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Thai journalists denounce media regulation bill
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) join the National Union of Journalist of Thailand...
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Embattled indigenous seafarers win land dispute case
After years of battle over land rights, the embattled indigenous seafarer community in Phuket have won a lawsuit filed against them by a land developer company.On 31 January 2017, the Provincial Court...
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Khon Kaen court refuses to release Pai Daodin
Amid public outcry, a provincial court has refused to release ‘Pai Daodin’, an embattled anti-junta activist accused of lèse majesté. On 1 February 2017, the Khon Kaen Provincial Court in an...
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For those who died trying: enforced disappearances in Thailand
Kornkritch Somjittranukit A photographer has traveled across Thailand to unearth the suppressed stories of enforced disappearances and the country’s culture of impunity. Since 1993, over 50 rights...
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The letter to my son: the Injustice faced by an older brother, 'Pai'
Nuttaa 'Bow' Mahattana I decided to write this letter for you, my little son, and for the many other children who may be confused when you hear the story of “Pai.” You may not understand the...
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Anti-election protesters fined 96 million baht for 2014 unrest
Co-leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), an anti-election movement, will pay nearly 96 million baht in compensation for damage caused during unrest in 2014. On 31 January 2017,...
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Decentralisation, key to police reform: Police Watch
After almost three years of little progress, the Thai police have announced that they will not resist the junta leader to use his absolute power to reform the police force while a civil society group...
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Blood money: students forced to donate blood for student loans
Students in a northern university have been forced to donate blood, under the threat that non-participating students would have their student loan payments delayed. On 31 January 2016, the Facebook...
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Breakdown of 2017 Human Rights Watch Thailand report
John Draper Human Rights Watch (HRW) is the Thai junta’s least favourite international human rights non-governmental organization, just below Amnesty International (AI). HRW’s 2017 report, covered in...
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Thailand-Laos extradition treaty: an attempt to bypass the law?
May Barth After a group of five to six Thais residing in Laos were identified as producing radio programmes deemed defamatory to the Thai Monarchy, Thai authorities requested Laos to extradite them...
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Police denies detaining person threatening to kill deputy junta head
The Thai police have denied a rumour that the authorities had arrested an individual who allegedly threatened to assassinate a deputy junta head.On 3 February 2017, Pol Col Kritsana Pattanacharoen,...
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Three more military generals appointed as lawmakers
Three more military generals have been appointed as lawmakers in the junta’s National Legislative Assembly (NLA). On 2 February 2017, the Royal Gazette website published an announcement about the...
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Freedom House: Thailand remains “Not Free” country three years in a row
Once again, Thailand has been ranked by Freedom House as 'Not Free' due to chronic human rights violations, suppressed freedom of expression and a military-sponsored draft constitution. On 2 February...
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Banish the thought
Harrison George Within days of a Section 44 order banning certain ideas from entering the country, chaos reigned at the kingdom’s borders.In an attempt to promote unity and reconciliation and to...
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Reconciliation just ‘soap opera’: lèse majesté prisoner
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a long-time labour activist turned lèse majesté suspect, has denounced the junta’s political reconciliation plans.If the regime is really serious about reconciliation, asserted...
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Loneliness and love under Thailand’s junta
Shui Yu The first case of lèse-majesté under Thailand’s new King Vajiralongkorn accuses an undergraduate law student. Both Jatupat ‘Pai’ Boonpattararaksa’s youthful grin in newspapers and the petty...
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Female Buddhist monks demand equal rights
After being barred from paying respect to the late King at the Grand Palace, Bhikkhunis — female Buddhist monks in Thailand — have urged the junta leader to amend laws discriminating against female...
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Thai authorities should stop using lèse-majesté provisions as a political tool
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion of freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, today called on the Thai authorities...
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Opthamologist accused of lèse majesté deny charges
An opthamologist from northern Thailand indicted for defaming then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn last year has vowed to fight the case to prove his innocence.On 7 February 2017, the Military Court of...
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King appoints new Supreme Patriarch in surprise announcement
Khaosod English Exercising his royal power under a recently amended law, His Majesty the King Tuesday named a new leader of Thai Buddhist authorities, ending years of vacancy on the ecclesiastic...
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