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Open letter to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Kachin organizations In response to your recent public comments in the United States regarding the conflict and human rights violations in Kachin State, Kachin communities world-wide would like to...
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Dutch reporter believes he was shot by soldiers
On 26 Sept, Michel Maas, a reporter from the Netherlands, testified to the Department of Special Investigation as a witness to the crackdown on red-shirt protesters in May 2010. On 19 May 2010, he was...
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How Rohingyas are viewed by human rights activists in Burma
Sam Zarifi, International Commission of Jurists An awkward silence in a small restaurant in Yangon: The veteran dissident and pro-democracy activist had just explained why he does not have much...
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Mitt Feeling
Harrison George At 39,000 feet somewhere over eastern Europe, my then 3-year-old had had enough of this noisy metal tube that had carried him from Thailand and started trying to pry open the cabin...
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Thailand: release on bail of Mr. Thammarat Aliartae
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and...
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Burma: Peaceful Protest Organizers Charged
Human Rights Watch Western Countries Should Challenge Government to Uphold Basic Freedoms(New York, October 2, 2012) – The government in Burma should drop charges against activists following peaceful...
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Stricter Web Regulation in Southeast Asia
Mong Palatino, Global Voices Online While Southeast Asian governments are enhancing the delivery of online services for the benefit of their citizens, they are also instituting tougher internet...
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Cambodia: Politically-Motivated Sentence against Sonando Strongly Condemned
FORUM-ASIA Verdict a Serious Blow to Freedom of Expression and Judicial Independence as Web of Attacks on Activists and Journalists Widen(Bangkok, 2 October 2012) Asian Forum for Human Rights and...
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Cambodia: The case against Mam Sonando must undergo a fair retrial
Southeast Asian Press Alliance The Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) and Media Defence Southeast Asia (MD-SEA) are gravely alarmed by the 20-year prison sentence imposed on Mr. Mam Sonando, 70,...
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Chiranuch appeals against guilty verdict
Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Director of Prachatai, has appealed against the court verdict which found her guilty under the cyber crime law. On 30 May, Chiranuch was found guilty under the 2007 Computer...
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Loan Words
Harrison George The attempt by the righteous academics of NIDA to expand the Constitutional Court’s mandate into economic policy (after its recent brave forays into politics and legislating) has...
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To find freedom, first look into yourself
Pravit Rojanaphruk, The Nation Tyranny of various forms can be tackled much more readily when it is easily observed, analysed and opposed. Such tyranny may be a dictator who suppresses political and...
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Constitutional Court's rulings on Somyot's and Ekachai's petitions
Sinfah Tunsarawuth The Constitutional Court has published its rulings on lese majeste defendants' petitions on whether or not the lese majeste law is in violation of the constitution. 000 The...
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Roi Et villager to hear court verdict on lèse majesté charges in Nov
A villager in Roi Et province in northeastern Thailand has been tried for allegedly distributing leaflets with offensive content, and expects to hear the court’s ruling in November. Uthai (family name...
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Thailand: Court unanimously rules lèse majesté law as 'constitutional'
Southeast Asian Press Alliance Bangkok, 11 October - The Thailand Constitutional Court yesterday ruled that the controversial Section 112 of the Penal Code, better known as the lèse majesté law, is...
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Invest in Girls, Invest in the Future
Maja Cubarrubia and Chemba Raghavan Today governments, international development agencies and people around the world are celebrating the inaugural International Day of the Girl Child, a resolution...
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Defamation and the Computer-Related Crime Act
Harrison George Thailand, against the advice of the UN and, many argue, in contravention of its obligations under international law to respect the right to freedom of expression, has a criminal...
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“We think the same”: A Letter from Thanthawut
Tyrell Haberkorn Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul (also known as “Num” and “Num Red Non”) is a 40-year-old father currently serving a 13-year sentence for alleged violations of Article 112 and the 2007...
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Thai citizens do live beyond the boundary of the City of Angels: Some...
Saowanee T. Alexander On behalf of the volunteers who collected information on the impact of 2010 April-May crackdown in Ubon Ratchathani, I would like to make the following observations regarding the...
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Time for Thailand to Take a Stand against Death
Jose Ramos-Horta October 10 marks the 10th World Day Against the Death Penalty. I am proud to say that the inalienable right to life is enshrined in the Constitution of my country, Timor-Leste. Our...
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