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Thailand and Myanmar governments urged not to revive Dawei project
Dawei Development Association October 9, 2014 Dawei Development Association (DDA) calls on the Myanmar and Thai governments to refrain from reviving the Dawei Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) development...
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Director of ICJ Asia Pacific condemns Thai court over Pattani torture case...
Kongpob Areerat On 7 September, the Pattani Provincial Court rejected an appeal by Rohima Huseng, who alleged that security officers in Pattani tortured her brother, Hasan Huseng, during interrogation...
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Exclusive: Suspects say they were electrocuted, beaten during Thai military...
Earlier Prachatai has published exclusive reports of two groups of anti-coup student activists in a Bangkok university and Mahasarakham University in the North East province being ill-treated. They...
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Thai Military tries to silence labor unions
Thai military’s attempt to silence labor activists confirms a deteriorating state of civil and political rights in Thailand after the coup. On Tuesday, labor union activists revealed that they...
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Heavy shelling during renewed Burma Army offensive causes civilian deaths and...
Shan Human Rights Foundation Burma Army operations against the Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (a.k.a Shan State Army-North or SSA-N) in central Shan State since early October have caused...
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Thai PM urges media not to call Koh Tao murder suspects 'Burmese'
Gen Prayuth Chan-Ocha, the Thai junta leader and Prime Minister, tried to please Burmese citizen over Koh Tao murder case by urging the media not to call them Burmese, but to call them merely migrant...
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Thailand: Alleged Torture Victim Denied Redress Ruling Raises Questions about...
Human Rights Watch (Bangkok, October 13, 2014) –The Royal Thai Government should comply with its international human rights obligations to provide remedies and reparation to victims of torture or...
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Thai authority uses martial law to attract tourists
Martial law, in force across the Kingdom, is being promoted in a campaign by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) as a guarantee of safety for tourists.Tawatchai Aranyik, the Director of TAT,...
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Thai military stops Lahu minority from filing complaint on land rights to junta
The Thai military in the western province of Tak on Monday stopped a caravan of Lahu villagers travelling to Bangkok to complain to the junta’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), according...
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After Kristie Kenney: Crisis in the US State Department
Pavin Chachavalpongpun Kristie Kenney, US Ambassador to Bangkok, saying goodbye to Thailand.Kristie Kenney, US Ambassador to Bangkok, gave a farewell to Thailand and is on her way back to Washington...
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Thai court dismisses bail request of lèse majesté suspect with health problems
The Criminal Court on Monday ruled to continue the detention of two lèse majesté suspects and denied a bail request from one suspect. Ratchada Criminal Court in Bangkok dismissed a bail request by...
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'Men in Black’ suspects tortured to confess: lawyer
Five suspects, accused of being the ‘Men in Black’, recanted their confessions, and said their confessions were made under duress due to alleged torture and ill-treatment during military detention,...
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Thai police vow to speed up investigation of lèse majesté cases
The Thai police on Tuesday said they intend to speed up investigation of lèse majesté cases, along with other cases related to national security. Pol Lt Gen Chakthip Chaijinda, Acting Deputy National...
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A bridge too low; an idea too far – out
Perhaps this is what comes of appointing an Air Chief Marshal as Minister of Transport. If the General formerly known as Prayuth Chan-ocha had chosen an Admiral, I don’t think the idea of raising the...
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Thai junta to tighten control over social media
Despite the censorship and surveillance already imposed on the press and Internet users after the coup d’état in May, the junta is now exacerbating an environment of fear by further tightening its...
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Karen minority complains on junta’s ‘return forest’ policy
After having been threatened by the junta’s policies to reclaim the national park lands, Karen villagers who have been living in the forest for generations filed a complaint to the authority to stop...
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THAILAND: Regularization of torture following coup
Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) On 10 October 2014, the independent online media outlet Prachatai reported on three instances of torture of persons held in military and police custody which have...
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Do Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) allow ‘river grabbing’?
Paw Siriluk Sriprasit Hydroelectric dams are technically thought of as clean energy. In fact, their construction and operation have serious impacts on the health of rivers and communities....
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Asia-Europe Summit leaders urges for the end of Thai military rule
Human Rights Watch (New York, October 16, 2014) – Leaders at the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit should press Thailand’s junta leader to improve human rights and restore democratic civilian rule,...
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Red-shirt leader charged with lèse majesté due to political play ‘The Wolf...
Thaweeporn Kummetha Jaran Ditapichai, red-shirt leader and veteran political activist, has been charged with lèse majesté in connection with the play ‘The Wolf Bride’. This is one of four charges...
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