submarine
Amid widespread public opposition, the Thai junta has given the green light to a controversial plan to spend billions of baht on a Chinese submarine.On 24 January 2017, Adm Jumpol Lumpiganon, spokesman...
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Chinese human rights defender, refugee to be prosecuted in Thai court
Coalition for the Rights of Refugees and Stateless Persons (CRSP) On 25 January 2017, Chumphon Court schedules for evidence and witness examination trial between public prosecutor (Plaintiff) and Mr....
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Democracy activists sue Thai authorities over abuse of rights
Anti-junta activists have filed a civil lawsuit against the Thai army, police, and the Prime Minister’s office for abusing rights of peaceful demonstrators. On 24 January 2017, activists from the New...
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Supporter of anti-junta activists confesses to lèse majesté
A supporter of anti-junta activists and the anti-establishment red shirts has pleaded guilty to accusations of lèse majesté in a military court.On 24 January 2017, Burin Intin, accused of offences...
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Prosecutors drop charges against woman calling justice for dead uncle
Public prosecutors have dropped defamation charges against Naritsarawan ‘May’ Keawnopparat, Prachatai’s Person of the Year 2016.On 24 January 2017, Naritsarawan told the BBC Thai that the...
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Thailand: UN demands release of lèse-majesté detainee, raises specter of...
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Paris, Bangkok, 25 January 2017: A United Nations (UN) body has demanded Thai authorities immediately and unconditionally release lèse-majesté detainee...
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