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Military accuses Isaan red-shirt leader of lèse majesté
The junta’s legal officers have accused one of the nine people arrested over the alleged plot to assassinate the junta leader of lèse majesté over a Line message.On 24 March 2017, Maj Gen Wicharn...
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Anti-potash mining protester in Isaan faces charge
The police have accused a villager in Sakon Nakhon of breaching the Public Assembly Act for participating in an anti-potash mining event. On 27 March 2017, Satanon Chuenta, member of Wanon Niwat...
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Anti-coal powered plant groups denounce junta southern energy committee
Southern civil society groups have denounced the junta’s forum on energy policy in Southern Thailand, saying the event was only organised to promote the regime’s power policy.On 27 March 2017, Lt Gen...
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Voice TV ban unconstitutional: media associations
Thai media associations have voiced opposition to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission decision to temporarily ban Voice TV, saying it should safeguard media freedom rather than...
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Military refuses to reveal CCTV evidence of Lahu activist's death
The military has refused to reveal footage of the summary execution of a Lahu activist, saying it might confuse the investigation process. On 27 March 2016, the 3rd Region Army chief Lt Gen Vijak...
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TV news channel suspended in Thailand
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Thai media regulators should immediately reverse their suspension of the operating license of Voice TV and should allow the media to broadcast and publish...
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He could have shot soldiers: Police Chief
Defending the soldier who shot the youth Lahu activist on suspicion of selling drugs, the national police chief said the slain ethnic activist could have shot the soldiers.On 28 March 2017, at the...
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Self-proclaimed policemen attempt to block land reform rally
Men claiming to be police officers in plainclothes have attempted to block a rally by a civil society group after allegedly finding illicit drugs at the meeting.On 29 March 2017, about 100 members of...
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Calls for justification after bill against torture withdrawn
May Barth The decision by the junta’s lawmakers to drop consideration of a bill on torture and enforced disappearance is largely seen as a major setback by civil society organisations and victims’...
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Junta-backed draft constitution to be ratified in April: charter drafter
The junta’s Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) has confirmed that the charter will be ratified in April. That month, the CDC will also submit two organic bills — on political parties and the...
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Risk of unfair trial for forcibly returned activist: Dong Guangping
Amnesty International Chinese activist Dong Guangping will be tried in April 2017 for “subverting state power” and “crossing the national border illegally”. Detained since his forcible return to China...
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No cremation until investigation completed: mother of dead soldier
Believing that her son was beaten to death in a military base, the mother of a 22-year-old private has vowed not to cremate the body until the investigation into her son’s death is complete.Private...
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The politics of bail in lèse-majesté cases
Authorities withhold bail from lèse-majesté suspects to force false confessions and promote fear, a renowned law expert has argued. In Thailand, the right to bail has been transformed into a tool of...
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Don’t count me in junta’s reconciliation: Thaksin Shinawatra
Thaksin Shinawatra has urged Thailand’s ruling junta to stop blaming him for political violence, adding he wants no place in the military government’s ongoing reconciliation efforts. On 31 March 2017,...
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Civil society groups denounce Deep South summary killing
Civil society groups have urged an end to the culture of impunity after the latest summary killing in the restive Deep South while an insurgent group condemned the killing.Soldiers and paramilitary...
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Voice TV back on air, forced into self-censorship
After a seven-day ban by the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Voice TV is back on air, but for the time being there will be no programmes critical of the...
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Millions read controversial BBC royal biography
BBC Thai has revealed that its controversial biography of King Vajiralongkorn broke records as the site’s most popular story, accumulating millions of views despite the article’s eventual...
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Junta to buy more tanks from China
After setting billions baht of budget for buying submarines from China, the Defence Ministry are now planning to buy more tanks for the army.At the cabinet meeting on 4 April 2017, Gen Prawit...
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Thailand: Army conscript beaten to death
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Thai authorities should promptly and independently investigate the death of an army conscript from apparent torture while detained in a military jail, Human Rights Watch said...
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Half of military conscripts end up as servants: former MP
A former member of the parliament (MP) from the Democrat Party says more than half of Thailand’s military conscripts end up as servants for high ranking military officers.On 4 April 2017, Wilat...
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